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E2Net: Resource-Efficient Continual Learning with Elastic Expansion Network
Ruiqi Liu, Boyu Diao, Libo Huang, Zhulin An, Yongjun Xu
Continual Learning methods are designed to learn new tasks without erasing previous knowledge. However, Continual Learning often requires massive computational power and storage capacity for satisfactory performance. In this paper, we propose a resource-efficient continual learning method called the Elastic Expansion Network (E2Net). Leveraging core subnet distillation and precise replay sample selection, E2Net achieves superior average accuracy and diminished forgetting within the same computational and storage constraints, all while minimizing processing time. In E2Net, we propose Representative Network Distillation to identify the representative core subnet by assessing parameter quantity and output similarity with the working network, distilling analogous subnets within the working network to mitigate reliance on rehearsal buffers and facilitating knowledge transfer across previous tasks. To enhance storage resource utilization, we then propose Subnet Constraint Experience Replay to optimize rehearsal efficiency through a sample storage strategy based on the structures of representative networks. Extensive experiments conducted predominantly on cloud environments with diverse datasets and also spanning the edge environment demonstrate that E2Net consistently outperforms state-of-the-art methods. In addition, our method outperforms competitors in terms of both storage and computational requirements.
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