# Federated Learning of AnDE Classifiers

arXiv: https://arxiv.org/abs/2609.28695 · HTML: https://mlsanity.com/paper/2609.28695/

## Key facts

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- First posted on arXiv 23 Sep 2026.

## Builds on (most cited first, 2 of 2)

- [Communication-Efficient Learning of Deep Networks from Decentralized Data](https://mlsanity.com/paper/1602.05629/) (2016)
- [OpenML: networked science in machine learning](https://mlsanity.com/paper/1407.7722/) (2014)

## Abstract (arXiv)

This work presents a federated framework for training Averaged n-Dependence Estimators (AnDE) in distributed environments. The proposed method focuses on the discriminative setting, where model weights are learned locally and aggregated globally, supporting any dependency order n. This design allows federated training without transmitting semantically meaningful parameters, improving privacy. Additionally, generative AnDE models are federated to provide a comparative baseline, with optional differential privacy applied to the aggregation of probability tables. Experiments on 12 discrete datasets show that discriminative models with n ≥ 1 consistently outperform federated Naive Bayes (NB, n=0), and that privacy-preserving aggregation is effective with limited accuracy loss. These results establish federated AnDE as a viable and privacy-preserving framework, showing that probabilistic models remain applicable in modern federated learning settings.