arXiv:2606.03831cs.LGstat.ML2026-06

提出首个自适应梯度变化的在线学习算法,解决非平稳环境下的性能保证问题。

Online Learning with Gradient-Variation Interval Regret

论文配图:Online Learning with Gradient-Variation Interval Regret
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  • 采用双层在线集成结构,自动适应梯度变化带来的不确定性
  • 在任意时间区间内实现与梯度变化量相关的最优后悔界
  • 无需调参,可自动适应未知的光滑性与利普希茨常数,适合动态环境

本文研究非平稳在线学习中的区间后悔(interval regret)指标,要求在线算法在任意时间区间内表现良好。我们提出了首个能以梯度变化量为尺度实现后悔界的新算法,该量是函数梯度累积变化的基本度量,与多种问题相关,且与随机优化等密切相关。方法采用简单高效的双层在线集成结构,兼具强理论保证:同时适应多种问题依赖量,并在最坏情况下保持极小最大后悔率。针对超参数调优困难,我们进一步设计了不依赖利普希茨和光滑性假设的自适应变体,其核心是新型利普希茨自适应元算法,或具独立价值。此外,该方法还拓展至区间动态后悔的更严格度量,并首次提供对随机广义对抗优化的分段刻画。理论结果经实验验证。

原文摘要 · Abstract (English)

This paper investigates non-stationary online learning using the metric of interval regret, which requires an online algorithm to perform well over every time interval. We propose the first online learning algorithm that achieves an interval regret bound scaling with gradient variation, a fundamental measure of the cumulative change in online function gradients, which relates to various problem-dependent quantities and is closely connected to stochastic optimization and other problems. Our method employs a simple and efficient two-layer online ensemble structure that achieves strong theoretical guarantees. Specifically, it enjoys a regret bound that simultaneously adapts to various problem-dependent quantities while also preserving the minimax-optimal rate in the worst case. Moreover, recognizing the challenge of hyperparameter tuning, we introduce a Lipschitz- and smoothness-agnostic variant that automatically adapts to these potentially unknown constants. This is primarily enabled by a novel Lipschitz-adaptive meta algorithm, which may be of independent interest. Beyond interval regret, our method also yields broader implications: it provides versatile bounds for interval dynamic regret, a stronger measure that competes with changing comparators over any interval, and yields the first piecewise characterization for stochastic extended adversarial optimization. Theoretical findings are validated by experiments.

在线学习后悔界自适应算法非平稳

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