Replication package of the paper "Keeping Deep Learning Models in Check: A History-Based Approach to Mitigate Overfitting"

This repository provides all the data, code, notebook, and the trained models required to replicate our paper:

• The datasets can be found under the ./data folder, where:
  • the training folder contains the simulated dataset
  • the testing folder contains the real-world dataset
• Using ./train.py for training and ./predict.py for prediction
• Using the notebook ./reproduce.ipynb to see the results and figures of our paper
• The trained models can be found under the models folder
• The full list of surveyed paper can be found in surveyed_paper.md

Setup environment

This repository is based on Python 3.8.13 version.

Conda

conda env create -f environment.yml

pip

pip install -r requirements.txt

Data preparation

This project is for detecting overfitting based on training logs. The format of the training log should be a json file and contain:

• Training loss
• Validation loss

The names of the keys should be specified as train_metric and monitor_metric. For example, a training log stores training loss under key named training_loss and validation loss under key named validation_loss:

{
  "training_loss": [0.720, 0.716, ...],
  "validation_loss": [0.707, 0.706, ...],
  "train_metric": "training_loss",
  "monitor_metric": "validation_loss"
}

Example training logs can be found in ./data/training/dataset_exp4 folder.

Training Overfitting Detection Methods

Correlation-based Methods

We provide three methods:

• Spearman (recommend)
• Pearson
• Autocorrelation

Training by:

python train.py spearman ./data/training/dataset_exp4 ./out
python train.py pearson ./data/training/dataset_exp4 ./out
python train.py autocorr ./data/training/dataset_exp4 ./out

Time series classifiers

We provide 6 time series classifiers:

• KNN-DTW: K-Nearest Neighbors with Dynamic Time Warping (recommended)
• TSF: Time Series Forest (recommended)
• TSBF: Time Series Bag-of-Features
• HMM-GMM: Hidden Markov Model with Gaussian Mixture Model emissions
• BOSSVS: Bag-of-SFA Symbols in Vector Space
• SAX-VSM: Symbolic Aggregate approXimation and Vector Space Model

KNN-DTW has the highest F1-score in our experiments, but it requires more time to compute than other methods. TSF has a lower F1-score than KNN-DTW but faster.

python train.py knndtw ./data/training/dataset_exp4 ./out --zero_pad
python train.py tsf ./data/training/dataset_exp4 ./out
python train.py tsbf ./data/training/dataset_exp4 ./out
python train.py hmmgmm ./data/training/dataset_exp4 ./out
python train.py bossvs ./data/training/dataset_exp4 ./out
python train.py saxvsm ./data/training/dataset_exp4 ./out

The trained models are saved under the ./out folder for later use.

Using the Trained Detection Methods

Overfitting detection

Preparing the training logs (one or more) that requires overfitting detection and run the following code:

python predict.py TRAINED_METHOD_PATH DATA_DIR OUTPUT_DIR
# examples
python predict.py ./out/spearman_{DATE}.pkl ./data/testing/real_world_data/ ./out
python predict.py ./out/knndtw_{DATE}.pkl ./data/testing/real_world_data/ ./out
python predict.py ./out/tsf_{DATE}.pkl ./data/testing/real_world_data/ ./out

Overfitting prevention

The trained model can be used for overfitting prevention:

• based on the rolling window: ./classifier_as_stopper.py
• based on the whole history: ./classifier_as_stopper_whole_his.py