Survey on Online Streaming Continual Learning

Survey on Online Streaming Continual Learning

Nuwan Gunasekara, Bernhard Pfahringer, Heitor Murilo Gomes, Albert Bifet

Proceedings of the Thirty-Second International Joint Conference on Artificial Intelligence
Survey Track. Pages 6628-6637. https://doi.org/10.24963/ijcai.2023/743

Stream Learning (SL) attempts to learn from a data stream efficiently. A data stream learning algorithm should adapt to input data distribution shifts without sacrificing accuracy. These distribution shifts are known as ”concept drifts” in the literature. SL provides many supervised, semi-supervised, and unsupervised methods for detecting and adjusting to concept drift. On the other hand, Continual Learning (CL) attempts to preserve previous knowledge while performing well on the current concept when confronted with concept drift. In Online Continual Learning (OCL), this learning happens online. This survey explores the intersection of those two online learning paradigms to find synergies. We identify this intersection as Online Streaming Continual Learning (OSCL). The study starts with a gentle introduction to SL and then explores CL. Next, it explores OSCL from SL and OCL perspectives to point out new research trends and give directions for future research.
Keywords:
Survey: Machine Learning
Survey: Data Mining
Survey: Multidisciplinary Topics and Applications