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View SchemaL2CU: Learning to Complement Unseen Users
| Authors | Dileepa Pitawela, Gustavo Carneiro, Hsiang-Ting Chen |
|---|---|
| Categories | |
| ArXiv ID | 2601.06119vv1 |
| URL | https://arxiv.org/abs/2601.06119 |
| DOI | 10.1109/ACCESS.2025.3648122 |
| Journal | in IEEE Access, vol. 13, pp. 217632-217643, 2025 |
| License | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ |
Abstract
Recent research highlights the potential of machine learning models to learn to complement (L2C) human strengths; however, generalizing this capability to unseen users remains a significant challenge. Existing L2C methods oversimplify interaction between human and AI by relying on a single, global user model that neglects individual user variability, leading to suboptimal cooperative performance. Addressing this, we introduce L2CU, a novel L2C framework for human-AI cooperative classification with unseen users. Given sparse and noisy user annotations, L2CU identifies representative annotator profiles capturing distinct labeling patterns. By matching unseen users to these profiles, L2CU leverages profile-specific models to complement the user and achieve superior joint accuracy. We evaluate L2CU on datasets (CIFAR-10N, CIFAR-10H, Fashion-MNIST-H, Chaoyang and AgNews), demonstrating its effectiveness as a model-agnostic solution for improving human-AI cooperative classification.
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