Device Selection

Device selection in federated learning (FL) focuses on optimizing which devices participate in each training round to improve model accuracy, training speed, and resource efficiency. Current research emphasizes algorithms that consider device heterogeneity (varying computational resources and data distributions), employing techniques like reinforcement learning, multi-armed bandits, and imitation learning to select optimal subsets of devices. These advancements aim to address communication bottlenecks and improve the overall performance of FL systems, impacting the scalability and practicality of privacy-preserving machine learning across diverse applications like IoT networks and distributed AI.

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