LDEPrompt: Layer-importance guided Dual Expandable Prompt Pool for Pre-trained Model-based Class-Incremental Learning

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Main Authors: Li, Linjie, Wu, Zhenyu, Xiao, Huiyu, Ji, Yang
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author Li, Linjie
Wu, Zhenyu
Xiao, Huiyu
Ji, Yang
author_facet Li, Linjie
Wu, Zhenyu
Xiao, Huiyu
Ji, Yang
contents Prompt-based class-incremental learning methods typically construct a prompt pool consisting of multiple trainable key-prompts and perform instance-level matching to select the most suitable prompt embeddings, which has shown promising results. However, existing approaches face several limitations, including fixed prompt pools, manual selection of prompt embeddings, and strong reliance on the pretrained backbone for prompt selection. To address these issues, we propose a \textbf{L}ayer-importance guided \textbf{D}ual \textbf{E}xpandable \textbf{P}rompt Pool (\textbf{LDEPrompt}), which enables adaptive layer selection as well as dynamic freezing and expansion of the prompt pool. Extensive experiments on widely used class-incremental learning benchmarks demonstrate that LDEPrompt achieves state-of-the-art performance, validating its effectiveness and scalability.
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spellingShingle LDEPrompt: Layer-importance guided Dual Expandable Prompt Pool for Pre-trained Model-based Class-Incremental Learning
Li, Linjie
Wu, Zhenyu
Xiao, Huiyu
Ji, Yang
Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition
Prompt-based class-incremental learning methods typically construct a prompt pool consisting of multiple trainable key-prompts and perform instance-level matching to select the most suitable prompt embeddings, which has shown promising results. However, existing approaches face several limitations, including fixed prompt pools, manual selection of prompt embeddings, and strong reliance on the pretrained backbone for prompt selection. To address these issues, we propose a \textbf{L}ayer-importance guided \textbf{D}ual \textbf{E}xpandable \textbf{P}rompt Pool (\textbf{LDEPrompt}), which enables adaptive layer selection as well as dynamic freezing and expansion of the prompt pool. Extensive experiments on widely used class-incremental learning benchmarks demonstrate that LDEPrompt achieves state-of-the-art performance, validating its effectiveness and scalability.
title LDEPrompt: Layer-importance guided Dual Expandable Prompt Pool for Pre-trained Model-based Class-Incremental Learning
topic Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2604.11091