Kernel interpolation generalizes poorly

Yicheng Li, Haobo Zhang and Qian Lin

Biometrika, 2024, vol. 111, issue 2, 715-722

Abstract: SummaryOne of the most interesting problems in the recent renaissance of the studies in kernel regression might be whether kernel interpolation can generalize well, since it may help us understand the ‘benign overfitting phenomenon’ reported in the literature on deep networks. In this paper, under mild conditions, we show that, for any ε>0, the generalization error of kernel interpolation is lower bounded by Ω(n−ε). In other words, the kernel interpolation generalizes poorly for a large class of kernels. As a direct corollary, we can show that overfitted wide neural networks defined on the sphere generalize poorly.

Keywords: Generalization; Kernel interpolation; Kernel ridge regression; Neural network (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2024
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