arXiv:2504.08536cs.LGcs.AI2025-04被引 5

将可解释性与持续学习融入联邦学习,提升边缘设备智能可靠性。

Explainability and Continual Learning meet Federated Learning at the Network Edge

  • 用多目标优化平衡模型精度与可解释性
  • 支持树模型在分布式训练中直接使用
  • 结合缓冲区限制实现资源受限下的持续学习

随着边缘设备在无线网络中的普及与算力提升,利用其协同计算能力进行分布式学习成为趋势。然而,边缘分布式学习面临独特挑战:现有方法常忽视预测精度与可解释性的权衡;难以集成决策树等固有可解释模型,因其不可微结构不适用于基于反向传播的训练;且缺乏在资源受限环境下通过持续学习(CL)实现模型自适应的机制。本文探讨了无线互联边缘设备中分布式学习引发的新优化问题,提出多目标优化(MOO)以协调精度与可解释性;分析树模型在分布式场景中的可行性;研究如何将持续学习策略与联邦学习(FL)结合,在有限缓冲区条件下支持长期自适应学习。本方法为隐私保护、自适应和可信的边缘智能提供了系统性解决方案。

原文摘要 · Abstract (English)

As edge devices become more capable and pervasive in wireless networks, there is growing interest in leveraging their collective compute power for distributed learning. However, optimizing learning at the network edge entails unique challenges, particularly when moving beyond conventional settings and objectives. While Federated Learning (FL) has emerged as a key paradigm for distributed model training, critical challenges persist. First, existing approaches often overlook the trade-off between predictive accuracy and interpretability. Second, they struggle to integrate inherently explainable models such as decision trees because their non-differentiable structure makes them not amenable to backpropagation-based training algorithms. Lastly, they lack meaningful mechanisms for continual Machine Learning (ML) model adaptation through Continual Learning (CL) in resource-limited environments. In this paper, we pave the way for a set of novel optimization problems that emerge in distributed learning at the network edge with wirelessly interconnected edge devices, and we identify key challenges and future directions. Specifically, we discuss how Multi-objective optimization (MOO) can be used to address the trade-off between predictive accuracy and explainability when using complex predictive models. Next, we discuss the implications of integrating inherently explainable tree-based models into distributed learning settings. Finally, we investigate how CL strategies can be effectively combined with FL to support adaptive, lifelong learning when limited-size buffers are used to store past data for retraining. Our approach offers a cohesive set of tools for designing privacy-preserving, adaptive, and trustworthy ML solutions tailored to the demands of edge computing and intelligent services.

联邦学习可解释性持续学习边缘计算

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