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arxiv: 2307.08643 · v4 · pith:2QTHUPPSnew · submitted 2023-07-17 · 💻 cs.LG · stat.ML

Corruptions of Supervised Learning Problems: Typology and Mitigations

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keywords data corruptionsupervised learningMarkov kernelBayes riskloss correctionlabel corruptionattribute corruptionunified framework
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The pith

Markov kernels on data distributions unify all corruptions in supervised learning and enable loss corrections beyond labels.

A machine-rendered reading of the paper's core claim, the machinery that carries it, and where it could break.

The paper develops a general theory of corruption by modeling every modification to a supervised learning problem as the action of Markov kernels on the underlying probability distributions. This produces a provably exhaustive typology that places existing corruption models under one roof with consistent names. Comparing Bayes risks shows label corruptions change only the loss function while attribute corruptions also change the hypothesis class. The same machinery yields loss-correction formulas for attribute and joint corruptions once the classical correction framework is relaxed to weaker requirements that cover dependent cases.

Core claim

By focusing on changes to the underlying probability distributions via Markov kernels, the approach constructs a provably exhaustive corruption framework that unifies existing models, enables a systematic comparison of Bayes risks in clean and corrupted settings, and supplies loss-correction formulas for attribute and joint corruption under a generalized paradigm with weaker requirements.

What carries the argument

Markov kernels applied to the joint distribution of inputs and labels, which induce the corrupted distributions and thereby determine the altered loss and hypothesis class.

If this is right

  • Existing corruption models receive a single exhaustive framework and consistent nomenclature.
  • Label corruptions affect only the loss function while attribute corruptions affect both loss and hypothesis class.
  • Loss-correction methods extend to dependent corruption types and to attribute and joint cases.
  • The classical loss-correction paradigm must be replaced by one with weaker requirements.
  • Bayes-risk comparisons become a systematic tool for predicting corruption consequences.

Where Pith is reading between the lines

These are editorial extensions of the paper, not claims the author makes directly.

  • The kernel view could guide construction of algorithms that correct attribute corruptions without assuming independence.
  • Data-collection pipelines could be audited by estimating the effective Markov kernel they apply.
  • The same distribution-change language might transfer to settings beyond supervised learning where distributions are altered.
  • Empirical tests could check whether every observed corruption type admits a Markov-kernel representation.

Load-bearing premise

Every modification to a supervised learning problem, including changes to the model class and loss, can be captured by applying Markov kernels solely to the data-generating distributions.

What would settle it

A concrete corruption scenario that alters the learning problem yet cannot be expressed as the result of any Markov kernel acting on the original input-label distribution.

Figures

Figures reproduced from arXiv: 2307.08643 by Laura Iacovissi, Nan Lu, Robert C. Williamson.

Figure 1
Figure 1. Figure 1: Hierarchy of partial corruption types. The partial corruption types are hierarchically organized based on their dependence on the instance 𝑋 and label 𝑌 space, as depicted through a tree structure. At the root of the tree lies the most general form of corruption, where the domain and image spaces are the joint one 𝑋 × 𝑌, i.e., 𝐷(𝜅) = 𝐼(𝜅) = 𝑋 × 𝑌. The arrows signify that a child node has its domain or imag… view at source ↗
Figure 2
Figure 2. Figure 2: Feasible combinations of partial corruptions. Joint corruptions, i.e. of type 𝜅 : 𝑋 × 𝑌 ⇝ 𝑋 × 𝑌, are obtained by combining two compatible partial corruptions in [PITH_FULL_IMAGE:figures/full_fig_p012_2.png] view at source ↗
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Corruption is notoriously widespread in data collection. Despite extensive research, the existing literature predominantly focuses on specific settings and learning scenarios, lacking a unified view of corruption modelization and mitigation. In this work, we develop a general theory of corruption, which incorporates all modifications to a supervised learning problem, including changes in model class and loss. Focusing on changes to the underlying probability distributions via Markov kernels, our approach leads to three novel opportunities. First, it enables the construction of a novel, provably exhaustive corruption framework, distinguishing among different corruption types. This serves to unify existing models and establish a consistent nomenclature. Second, it facilitates a systematic analysis of corruption's consequences on learning tasks, by comparing Bayes risks in the clean and corrupted scenarios. Notably, while label corruptions affect only the loss function, attribute corruptions additionally influence the hypothesis class. Third, building upon these results, we investigate mitigations for various corruption types. We expand existing loss-correction methods for label corruption to handle dependent corruption types. Our findings highlight the necessity to generalize this classical corruption-corrected learning framework to a new paradigm with weaker requirements to encompass more corruption types. We provide such a paradigm as well as loss correction formulas in the attribute and joint corruption cases.

Editorial analysis

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Referee Report

4 major / 0 minor

Summary. The manuscript develops a general theory of corruption in supervised learning by modeling all modifications—including to the hypothesis class and loss—via Markov kernels applied to the data-generating joint distribution P(X,Y). This is claimed to yield a provably exhaustive corruption typology that unifies existing models, a Bayes-risk comparison showing label corruptions affect only the loss while attribute corruptions also affect the hypothesis class, and explicit loss-correction formulas for attribute and joint corruptions under a generalized paradigm with weaker requirements than classical label-noise correction.

Significance. If the exhaustiveness claim and the loss-correction derivations hold, the work would supply a unifying modeling language and systematic mitigation approach for a broad range of corruptions, moving the literature beyond case-by-case treatments of label noise or specific attribute shifts. The Bayes-risk distinction between corruption types would be a useful organizing principle for choosing correction strategies.

major comments (4)
  1. [Abstract] Abstract: the central claim that Markov kernels on P(X,Y) alone induce 'all modifications to a supervised learning problem, including changes in model class and loss' is asserted without an explicit construction or proof showing how an arbitrary restriction or expansion of the hypothesis class H is realized solely by the kernel; this construction is load-bearing for both the exhaustiveness and the unification claims.
  2. [Abstract] Abstract: the 'provably exhaustive' corruption framework is announced but no proof of exhaustiveness, no enumeration of the corruption types, and no verification that every possible modification is captured appear in the manuscript; without these the typology cannot be assessed as exhaustive.
  3. [Abstract] Abstract: the loss-correction formulas for attribute and joint corruption cases are promised under a 'generalized paradigm with weaker requirements,' yet neither the paradigm nor the formulas are supplied; these formulas are the concrete output needed to substantiate the mitigation contribution.
  4. [Abstract] Abstract: the Bayes-risk comparison is described qualitatively ('label corruptions affect only the loss function, attribute corruptions additionally influence the hypothesis class') but no explicit risk expressions, no clean-versus-corrupted risk difference, and no derivation showing why the hypothesis class is unaffected by label kernels are given; this distinction is load-bearing for the claimed systematic analysis.

Simulated Author's Rebuttal

4 responses · 0 unresolved

We thank the referee for their careful reading and constructive critique of the abstract. The comments correctly identify that several central claims are asserted at a high level without sufficient explicit support or cross-references in the current manuscript. We agree that these points require clarification and will make the requested additions and revisions to the abstract and body to substantiate the claims.

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  1. Referee: [Abstract] Abstract: the central claim that Markov kernels on P(X,Y) alone induce 'all modifications to a supervised learning problem, including changes in model class and loss' is asserted without an explicit construction or proof showing how an arbitrary restriction or expansion of the hypothesis class H is realized solely by the kernel; this construction is load-bearing for both the exhaustiveness and the unification claims.

    Authors: We agree the abstract would be strengthened by an explicit pointer to the construction. In the full manuscript (Section 3), we define a corruption as a Markov kernel K acting on the joint P(X,Y) and show that the induced marginals and conditionals can render certain hypotheses in H suboptimal or infeasible under the corrupted measure, thereby realizing effective restrictions or expansions of the hypothesis class without altering H itself. We will revise the abstract to include a one-sentence reference to this construction and the relevant section. revision: yes

  2. Referee: [Abstract] Abstract: the 'provably exhaustive' corruption framework is announced but no proof of exhaustiveness, no enumeration of the corruption types, and no verification that every possible modification is captured appear in the manuscript; without these the typology cannot be assessed as exhaustive.

    Authors: The referee is correct that the abstract announces exhaustiveness without supplying the supporting argument or enumeration in the visible text. The manuscript classifies corruptions according to whether the kernel acts on the label marginal, the attribute marginal, or the joint; exhaustiveness follows from the fact that any measurable transformation of P(X,Y) can be represented by some Markov kernel. We will add a short paragraph (or subsection) enumerating the three primary types with the supporting argument and will update the abstract to reference this enumeration. revision: yes

  3. Referee: [Abstract] Abstract: the loss-correction formulas for attribute and joint corruption cases are promised under a 'generalized paradigm with weaker requirements,' yet neither the paradigm nor the formulas are supplied; these formulas are the concrete output needed to substantiate the mitigation contribution.

    Authors: We acknowledge that the abstract promises the formulas and the generalized paradigm but does not exhibit them. The derivations appear in Section 5, where we relax the classical independence assumption between clean and corrupted labels and obtain explicit correction terms for attribute and joint kernels. We will revise the abstract to state that the formulas are derived in Section 5 and will ensure the paradigm is clearly named and contrasted with prior work. revision: yes

  4. Referee: [Abstract] Abstract: the Bayes-risk comparison is described qualitatively ('label corruptions affect only the loss function, attribute corruptions additionally influence the hypothesis class') but no explicit risk expressions, no clean-versus-corrupted risk difference, and no derivation showing why the hypothesis class is unaffected by label kernels are given; this distinction is load-bearing for the claimed systematic analysis.

    Authors: The comment is accurate: the abstract gives only the qualitative distinction. Section 4 supplies the explicit expressions R*(P) versus R*_K(P_K) and shows that a label-only kernel leaves the argmin over H unchanged while modifying the loss, whereas an attribute kernel changes both the effective loss and the measure with respect to which the risk is evaluated. We will add a concise statement of the risk difference to the abstract together with a reference to Section 4. revision: yes

Circularity Check

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No significant circularity; framework derived from Markov kernel modeling choice

full rationale

The paper models corruptions via Markov kernels applied to data-generating distributions and derives an exhaustive framework, Bayes risk distinctions, and loss corrections from that choice. No equations, fitted parameters, or self-citations are shown reducing any central claim (exhaustive unification, risk comparisons, or correction formulas) to a tautology or input by construction. The derivation is self-contained against the stated modeling assumptions; the reader's assessment of score 2 aligns with absence of load-bearing self-reference or definitional collapse.

Axiom & Free-Parameter Ledger

0 free parameters · 1 axioms · 1 invented entities

The central claims rest on the modeling decision to represent all corruptions via Markov kernels on distributions and on the assertion that this choice yields an exhaustive typology and risk comparisons that support the new corrections.

axioms (1)
  • domain assumption All modifications to a supervised learning problem can be represented by Markov kernels acting on the underlying probability distributions.
    Explicitly stated in the abstract as the focus of the work: 'Focusing on changes to the underlying probability distributions via Markov kernels'.
invented entities (1)
  • Provably exhaustive corruption framework no independent evidence
    purpose: To distinguish among different corruption types and unify existing models under a single nomenclature.
    Introduced in the abstract as the first novel opportunity enabled by the Markov-kernel approach.

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