arXiv:2609.24260v1 Announce Type: cross
Abstract: We study the problem of \emph{adversarially robust} PAC learning. In this framework, the learner observes independent samples from an unknown distrib...
By Steve Hanneke, Amirreza Shaeiri
We study the problem of \emph{adversarially robust} PAC learning. In this framework, the learner observes independent samples from an unknown distribution over $\mathcal{X} \times \{0,1\}$, as in clas...
arXiv:2608. 06337v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: A monotone adversary observes an i.
By Anay Mehrotra
arXiv:2608. 10869v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Worst-case multiclass bounds do not become smaller when the best classifier is already nearly correct: what is missing is an optimistic rate, a guarantee whose fluctuation scales with the oracle risk itself.
By Xiaoyu Li, Andi Han, Jiaojiao Jiang, Junbin Gao
arXiv:2608. 25326v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: In transductive classification, an adversary fixes a labeled population, one label is hidden uniformly, and the learner sees all remaining labels.
By Pahan Dewasurendra
arXiv:2608. 04686v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: We study distributionally robust PAC learning for the $0$--$1$-loss, where adversarial perturbations of the data distribution are constrained by a Cressie--Read divergence of order $k>1$ and radius $\rho\geq 0$.
By Elad Aigner-Horev, Daniel Rosenberg, Roi Weiss
The paper revisits realizable multiclass PAC learning with bandit feedback, correcting a previously claimed lower bound on sample complexity. It introduces a new anchored dimension, “aBDS,” and establishes a constant‑free three‑part lower bound, while also providing tighter upper bounds that eliminate dependence on the total label count. The authors demonstrate that the optimal sample complexity can vary dramatically even among classes with identical dimensional profiles, revealing a confidence direct‑sum phenomenon and a rank‑saturation phase transition.
By Guangjian Zhang
arXiv:2606. 29331v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Scientific discovery via symbolic regression is often viewed as statistically and computationally intractable because the hypothesis space of expressions grows combinatorially with depth.
By \c{S}uayp Talha Kocabay, Talha R\"uzgar Akku\c{s}, Kerem Yal\c{c}{\i}n
arXiv:2609.21445v1 Announce Type: new
Abstract: We prove that the optimal expected mistake bound of online learning a function class $\mathcal{H}$ by a randomized proper learning algorithm is $O(\mat...
By Zachary Chase, Idan Mehalel
arXiv:2606. 25170v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: We study PAC learning in tabular discounted Markov decision processes with exogenous i.
By Corentin Pla, Hugo Richard, Marc Abeille, Vianney Perchet
arXiv:2605.13684v2 Announce Type: replace
Abstract: We study the optimal scale at which real-valued function classes exhibit uniform convergence and learnability. Our main result establishes a scale-...
By Shashaank Aiyer, Yishay Mansour, Shay Moran, Han Shao, Tom Waknine
arXiv:2606. 14690v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: We study a \emph{max-risk} objective for active learning in a multi-group mean estimation $d$-armed bandits: a learner adaptively allocates a budget of $T$ samples across $d$ groups to minimize the worst-case uncertainty index $\max_{k\in[d]}\sigma_k^2/n_k$, where $\sigma_k$ is the standard deviation of the distribution of arm $d$, and $n_k$ is the number of times arm $d$ is sampled.
By Abdellah Aznag, Rachel Cummings, Adam N. Elmachtoub