Deep Bayesian Active Learning for Natural Language Processing: Results of a Large-Scale Empirical Study (D18-1)
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| Challenge: | Existing studies on Active Learning (AL) for natural language processing have limited data requirements. |
| Approach: | They propose a Bayesian active learning approach that reduces deep learning's data dependence by comparing models and acquisition functions. |
| Outcome: | The proposed approach outperforms i.i.d. baselines and is more efficient than other approaches. |
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