Robust Explanatory Analysis for Structured Optimization Networks (REASON) in Learning

arXiv:2610.19378v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: We seek a hierarchical resolution of residual error under a composite learning objective as a principled mechanism for identifying and exploiting additional information, particularly under distribution shift and perturbation. Inspired by the System 1/System 2 paradigm, we formulate this principle as a two-loop mechanism serving a common inference goal. A fast, System 1-like loop resolves the residual addressable by the available evidence; the remaining epistemic residual triggers a medium speed, System 2-like loop that actively acquires additional evidence and measures its informational value through residual reduction. Over nested solution spaces, the medium-loop optimum is provably no worse than the fast-loop optimum. Experiments show that the resulting two-loop model consistently improves upon the fast loop at approximately half the computation of the medium loop, including under unseen corruptions, and, when provided a cleaner observation, outperforms staged classifiers and learning-to-defer methods at equal computational cost.

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Source: arXiv cs.CV | 2026-10-15