Empirical Risk Minimization with Relative Entropy Regularization: Optimality and Sensitivity Analysis

Samir M. Perlaza, Gaetan Bisson, Iñaki Esnaola, Alain Jean-Marie, Stefano Rini

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Abstract

The optimality and sensitivity of the empirical risk minimization problem with relative entropy regularization (ERM-RER) are investigated for the case in which the reference is a σ-finite measure instead of a probability measure. This generalization allows for a larger degree of flexibility in the incorporation of prior knowledge over the set of models. In this setting, the interplay of the regularization parameter, the reference measure, the risk function, and the empirical risk induced by the solution of the ERM-RER problem is characterized. This characterization yields necessary and sufficient conditions for the existence of regularization parameters that achieve arbitrarily small empirical risk with arbitrarily high probability. Additionally, the sensitivity of the expected empirical risk to deviations from the solution of the ERM-RER problem is studied. Dataset-dependent and dataset-independent upper bounds on the absolute value of the sensitivity are presented. In a special case, it is shown that the expectation (with respect to the datasets) of the absolute value of the sensitivity is upper bounded, up to a constant factor, by the square root of the lautum information between the models and the datasets.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publication2022 IEEE International Symposium on Information Theory, ISIT 2022
PublisherInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
Pages684-689
Number of pages6
ISBN (Electronic)9781665421591
DOIs
StatePublished - 2022
Event2022 IEEE International Symposium on Information Theory, ISIT 2022 - Espoo, Finland
Duration: 26 Jun 20221 Jul 2022

Publication series

NameIEEE International Symposium on Information Theory - Proceedings
Volume2022-June
ISSN (Print)2157-8095

Conference

Conference2022 IEEE International Symposium on Information Theory, ISIT 2022
Country/TerritoryFinland
CityEspoo
Period26/06/221/07/22

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