arXiv:2503.22934cs.LGcs.AI2025-03中稿 · TMLR: https://open…

让图像分类在噪声数据中公平表现,避免不同群体差异放大

FairSAM: Fair Classification on Corrupted Image Data Through Sharpness-Aware Minimization

  • 将公平性策略融入锐度感知优化,均衡各群体性能
  • 在多种噪声下保持高鲁棒性与公平性,显著降低群体间差距
  • 适合关注算法公平性与真实场景鲁棒性的研究者

在干净数据上训练的图像分类模型在遭遇含脉冲噪声、高斯噪声或环境噪声的测试或部署数据时,性能常急剧下降。这种退化不仅影响整体表现,更会加剧不同人口群体间的性能差异,引发算法偏见问题。尽管锐度感知最小化(SAM)等稳健学习方法提升了整体鲁棒性和泛化能力,但未能解决群体间性能退化的不公问题。现有公平性方法虽能缓解性能差异,却难以在数据污染条件下同时维持稳健与公平的准确率。这揭示了在污染数据下稳健性与公平性之间的固有矛盾。为此,我们提出一种评估群体在数据污染下性能退化的指标,并设计FairSAM框架,将面向公平性的策略整合至SAM,以在污染条件下均衡不同人口群体的表现。在多个真实世界数据集和预测任务上的实验表明,FairSAM实现了污染环境下稳健性与公平性的平衡,为带污染数据的公平图像分类提供了系统性解决方案。

原文摘要 · Abstract (English)

Image classification models trained on clean data often degrade sharply when exposed to corrupted test or deployment data, such as images with impulse noise, Gaussian noise, or environmental noise. This degradation reduces overall performance and disproportionately affects demographic subgroups, raising algorithmic bias concerns. Although robust learning algorithms such as Sharpness-Aware Minimization improve overall robustness and generalization, they do not address biased performance degradation across demographic subgroups. Existing fairness-aware machine learning methods reduce performance disparities but struggle to maintain robust and equitable accuracy across demographic subgroups under data corruption. This limitation reveals an inherent tension between robustness and fairness under corrupted data. To address these challenges, we introduce a metric to assess performance degradation across subgroups under data corruption. We propose FairSAM, a framework that integrates Fairness-oriented strategies into SAM to equalize performance across demographic groups under corrupted conditions. Experiments on multiple real-world datasets and prediction tasks show that FairSAM balances robustness and fairness in corrupted image classification. The framework yields a structured solution for fair and robust image classification in the presence of data corruption.

图像分类公平性鲁棒性数据污染

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