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48 results for partial label learning

Proposes MGPLL for PL learning with non-random noise.

problem Partial label learning with non-random label noise.
method Bi-directional mapping framework, conditional noise label generation, multi-class predictor, adversarial learning.
result Demonstrates state-of-the-art performance in partial label learning.

Partial label learning (PLL) aims to solve the problem where each training instance is associated with a set of candidate labels, one of which is the correct label. Most PLL algorithms try to disambiguate the candidate label set, by either simply treating each candidate label equally or iteratively identifying the true…

2018-04-20abs ↗pdf ↗

Partial multi-label learning (PML), which tackles the problem of learning multi-label prediction models from instances with overcomplete noisy annotations, has recently started gaining attention from the research community. In this paper, we propose a novel adversarial learning model, PML-GAN, under a generalized encod…

2019-09-15abs ↗pdf ↗

Paper proposes a method to recover accurate labels from partially valid data in multi-label learning.

problem Tackles noisy supervision in multi-label learning with partially valid labels.
method Develops a two-stage method that estimates label enrichment and ground-truth confidences.
result Demonstrates improved performance over state-of-the-art PML methods.

Efficiently learns from partial labels using variational inference.

problem Learning from noisy and ambiguous partial labels in crowdsourcing.
method Amortized variational inference for probabilistic posterior approximation.
result Achieves state-of-the-art performance in accuracy and efficiency.

Annotating datasets is one of the main costs in nowadays supervised learning. The goal of weak supervision is to enable models to learn using only forms of labelling which are cheaper to collect, as partial labelling. This is a type of incomplete annotation where, for each datapoint, supervision is cast as a set of lab…

2020-03-02abs ↗pdf ↗

Partial label learning deals with the problem where each training instance is assigned a set of candidate labels, only one of which is correct. This paper provides the first attempt to leverage the idea of self-training for dealing with partially labeled examples. Specifically, we propose a unified formulation with pro…

2019-02-08abs ↗pdf ↗

PML-LFC improves PML by estimating label confidence from both feature and label spaces.

problem PML challenges in real-world scenarios where only some labels are relevant.
method PML-LFC estimates label confidence using feature and label space similarities, training a predictor with these values.
result PML-LFC achieves superior performance on synthetic and real-world datasets.

A new PLL method uses class activation values to improve robustness.

problem Weakly supervised learning with noisy data and adversarial perturbations.
method Subjective logic with class activation values for uncertainty representation and label weight re-distribution.
result More robust predictions under high noise levels, out-of-distribution examples, and adversarial perturbations.

Paper tackles group robustness with partially labeled data.

problem Learning invariant representations from datasets with spurious correlations.
method Constructs a constraint set and derives a high probability bound for group assignment. Proposes an optimization algorithm for worst-off group assignments.
result Improvements in minority group's performance while preserving overall accuracy.

Partial Label Learning (PLL) aims to learn from the data where each training example is associated with a set of candidate labels, among which only one is correct. The key to deal with such problem is to disambiguate the candidate label sets and obtain the correct assignments between instances and their candidate label…

2019-01-10abs ↗pdf ↗

Deep RL detects anomalies from few labeled examples and large unlabeled data.

problem Anomaly detection with limited labeled data and large unlabeled data.
method Deep reinforcement learning to optimize detection of labeled and unlabeled anomalies.
result Significantly outperforms state-of-the-art methods on 48 real-world datasets.

New framework for learning with class-conditional multi-label noise.

problem Class labels corrupted with conditional probabilities for multiple labels.
method Formalized as CCMN framework, established unbiased estimators, proved consistency with multi-label loss functions, implemented partial multi-label learning method.
result Effectiveness validated on multiple datasets and metrics.

Paper proposes an unbiased risk estimator for PLLAC, handling unseen classes.

problem Handling unseen classes in PLLAC where some classes are not present in the training set.
method Proposes an unbiased risk estimator that estimates the distribution of augmented classes by differentiating known classes from unlabeled data.
result The estimator provides theoretical guarantees and converges to true risk minimizer as data increases.

Community detection was a hot topic on network analysis, where the main aim is to perform unsupervised learning or clustering in networks. Recently, semi-supervised learning has received increasing attention among researchers. In this paper, we propose a new algorithm, called weighted inverse Laplacian (WIL), for predi…

2019-01-07abs ↗pdf ↗

Develops PLL methods that are provably consistent and compatible with any deep network.

problem Lack of theoretical understanding and consistency in partial-label learning methods.
method Proposes a generation model for candidate label sets and develops two PLL methods that are risk- and classifier-consistent.
result Two novel PLL methods are guaranteed to be provably consistent.

New method estimates model performance bounds without ground truth labels.

problem Evaluation of weakly supervised models without direct access to ground truth labels.
method Formulates model evaluation as a partial identification problem and uses Fréchet bounds for performance estimation.
result Derives accurate and computationally efficient bounds for key metrics like accuracy, precision, recall, and F1-score.

The paper tackles partial inference in structured prediction using a convex optimization approach.

problem Maximizing a score function with unary and pairwise potentials in graph label spaces.
method Generative model approach with two-stage convex optimization for label recovery.
result Conditions for recovering a majority of labels with provable guarantees.

Partial-label learning (PLL) is a typical weakly supervised learning problem, where each training instance is equipped with a set of candidate labels among which only one is the true label. Most existing methods elaborately designed learning objectives as constrained optimizations that must be solved in specific manner…

2020-02-19abs ↗pdf ↗

Paper proposes an algorithm to recover full supervision from weakly labeled data.

problem Machine learning requires expensive data annotation, motivating the use of weak supervision.
method The paper introduces a disambiguation principle and an empirical disambiguation algorithm for partial labelling.
result The algorithm achieves exponential convergence rates under learnability assumptions.

Learning structured outputs with general structures is computationally challenging, except for tree-structured models. Thus we propose an efficient boosting-based algorithm AdaBoost.MRF for this task. The idea is based on the realization that a graph is a superimposition of trees. Different from most existing work, our…

2014-07-24abs ↗pdf ↗

This work proposes a novel method for semi-supervised learning from partially labeled massive network-structured datasets, i.e., big data over networks. We model the underlying hypothesis, which relates data points to labels, as a graph signal, defined over some graph (network) structure intrinsic to the dataset. Follo…

2016-12-05abs ↗pdf ↗

New protocol for online learning with partial feedback, extending classical methods.

problem Learning with partial feedback where only one acceptable label is observed per round.
method Introducing a collection version space to address the lack of direct extension of classical methods.
result Characterization of learnability in set-realizable regime using Partial-Feedback Littlestone dimension and Partial-Feedback Measure Shattering dimension.

New method uses weak labels to create valid confidence sets for predictions.

problem Lack of labeled data in machine learning models.
method Developed a conformal prediction framework to provide valid predictive confidence sets using weakly labeled data.
result New coverage definition allows for tighter and more informative (but valid) confidence sets.

We investigate probabilistic decoupling of labels supplied for training, from the underlying classes for prediction. Decoupling enables an inference scheme general enough to implement many classification problems, including supervised, semi-supervised, positive-unlabelled, noisy-label and suggests a general solution to…

2019-05-29abs ↗pdf ↗

In this paper, we propose online algorithms for multiclass classification using partial labels. We propose two variants of Perceptron called Avg Perceptron and Max Perceptron to deal with the partial labeled data. We also propose Avg Pegasos and Max Pegasos, which are extensions of Pegasos algorithm. We also provide mi…

2019-12-24abs ↗pdf ↗

New bounds for PDA using partial optimal transport improve domain alignment.

problem Scarcity of labeled target data with abundant source data.
method Derive theoretical bounds based on partial optimal transport.
result Theoretical bounds support partial Wasserstein distance for domain alignment.