Cited by 895Domain Adaptation and Few-Shot LearningAdvanced Neural Network ApplicationsAdvanced Image and Video Retrieval Techniques

Transfer Learning for Visual Categorization: A Survey

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Ling Shao, Fan Zhu, Xuelong Li·2015·IEEE Transactions on Neural Networks and Learning Systems

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Regular machine learning and data mining techniques study the training data for future inferences under a major assumption that the future data are within the same feature space or have the same distribution as the training data. However, due to the limited availability of human labeled training data, training data that stay in the same feature space or have the same distribution as the future data cannot be guaranteed to be sufficient enough to avoid the over-fitting problem. In real-world applications, apart from data in the target domain, related data in a different domain can also be included to expand the availability of our prior knowledge about the target future data. Transfer learning addresses such cross-domain learning problems by extracting useful information from data in a related domain and transferring them for being used in target tasks. In recent years, with transfer learning being applied to visual categorization, some typical problems, e.g., view divergence in action recognition tasks and concept drifting in image classification tasks, can be efficiently solved. In this paper, we survey state-of-the-art transfer learning algorithms in visual categorization applications, such as object recognition, image classification, and human action recognition.

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Authors
Shao, L., Zhu, F., & Li, X.
Affiliations
  • Nanjing University of Information Science and Technology (CN)
  • University of Sheffield (GB)
  • Chinese Academy of Sciences (CN)
Venue
IEEE Transactions on Neural Networks and Learning Systems
Published
2015-05
Volume
26
Issue
5
Pages
1019-1034
ISSN
  • 2162-237X (ISSN-L)
  • 2162-2388
OpenAlex
W2163345210
Cited by
895
References
97
Citations by year
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FWCI
27.55
Type
journal article
Language
en
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  • IEEE Transactions on Neural Networks and Learning Systems (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • Institutional Repository of Xi'an Institute of Optics and Fine Mechanics, Chinese Academy of Sciences (Xian Institute of Optics and Precision Mechanics) (submittedVersion, cc-by)
  • Northumbria Research Link (Northumbria University) (submittedVersion)
  • UEA Digital Repository (University of East Anglia) (submittedVersion)
Funders
  • National Basic Research Program of China (973 Program) (2012CB316400)
  • University of Sheffield, Sheffield, U.K.
  • National Natural Science Foundation of China (61125106, 61072093)
Topics
  • Physical Sciences › Computer Science › Artificial Intelligence › Domain Adaptation and Few-Shot Learning
  • Physical Sciences › Computer Science › Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition › Advanced Neural Network Applications
  • Physical Sciences › Computer Science › Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition › Advanced Image and Video Retrieval Techniques
Keywords
transfer learning, visual categorization, cross-domain learning, object recognition, image classification, human action recognition, concept drift, overfitting, domain adaptation
MeSH terms
Machine Learning, Algorithms, Humans, Models, Theoretical, Surveys and Questionnaires, Transfer, Psychology, Visual Perception, Neural Networks, Computer, Knowledge

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