面向多指标模型可靠学习的高斯划分
Gaussian Partitioning for Reliable Learning of Multi-Index Models
Ilias Diakonikolas, Giannis Iakovidis, Daniel M. Kane, Mingchen Ma
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提出高斯划分这一算法原语,用于在关于高斯平滑的分布上实现多指标模型的不可知可靠学习,并给出若干上界与 SQ 下界。
cs.DS · cs.LG
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We introduce Gaussian partitioning, an algorithmic primitive for distributions smooth with respect to a Gaussian. It partitions space into polyhedral regions so that almost all mass lies in thin strips restricting a few orthogonal directions. Within each strip, the conditional distribution approximately matches low-degree Gaussian moments in the unrestricted directions. Our construction builds on logconcave partitioning of Diakonikolas, Kane, and Ma (FOCS 2026). Under input marginals smooth with respect to the standard Gaussian, we obtain agnostic learners with error $(1+c)\mathrm{opt}+ε$ for broad classes of Boolean multi-index models, including functions of halfspaces, low-dimensional convex concepts, and low-dimensional polynomial threshold functions. For functions of $k$ halfspaces, both agnostic and testable agnostic learners achieve this error with dimension dependence $d^{\mathrm{poly}(k/c)}$, improving the previous exponential dependence on $k/c$ in the agnostic exponent. For learning from positive examples with imperfect unlabeled data (PUI), we give algorithms and Statistical Query (SQ) lower bounds that qualitatively characterize complexity through Gaussian moment matching. For fixed smoothness and positive-mass parameters, we learn intersections of $k$ halfspaces with dimension dependence $d^{O(\log(k/ε))}$ and matching SQ lower bounds, improving the previous $d^{\mathrm{poly}(1/ε)}$ upper bound even for one halfspace. A general reduction from agnostic reliable learning to PUI yields negative reliable learners for these intersections with the same dimension dependence, for fixed smoothness. Finally, for PQ learning and testable learning with distribution shift, we prove qualitatively optimal SQ lower bounds of $d^{Ω(1/ε^2)}$, even for intersections of two halfspaces with Gaussian training data and arbitrary test distributions.