On the Impact of Class Imbalance on the Learning Dynamics of Deep Neural Networks:An Intuitive Insight 文章

ArXiv CS.AI2026-05-26NEWSen作者: Ismail B. Mustapha, Shafaatunnur Hasan, Sunday O. Olatunji, Hatem S. Y. Nabus

摘要

arXiv:2605.24908v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: Class imbalance in deep neural networks (DNNs) has witnessed a rapid increase in research attention in recent years. However, the varying accounts of the reasons behind the poor performance of DNN on imbalance data in pertinent literature shows that little is known about how this agelong phenomenon impacts the performance of DNNs. A better understanding of this problem is crucial to developing effective DNN-based imbalance methods. Thus, this study systematically investigates the impact of class imbalance on the learning dynamics of DNN by monitoring the learning pattern of DNN models on both the majority and minority classes of datasets of varying imbalance ratios.