MeTa Learning-Based Optimization of Unsupervised Domain Adaptation Deep Networks

This paper introduces a novel unsupervised domain adaptation (UDA) method, MeTa Discriminative Class-Wise MMD (MCWMMD), which combines meta-learning with a Class-Wise Maximum Mean Discrepancy (MMD) approach to enhance domain adaptation. Traditional MMD methods align overall distributions but struggl...

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Main Authors: Hsiau-Wen Lin, Trang-Thi Ho, Ching-Ting Tu, Hwei-Jen Lin, Chen-Hsiang Yu
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Published: MDPI AG 2025-01-01
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Trang-Thi Ho
Ching-Ting Tu
Hwei-Jen Lin
Chen-Hsiang Yu
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description This paper introduces a novel unsupervised domain adaptation (UDA) method, MeTa Discriminative Class-Wise MMD (MCWMMD), which combines meta-learning with a Class-Wise Maximum Mean Discrepancy (MMD) approach to enhance domain adaptation. Traditional MMD methods align overall distributions but struggle with class-wise alignment, reducing feature distinguishability. MCWMMD incorporates a meta-module to dynamically learn a deep kernel for MMD, improving alignment accuracy and model adaptability. This meta-learning technique enhances the model’s ability to generalize across tasks by ensuring domain-invariant and class-discriminative feature representations. Despite the complexity of the method, including the need for meta-module training, it presents a significant advancement in UDA. Future work will explore scalability in diverse real-world scenarios and further optimize the meta-learning framework. MCWMMD offers a promising solution to the persistent challenge of domain adaptation, paving the way for more adaptable and generalizable deep learning models.
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spelling doaj-art-7e7efb0201ae4a33a7703a00541272932025-01-24T13:39:48ZengMDPI AGMathematics2227-73902025-01-0113222610.3390/math13020226MeTa Learning-Based Optimization of Unsupervised Domain Adaptation Deep NetworksHsiau-Wen Lin0Trang-Thi Ho1Ching-Ting Tu2Hwei-Jen Lin3Chen-Hsiang Yu4Department of Information Management, Chihlee University of Technology, Taipei 220305, TaiwanDepartment of Computer Science and Information Engineering, Tamkang University, Taipei 251301, TaiwanDepartment of Applied Mathematics, National Chung Hsing University, Taichung 402202, TaiwanDepartment of Computer Science and Information Engineering, Tamkang University, Taipei 251301, TaiwanMultidisciplinary Graduate Engineering, College of Engineering, Northeastern University, Boston, MA 02115, USAThis paper introduces a novel unsupervised domain adaptation (UDA) method, MeTa Discriminative Class-Wise MMD (MCWMMD), which combines meta-learning with a Class-Wise Maximum Mean Discrepancy (MMD) approach to enhance domain adaptation. Traditional MMD methods align overall distributions but struggle with class-wise alignment, reducing feature distinguishability. MCWMMD incorporates a meta-module to dynamically learn a deep kernel for MMD, improving alignment accuracy and model adaptability. This meta-learning technique enhances the model’s ability to generalize across tasks by ensuring domain-invariant and class-discriminative feature representations. Despite the complexity of the method, including the need for meta-module training, it presents a significant advancement in UDA. Future work will explore scalability in diverse real-world scenarios and further optimize the meta-learning framework. MCWMMD offers a promising solution to the persistent challenge of domain adaptation, paving the way for more adaptable and generalizable deep learning models.https://www.mdpi.com/2227-7390/13/2/226unsupervised domain adaptationmaximum mean discrepancy (MMD)discriminative class-wise MMD (DCWMMD)meta-learningdeep kernelfeature distributions
spellingShingle Hsiau-Wen Lin
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MeTa Learning-Based Optimization of Unsupervised Domain Adaptation Deep Networks
Mathematics
unsupervised domain adaptation
maximum mean discrepancy (MMD)
discriminative class-wise MMD (DCWMMD)
meta-learning
deep kernel
feature distributions
title MeTa Learning-Based Optimization of Unsupervised Domain Adaptation Deep Networks
title_full MeTa Learning-Based Optimization of Unsupervised Domain Adaptation Deep Networks
title_fullStr MeTa Learning-Based Optimization of Unsupervised Domain Adaptation Deep Networks
title_full_unstemmed MeTa Learning-Based Optimization of Unsupervised Domain Adaptation Deep Networks
title_short MeTa Learning-Based Optimization of Unsupervised Domain Adaptation Deep Networks
title_sort meta learning based optimization of unsupervised domain adaptation deep networks
topic unsupervised domain adaptation
maximum mean discrepancy (MMD)
discriminative class-wise MMD (DCWMMD)
meta-learning
deep kernel
feature distributions
url https://www.mdpi.com/2227-7390/13/2/226
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