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| author | Luo, Tianpai Wu, Fangwei Wu, Weichi |
| author_facet | Luo, Tianpai Wu, Fangwei Wu, Weichi |
| contents | Quantile regression is a fundamental tool for distributional learning but poses significant optimization challenges for deep models due to the non-smoothness of the pinball loss. We propose ConquerNet, a class of \textbf{con}volution-smoothed \textbf{qu}antil\textbf{e} \textbf{R}eLU neural \textbf{net}works, which yield smooth objectives while preserving the underlying quantile structure. We establish general nonasymptotic risk bounds for ConquerNet under mild conditions, providing minimax guarantees over Besov function classes. In numerical studies, we demonstrate that the proposed approach outperforms standard quantile neural networks at multiple quantile levels, showing improved estimation accuracy and training efficiency across the board, with particularly pronounced advantages at high and low quantiles. |
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| publishDate | 2026 |
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| spellingShingle | ConquerNet: Convolution-Smoothed Quantile ReLU Neural Networks with Minimax Guarantees Luo, Tianpai Wu, Fangwei Wu, Weichi Machine Learning Quantile regression is a fundamental tool for distributional learning but poses significant optimization challenges for deep models due to the non-smoothness of the pinball loss. We propose ConquerNet, a class of \textbf{con}volution-smoothed \textbf{qu}antil\textbf{e} \textbf{R}eLU neural \textbf{net}works, which yield smooth objectives while preserving the underlying quantile structure. We establish general nonasymptotic risk bounds for ConquerNet under mild conditions, providing minimax guarantees over Besov function classes. In numerical studies, we demonstrate that the proposed approach outperforms standard quantile neural networks at multiple quantile levels, showing improved estimation accuracy and training efficiency across the board, with particularly pronounced advantages at high and low quantiles. |
| title | ConquerNet: Convolution-Smoothed Quantile ReLU Neural Networks with Minimax Guarantees |
| topic | Machine Learning |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2605.06265 |