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New LLP-MM method improves learning from label proportions on high-dimensional data

Researchers have developed a new method called LLP via moment matching (LLP-MM) to address limitations in learning from label proportions (LLP) on high-dimensional data. Existing LLP methods often assume random data assembly, which is frequently not the case in real-world applications. LLP-MM, however, operates under a more realistic assumption where bags are sampled independently and instance labels are conditionally independent given the instances, leading to label counts that follow a Poisson multinomial distribution. This approach utilizes multi-order factorial moments as training objectives to better exploit the data's statistical structure, demonstrating effectiveness and computational efficiency in experiments. AI

IMPACT This new method could improve the accuracy of machine learning models trained with incomplete label information, particularly in scenarios where data is not randomly sampled.

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New LLP-MM method improves learning from label proportions on high-dimensional data

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  1. arXiv cs.LG TIER_1 English(EN) · Tianhao Ma, Wei Wang, Yivan Zhang, Dong-Dong Wu, Takashi Ishida, Gang Niu, Masashi Sugiyama ·

    Rethinking Learning from Label Proportions via Moment Matching

    arXiv:2610.21262v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Learning from label proportions (LLP) is a weakly supervised setting where training data are grouped into bags with only bag-level label proportions observed, and the goal is to learn a classifier that predicts labels for individual…