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An Active Learning Method Based on Variational Autoencoder and DBSCAN Clustering.

Fang Chen¹, Tao Zhang¹, Ruilin Liu¹

¹School of Information and Mathematics, Yangtze University, Jingzhou 434023, China.

Computational Intelligence and Neuroscience

|August 12, 2021

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This study introduces a novel active learning method using variational autoencoder (VAE) and DBSCAN clustering. The approach effectively handles high-dimensional data, outperforming existing methods in informative data sampling for machine learning models.

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Area of Science:

Machine Learning
Data Science
Artificial Intelligence

Background:

Active learning aims to select the most informative data points from unlabeled datasets.
Traditional distance-based clustering methods struggle with high-dimensional data, leading to performance degradation.
The distance concentration phenomenon poses challenges in high-dimensional p-norm computations within machine learning.

Purpose of the Study:

To propose a novel active learning method that overcomes the limitations of distance-based clustering in high dimensions.
To integrate variational autoencoder (VAE) with density-based spatial clustering of applications with noise (DBSCAN) for enhanced data sampling.
To address the distance representation difficulties and the distance concentration phenomenon in high-dimensional spaces.

Main Methods:

Developed a new active learning algorithm combining Variational Autoencoder (VAE) for dimensionality reduction and feature representation.
Integrated Density-Based Spatial Clustering of Applications with Noise (DBSCAN) to identify informative clusters in the latent space.
Implemented a batch-mode active learning strategy suitable for neural networks with small query batch sizes.

Main Results:

The proposed VAE-DBSCAN active learning method demonstrated competitive performance across three benchmark datasets.
The approach effectively mitigated issues related to distance representation and concentration in high-dimensional data.
Comparative analysis showed superior or comparable results against four common active learning methods and two VAE-clustering combinations.

Conclusions:

The VAE-DBSCAN method offers a robust solution for active learning in high-dimensional scenarios.
This batch-mode active learning algorithm is particularly effective for neural network training with limited labeled data.
The study contributes a novel approach to informative data sampling, enhancing the efficiency of machine learning model development.