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Researchers analyze $\ell_1$ implicit bias in $\ell_2$-boosting for benign overfitting

Researchers have analyzed the high-dimensional risk of $\ell_2$-Boosting in the context of $\ell_1$ implicit bias, identifying a logarithmic rate of excess variance decay under a pure-noise model. This phenomenon, where benign overfitting fails at a linear rate, is attributed to greedy selection localizing noise into sparse active sets. The study also found that for spiked-isotropic designs, the risk converges to zero at a slower logarithmic rate compared to $\ell_2$ geometries. To address this, a tuning-free early stopping rule was proposed, which can recover the Lasso basic inequality and achieve minimax-optimal empirical prediction rates for $\ell_1$-bounded signals. AI

IMPACT Provides theoretical insights into the behavior of boosting algorithms and their implications for signal-noise decomposition in high-dimensional settings.

RANK_REASON This is a theoretical computer science paper published on arXiv. [lever_c_demoted from research: ic=1 ai=1.0]

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Researchers analyze $\ell_1$ implicit bias in $\ell_2$-boosting for benign overfitting

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  1. arXiv cs.LG TIER_1 English(EN) · Ye Su, Jian Li, Yong Liu ·

    When Does $\ell_2$-Boosting Overfit Benignly? High-Dimensional Risk Asymptotics and the $\ell_1$ Implicit Bias

    arXiv:2605.06314v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Benign overfitting is well-characterized in $\ell_2$ geometries, but its behavior under the $\ell_1$ implicit bias of greedy ensembles remains challenging. The analytical barrier stems from the non-linear coupling of coordinate sele…