Abstract

The goal of learning transfer is to apply knowledge gained from one problem to a separate related problem. Transformation learning is a proposed approach to computational learning transfer that focuses on modeling high-level transformations that are well suited for transfer. By using a high-level representation of transferable data, transformation learning facilitates both shallow transfer (intra-domain) and deep transfer (inter-domain) scenarios. Transformations can be discovered in data using manifold learning to order data instances according to the transformations they represent. For high-dimensional data representable with coordinate systems, such as images and sounds, data instances can be decomposed into small sub-instances based on coordinates. Coordinate-based transformation models trained using these sub-instances can effectively approximate transformations from very small amounts of input data compared to the naive transformation modeling approach. In addition, these models are well suited for deep transfer scenarios.

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Physical and Mathematical Sciences; Computer Science

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