Incremental Learning
An Incremental Learning is a learning process based on a sequencial and construction accumulation of knowledge.
- Context:
- It can be reproduced by Incremental Machine Learning System.
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- Example(s)
- A Cumulative Learning,
- A Online Learning.
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- Counter-Example(s):
- See: Active Learning; Decision Tree, Decision Rules, Artificial Neural Network, Support Vector Machine, Forecasting, Machine Learning, Supervised Learning, Unsupervised Learning, Data Stream, Big Data, Classification.
References
2018
- (Wikipedia, 2018) ⇒ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Incremental_learning Retrieved:2018-4-15.
- In computer science, incremental learning is a method of machine learning, in which input data is continuously used to extend the existing model's knowledge i.e. to further train the model. It represents a dynamic technique of supervised learning and unsupervised learning that can be applied when training data becomes available gradually over time or its size is out of system memory limits. Algorithms that can facilitate incremental learning are known as incremental machine learning algorithms.
Many traditional machine learning algorithms inherently support incremental learning, other algorithms can be adapted to facilitate this. Examples of incremental algorithms include decisions trees (IDE4, [1] ID5R [2] ), decision rules, [3] artificial neural networks (RBF networks, [4] Learn++, [5] Fuzzy ARTMAP, [6] TopoART,[7] and IGNG [8] ) or the incremental SVM. [9] The aim of incremental learning is for the learning model to adapt to new data without forgetting its existing knowledge, it does not retrain the model. Some incremental learners have built-in some parameter or assumption that controls the relevancy of old data, while others, called stable incremental machine learning algorithms, learn representations of the training data that are not even partially forgotten over time. Fuzzy ART[10] and TopoART are two examples for this second approach.
Incremental algorithms are frequently applied to data streams or big data, addressing issues in data availability and resource scarcity respectively. Stock trend prediction and user profiling are some examples of data streams where new data becomes continuously available. Applying incremental learning to big data aims to produce faster classification or forecasting times.
- In computer science, incremental learning is a method of machine learning, in which input data is continuously used to extend the existing model's knowledge i.e. to further train the model. It represents a dynamic technique of supervised learning and unsupervised learning that can be applied when training data becomes available gradually over time or its size is out of system memory limits. Algorithms that can facilitate incremental learning are known as incremental machine learning algorithms.
- ↑ Schlimmer, J. C., & Fisher, D. A case study of incremental concept induction. Fifth National Conference on Artificial Intelligence, 496-501. Philadelphia, 1986
- ↑ Utgoff, P. E., Incremental induction of decision trees. Machine Learning, 4(2): 161-186, 1989
- ↑ Ferrer-Troyano, Francisco, Jesus S. Aguilar-Ruiz, and Jose C. Riquelme. Incremental rule learning based on example nearness from numerical data streams. Proceedings of the 2005 ACM symposium on Applied computing. ACM, 2005
- ↑ Bruzzone, Lorenzo, and D. Fernàndez Prieto. An incremental-learning neural network for the classification of remote-sensing images. Pattern Recognition Letters: 1241-1248, 1999
- ↑ R. Polikar, L. Udpa, S. Udpa, V. Honavar. Learn++: An incremental learning algorithm for supervised neural networks. IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics. Rowan University USA, 2001.
- ↑ G. Carpenter, S. Grossberg, N. Markuzon, J. Reynolds, D. Rosen. Fuzzy ARTMAP: a neural network architecture for incremental supervised learning of analog multidimensional maps. IEEE transactions on neural networks, 1992
- ↑ Marko Tscherepanow, Marco Kortkamp, and Marc Kammer. A Hierarchical ART Network for the Stable Incremental Learning of Topological Structures and Associations from Noisy Data. Neural Networks, 24(8): 906-916, 2011
- ↑ Jean-Charles Lamirel, Zied Boulila, Maha Ghribi, and Pascal Cuxac. A New Incremental Growing Neural Gas Algorithm Based on Clusters Labeling Maximization: Application to Clustering of Heterogeneous Textual Data. IEA/AIE 2010: Trends in Applied Intelligent Systems, 139-148, 2010
- ↑ Diehl, Christopher P., and Gert Cauwenberghs. SVM incremental learning, adaptation and optimization. Neural Networks, 2003. Proceedings of the International Joint Conference on. Vol. 4. IEEE, 2003.
- ↑ Carpenter, G.A., Grossberg, S., & Rosen, D.B., Fuzzy ART: Fast stable learning and categorization of analog patterns by an adaptive resonance system, Neural Networks, 4(6): 759-771, 1991
2017
- (Utgoff, 2017) ⇒ Paul E. Utgoff. (2017). Incremental Learning. In: Sammut, C., Webb, G.I. (eds) Encyclopedia of Machine Learning and Data Mining. Springer, Boston, MA
- QUOTE: Incremental learning refers to any online learning process that learns the same model as would be learned by a batch learning algorithm.
2012
- (Seel,2012) ⇒ (2012) "Incremental Learning". In: Seel N.M. (eds) Encyclopedia of the Sciences of Learning. Springer, Boston, MA
- QUOTE: The term “incremental learning” is often used for sequential or constructive learning in contrast to batch or epoch learning (Bertsekas and Tsitsiklis 1996). Incremental learning is based on the principle of starting with simple and basic principles before advancing to more complex information. Incremental learning happens in bits and pieces, and successful retention of knowledge is based upon previously attained knowledge. As a style of acquiring knowledge and skills, the concept of incremental learning can be found in psychology as well as in machine learning and refers to situations where input data come only in sequence, and a timely updating model is crucial for actions. In psychology, the term “incremental learning” can be traced back to Thorndike but can also be found in more recent theories of how people learn (e.g., Bransford et al. 2000). However, the term “incremental learning” plays an important role also in the field of machine learning which includes algorithms for...