An Efficient Method for Sample Adversarial Perturbations against Nonlinear Support Vector Machines

Wen Su, Qingna Li*

*Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

Adversarial perturbations have drawn great attentions in various machine learning models. In this paper, we investigate the sample adversarial perturbations for nonlinear support vector machines (SVMs). Due to the implicit form of the nonlinear functions mapping data to the feature space, it is difficult to obtain the explicit form of the adversarial perturbations. By exploring the special property of nonlinear SVMs, we transform the optimization problem of attacking nonlinear SVMs into a nonlinear KKT system. Such a system can be solved by various numerical methods. Numerical results show that our method is efficient in computing adversarial perturbations.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publication2022 5th International Conference on Data Science and Information Technology, DSIT 2022 - Proceedings
PublisherInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
ISBN (Electronic)9781665498685
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2022
Event5th International Conference on Data Science and Information Technology, DSIT 2022 - Shanghai, China
Duration: 22 Jul 202224 Jul 2022

Publication series

Name2022 5th International Conference on Data Science and Information Technology, DSIT 2022 - Proceedings

Conference

Conference5th International Conference on Data Science and Information Technology, DSIT 2022
Country/TerritoryChina
CityShanghai
Period22/07/2224/07/22

Keywords

  • KKT system
  • adversarial perturbation
  • machine learning
  • nonlinear optimization
  • support vector machine

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