Meta-Learning (Learning to Learn): Investigating How Meta-Learning Algorithms Can Improve Learning Efficiency Across Tasks
Year: 2024
Type: article
Abstract: "Learning to learn," or meta-learning, has become a potent strategy for enhancing the effectiveness and versatility of machine learning models. Meta-learning algorithms aim to learn general strategies and principles that can be applied to a range of learning problems, in contrast to traditional machine learning approaches that concentrate on solving a particular problem. One of the main benefits of meta-learning is its capacity to use prior knowledge and experience to speed up learning in new tasks. Meta-learning seeks to improve models' generalization across tasks by allowing algorithms to learn from both data and prior learning experiences, which lessens the need for intensive task-specific training. The idea of meta-learning, its main algorithms, and how it can increase learning efficiency across tasks are all examined in this paper. We look at the different meta-learning frameworks, including model- based, metric-based, and optimization-based methods, and assess how well they work in various contexts. Lastly, we go over the practical uses and difficulties of meta-learning, emphasizing its potential in domains like robotics, reinforcement learning, and few-shot learning. Keywords: Meta-Learning, Model-Agnostic Meta-Learning (MAML), Machine Learning, Robotics. Natural Language Processing (NLP)
DOI: 10.55041/ijsrem39464
Author: Gaurav Kashyap
Language: English
Subfield: Artificial Intelligence
Field: Computer Science
Domain: Physical Sciences
Open Access status: bronze
OpenAlex ID: W4405065335