Prototype-Based Online Learning on Homogeneously Labeled Streaming Data

Algorithms in machine learning commonly require training data to be independent and identically distributed. This assumption is not always valid, e. g. in online learning, when data becomes available in homogeneously labeled blocks, which can severely impede especially instance-based learning algorithms. In this work, we analyze and visualize this issue, and we propose and evaluate strategies for Learning Vector Quantization to compensate for homogeneously labeled blocks. We achieve considerably improved results in this difficult setting.