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ReLaG: A Scalable Framework Generalizing Random Splits to Data with Latent Relations

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arXiv:2609.38538 (cs)
[Submitted on 29 Sep 2026]

Title:ReLaG: A Scalable Framework Generalizing Random Splits to Data with Latent Relations

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Abstract:Random splitting can yield non-independent train--test subsets when a dataset contains related samples, as is common in certain applications such as biochemical studies. This leads to overly optimistic generalization estimates. Here, we introduce ReLaG, a modality-agnostic framework that models sample relatedness through a hierarchical latent-variable process and infers groups of related samples using proximity graphs and community detection to produce independent train--test subsets. Across molecular and protein datasets, ReLaG matches existing relation-aware methods while scaling substantially better, enabling splits at previously impractical dataset sizes. We further introduce a label-free procedure that adapts the splitting resolution to production data, aligning evaluation with the intended deployment setting. ReLaG's inferred groups provide a cheap estimate of effective dataset size, enabling diversity-aware dataset scaling. ReLaG is open source and can be installed with pip install relag.
Subjects: Machine Learning (cs.LG); Artificial Intelligence (cs.AI)
Cite as: arXiv:2609.38538 [cs.LG]
  (or arXiv:2609.38538v1 [cs.LG] for this version)
  https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.2609.38538
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From: Anthony Lavertu [view email]
[v1] Tue, 29 Sep 2026 20:57:17 UTC (1,230 KB)
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