arXiv:2506.18221cs.LGcs.AI2025-06

预训练模型特征不全,用模型集成可显著提升迁移效果

These Are Not All the Features You Are Looking For: A Fundamental Bottleneck in Supervised Pretraining

  • 通过集成多个模型生成更丰富的特征表示
  • 在ResNet上实现9%的迁移准确率提升
  • 适合追求高效迁移学习的实践者

迁移学习广泛用于将大规模预训练模型适配到新任务,仅需少量新数据。然而挑战依然存在——原始任务的特征往往无法覆盖未见数据所需,尤其当任务相关性不明确时。由于深度学习模型倾向于学习稀疏表示,仅保留初始训练所需的最小特征,而丢弃潜在的下游转移有用特征。本文提出的理论框架表明,这种预训练捕获了数据分布的不一致方面,从而引发迁移偏差。为解决此问题,我们提出一种低成本的集成策略,通过聚合多个模型生成更丰富的特征表示。在ResNet上,该方法在不增加预训练成本的情况下,实现了9%的迁移准确率提升。我们还提供了来自多种深度学习研究的实证证据,证实这一现象在现代深度学习架构中普遍存在。结果表明,仅依赖大型预训练网络并非提升模型泛化性的最有效方式。相反,通过模型集成等手段构建更丰富、更多样化的表示,能显著增强迁移学习性能。

原文摘要 · Abstract (English)

Transfer learning is widely used to adapt large pretrained models to new tasks with only a small amount of new data. However, a challenge persists -- the features from the original task often do not fully cover what is needed for unseen data, especially when the relatedness of tasks is not clear. Since deep learning models tend to learn very sparse representations, they retain only the minimal features required for the initial training while discarding potentially ones for downstream transfer. A theoretical framework developed in this work demonstrates that such pretraining captures inconsistent aspects of the data distribution, therefore, inducing transfer bias. To address this limitation, we propose an inexpensive ensembling strategy that aggregates multiple models to generate richer feature representations. On ResNet, this approach yields a $9\%$ improvement in transfer accuracy without incurring extra pretraining cost. We also present empirical evidence from a range of deep learning studies, confirming that the phenomenon is pervasive across modern deep learning architectures. These results suggests that relying solely on large pretrained networks is not always the most effective way to improve model generalization. Instead, fostering richer, more diverse representations -- e.g. - through model ensembles -- can substantially enhance transfer learning performance.

迁移学习模型集成预训练

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