# Generalization bound for parameters rather than loss functions

I was wondering if it is possible to obtain high probability bounds (provided finite sample size of the training data) for the distance (say in the l-1 or l-2 norm) between the best parameter set and the estimated parameters for model classes such as that comprising of logistic regressions? As an example corresponding to linear regression, see below:

For the full proof of the aforementioned example see Thm. 2.2 on pgs 36 and 37 here: https://ocw.mit.edu/courses/mathematics/18-s997-high-dimensional-statistics-spring-2015/lecture-notes/MIT18_S997S15_CourseNotes.pdf. I think this is a special case because they're able to make use of linearity and sub-gaussian assumptions. I was wondering if a similar bound could be obtained for Logistic Regression parameters, or alternatively, are there any other classification models for which similar results could be obtained?

I know learning theory gives us risk bounds. Are there certain settings wherein those risk bounds translate to bounds on the deviations in estimated and true parameters? Saw a similar (but more specific) question in math stackexchange without any answers: https://math.stackexchange.com/questions/3846492/generalization-error-in-logistic-regression. Is this simply impossible to ask for in the agnostic setting for general model classes? Can we hope to get such results for specific model classes, under specific assumptions (eg: the parameter space being compact)? Any related literature? Any insights would be appreciated.

P.S: I don't mean the number-of-iteration based bounds obtained in optimization settings, i.e. computation error, here I am referring to estimation error

The setting is actually non-parametric and quite general. Our loss measures the expected log-likelihood -- which is more natural in the context of logistic regression than distance in parameter space. Notice that our loss is unbounded, as would be the $$\ell_1$$ or $$\ell_2$$ loss in parameter space.
• There aren't really two natural objects whose $\ell_1$ distance you'd want to bound. Our model $h:X\to[0,1]$ is an agnostic model of the underlying joint distribution -- meaning, we don't assume any "ground truth". May 23, 2021 at 7:49