Robust Domain Generalization under Divergent Marginal and Conditional Distributions

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2602.02015v1
• Date: Mon, 02 Feb 2026 12:13:41 GMT
• Title: Robust Domain Generalization under Divergent Marginal and Conditional Distributions
• Authors: Jewon Yeom, Kyubyung Chae, Hyunggyu Lim, Yoonna Oh, Dongyoon Yang, Taesup Kim,
• Abstract summary: Domain generalization aims to learn predictive models that can generalize to unseen domains.<n>We propose a unified framework for robust domain generalization under divergent marginal and conditional distributions.<n>We derive a novel risk bound for unseen domains by explicitly decomposing the joint distribution into marginal and conditional components.
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• License: http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/
• Abstract: Domain generalization (DG) aims to learn predictive models that can generalize to unseen domains. Most existing DG approaches focus on learning domain-invariant representations under the assumption of conditional distribution shift (i.e., primarily addressing changes in $P(X\mid Y)$ while assuming $P(Y)$ remains stable). However, real-world scenarios with multiple domains often involve compound distribution shifts where both the marginal label distribution $P(Y)$ and the conditional distribution $P(X\mid Y)$ vary simultaneously. To address this, we propose a unified framework for robust domain generalization under divergent marginal and conditional distributions. We derive a novel risk bound for unseen domains by explicitly decomposing the joint distribution into marginal and conditional components and characterizing risk gaps arising from both sources of divergence. To operationalize this bound, we design a meta-learning procedure that minimizes and validates the proposed risk bound across seen domains, ensuring strong generalization to unseen ones. Empirical evaluations demonstrate that our method achieves state-of-the-art performance not only on conventional DG benchmarks but also in challenging multi-domain long-tailed recognition settings where both marginal and conditional shifts are pronounced.

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