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Multi-View Active Learning in the Non-Realizable Case

Machine Learning 2010-11-01 v2

Abstract

The sample complexity of active learning under the realizability assumption has been well-studied. The realizability assumption, however, rarely holds in practice. In this paper, we theoretically characterize the sample complexity of active learning in the non-realizable case under multi-view setting. We prove that, with unbounded Tsybakov noise, the sample complexity of multi-view active learning can be O~(log1ϵ)\widetilde{O}(\log\frac{1}{\epsilon}), contrasting to single-view setting where the polynomial improvement is the best possible achievement. We also prove that in general multi-view setting the sample complexity of active learning with unbounded Tsybakov noise is O~(1ϵ)\widetilde{O}(\frac{1}{\epsilon}), where the order of 1/ϵ1/\epsilon is independent of the parameter in Tsybakov noise, contrasting to previous polynomial bounds where the order of 1/ϵ1/\epsilon is related to the parameter in Tsybakov noise.

Cite

@article{arxiv.1005.5581,
  title  = {Multi-View Active Learning in the Non-Realizable Case},
  author = {Wei Wang and Zhi-Hua Zhou},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1005.5581},
  year   = {2010}
}

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22 pages, 1 figure

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