arXiv:2603.08972cs.LG2026-03

物联网流数据下,设备间互助学习提升模型适应性。

MAcPNN: Mutual Assisted Learning on Data Streams with Temporal Dependence

  • 设备自主求助,按需共享知识,减少通信开销。
  • 在真实与合成数据流上,性能显著优于传统方法。
  • 适合资源受限的边缘计算场景,无需中心协调。

物联网分析常需对数据流应用机器学习模型。传统范式在应对概念漂移、时间依赖性和遗忘问题时面临挑战。在物联网中,不同边缘设备构成网络,协同学习可提升性能并复用知识。本文提出互助学习(Mutual Assisted Learning),基于维果茨基的社会文化认知发展理论。各设备自主运行,无需中心调度;当因概念漂移导致性能下降时,主动向其他设备求助,并自主判断其知识是否有效。相比经典联邦学习每轮必通讯,连接次数大幅减少。每个设备配备连续渐进神经网络(cPNN)以应对数据流动态性,实现为互助式cPNN(MAcPNN)。通过支持单点预测及量化技术,降低内存占用。实验表明,该方法在合成与真实数据流上均能有效提升性能。

原文摘要 · Abstract (English)

Internet of Things (IoT) Analytics often involves applying machine learning (ML) models on data streams. In such scenarios, traditional ML paradigms face obstacles related to continuous learning while dealing with concept drifts, temporal dependence, and avoiding forgetting. Moreover, in IoT, different edge devices build up a network. When learning models on those devices, connecting them could be useful in improving performance and reusing others' knowledge. This work proposes Mutual Assisted Learning, a learning paradigm grounded on Vygotsky's popular Sociocultural Theory of Cognitive Development. Each device is autonomous and does not need a central orchestrator. Whenever it degrades its performance due to a concept drift, it asks for assistance from others and decides whether their knowledge is useful for solving the new problem. This way, the number of connections is drastically reduced compared to the classical Federated Learning approaches, where the devices communicate at each training round. Every device is equipped with a Continuous Progressive Neural Network (cPNN) to handle the dynamic nature of data streams. We call this implementation Mutual Assisted cPNN (MAcPNN). To implement it, we allow cPNNs for single data point predictions and apply quantization to reduce the memory footprint. Experimental results prove the effectiveness of MAcPNN in boosting performance on synthetic and real data streams.

边缘计算流数据自适应学习联邦学习

Thank you to arXiv for use of its open access interoperability. PaperDance 不是 arXiv 官方产品;中文卡片由大模型生成,请以原文为准。