arXiv Open Access 2025

Capacity-Constrained Continual Learning

Zheng Wen Doina Precup Benjamin Van Roy Satinder Singh
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Any agents we can possibly build are subject to capacity constraints, as memory and compute resources are inherently finite. However, comparatively little attention has been dedicated to understanding how agents with limited capacity should allocate their resources for optimal performance. The goal of this paper is to shed some light on this question by studying a simple yet relevant continual learning problem: the capacity-constrained linear-quadratic-Gaussian (LQG) sequential prediction problem. We derive a solution to this problem under appropriate technical conditions. Moreover, for problems that can be decomposed into a set of sub-problems, we also demonstrate how to optimally allocate capacity across these sub-problems in the steady state. We view the results of this paper as a first step in the systematic theoretical study of learning under capacity constraints.

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Zheng Wen

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Doina Precup

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Benjamin Van Roy

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Satinder Singh

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Wen, Z., Precup, D., Roy, B.V., Singh, S. (2025). Capacity-Constrained Continual Learning. https://arxiv.org/abs/2507.21479

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