arXiv:2608.13751cs.CV2026-08

无需训练和图像,用数学公式扩展分类器识别新类别

CAST: Closed-form Analytic Semantic Transfer for Zero-Shot Classifier Extension

论文配图:CAST: Closed-form Analytic Semantic Transfer for Zero-Shot Classifier Extension
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  • 通过权重注入实现零样本分类器扩展,无需迭代优化
  • 在标准基准上表现接近少样本方法,且不依赖目标数据
  • 提出可计算的语义外推残差,指导数据集设计与评估

大规模预训练模型已成为现代机器学习系统的核心。然而,将其适配到新类别通常需要目标分布的样本,而在许多领域这类数据难以获取。零样本学习(ZSL)通过依赖文本等辅助语义信息,在无样本条件下实现识别。本文提出CAST(Closed-form Analytic Semantic Transfer),一种无需训练、无需图像的框架,通过权重注入将预训练分类器扩展至未见类别。我们为CAST提供理论基础,并推导出有限样本误差分解,识别出可计算的模型无关指标——语义外推残差ρ_u。该残差可用于数据集筛选与评测设计。在标准零样本学习基准上的实验表明,CAST的表现达到或超过现有无图像方法,接近少样本适应性能,且无需迭代优化或目标分布样本。

原文摘要 · Abstract (English)

Large pre-trained models have become foundational components of modern machine learning systems. Yet adapting these models to novel categories typically requires examples from the target distribution. In many domains, however, such data are unavailable. Zero-shot learning (ZSL) permits recognition under these limitations through relying on auxiliary semantic information such as textual descriptions. We introduce CAST (Closed-form Analytic Semantic Transfer), a training-free, image-free framework for extending a pre-trained classifier to previously unseen classes through weight injection. We provide a theoretical foundation for CAST and derive a finite-sample error decomposition that identifies the \emph{semantic extrapolation residual} $ρ_u$. The residual is a computable, model-agnostic measure and provides a principled criterion for dataset curation and benchmark design. Experiments on standard zero-shot learning benchmarks demonstrate that CAST matches or exceeds existing image-free approaches and approaches the performance of few-shot adaptation methods, while requiring neither iterative optimization nor examples from the target distribution.

零样本学习权重注入语义外推

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