在有限记忆下实现延迟反馈在线学习的最优性能,揭示了最小所需记忆容量。
Capacity-Constrained Online Learning with Delays: Scheduling Frameworks and Regret Trade-offs
- 引入容量约束,设计可抢占与不可抢占调度策略应对延迟反馈。
- 在容量足够时达到最优后悔界,固定延迟下最优容量为 min{K/logK, d}。
- 适用于资源受限场景,如边缘计算、低功耗设备上的在线学习。
我们研究在盲目损失和延迟反馈下的在线学习问题,引入一种新容量约束:同时追踪过去轮次反馈的数量受限。在已知延迟(clairvoyance)和/或可中断追踪(preemptibility)条件下,建立了后悔率的上下界匹配(对数项内),刻画了匹配经典延迟在线学习最小最大后悔率所需的“最优容量”。算法在所有容量水平下均实现最小最大后悔率,性能随容量不足而平滑下降。对于 K 个动作、总延迟 D 在 T 轮中,当容量 C = Ω(log T) 且具备预见性时,带域问题的后悔率为 ∼Θ(√(TK + DK/C + D log K)),全信息反馈为 ∼Θ(√((D+T) log K))。若以可抢占替代预见性,则需已知最大延迟上限 d_max,增加 ∼O(d_max) 的后悔。在固定延迟 d(即 D=Td)下,最小最大后悔为 Θ(√(TK(1+d/C)+Td log K)),最优容量为 Θ(min{K/log K, d});全信息下为 Θ(√(T(d+1) log K)),最优容量为 Θ(1)。上界通过基于帕累托分布代理延迟的新调度策略和分批技术实现。本工作统一了延迟带域、标签高效学习与在线调度框架,表明在极小跟踪容量下仍可实现鲁棒在线学习。
原文摘要 · Abstract (English)
We study online learning with oblivious losses and delays under a novel ``capacity constraint'' that limits how many past rounds can be tracked simultaneously for delayed feedback. Under ``clairvoyance'' (i.e., delay durations are revealed upfront each round) and/or ``preemptibility'' (i.e., we can stop tracking previously chosen round feedback), we establish matching upper and lower bounds (up to logarithmic terms) on achievable regret, characterizing the ``optimal capacity'' needed to match the minimax rates of classical delayed online learning, which implicitly assume unlimited capacity. Our algorithms achieve minimax-optimal regret across all capacity levels, with performance gracefully degrading under suboptimal capacity. For $K$ actions and total delay $D$ over $T$ rounds, under clairvoyance and assuming capacity $C = Ω(\log(T))$, we achieve regret $\widetildeΘ(\sqrt{TK + DK/C + D\log(K)})$ for bandits and $\widetildeΘ(\sqrt{(D+T)\log(K)})$ for full-information feedback. When replacing clairvoyance with preemptibility, we require a known maximum delay bound $d_{\max}$, adding ${\widetilde{O}(d_{\max})}$ to the regret. For fixed delays $d$ (i.e., $D=Td$), the minimax regret is $Θ(\sqrt{TK(1+d/C)+Td\log(K)})$ and the optimal capacity is $Θ(\min\{K/\log(K),d\})$ in the bandit setting, while in the full-information feedback setting, the minimax regret is $Θ(\sqrt{T(d+1)\log(K)})$ and the optimal capacity is $Θ(1)$. For round-dependent and fixed delays, our upper bounds are achieved using novel preemptive and non-preemptive scheduling policies, based on Pareto-distributed proxy delays, and batching techniques, respectively. Crucially, our work unifies delayed bandits, label-efficient learning, and online scheduling frameworks, demonstrating that robust online learning under delayed feedback is possible with surprisingly modest tracking capacity.
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