Explain Strange Learning Curves in Machine Learning

The learning curve illustrates how the generalization performance of the learner evolves with more training data. It can predict the amount of data needed for decent accuracy and the highest achievable accuracy. However, the behavior of learning curves is not well understood. Many assume that the more training data provided, the better the learner performs. However, many counter-examples exist for both classical machine learning algorithms and deep neural networks. As presented in previous works, even the learning curves for simple problems using classical machine learning algorithms have unexpected behaviors. In this paper, we will explain what caused the odd learning curves generated while using ERM to solve two regression problems. Loog et al. [1] first proposed these two problems. As a result of our study, we conclude that the unexpected behaviors of the learning curves under these two problem settings are caused by incorrect modeling or the correlation between the expected risk and the output of the learner.CSE3000 Research ProjectComputer Science and Engineerin