Generalization error bounds for two-layer neural networks with Lipschitz loss function
Machine Learning
2026-04-09 v1 Probability
Abstract
We derive generalization error bounds for the training of two-layer neural networks without assuming boundedness of the loss function, using Wasserstein distance estimates on the discrepancy between a probability distribution and its associated empirical measure, together with moment bounds for the associated stochastic gradient method. In the case of independent test data, we obtain a dimension-free rate of order on the -sample generalization error, whereas without independence assumption, we derive a bound of order , where , denote input and output dimensions. Our bounds and their coefficients can be explicitly computed prior to the training of the model, and are confirmed by numerical simulations.
Cite
@article{arxiv.2604.06281,
title = {Generalization error bounds for two-layer neural networks with Lipschitz loss function},
author = {Jiang Yu Nguwi and Nicolas Privault},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2604.06281},
year = {2026}
}