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ICP improves prediction intervals for continuous outcomes at lower computational cost.

problem Systematic bias in point predictions that undermines their use in decision-making.
method Develops Isotonic Conformal Prediction (ICP) framework to decouple calibration from prediction-set construction.
result SICP and TICP procedures match SC-CP coverage at lower computational cost.

New method predicts spatial events like hurricanes and earthquakes with uncertainty.

problem Quantifying uncertainty in natural hazard predictions.
method Representing spatial point clouds as empirical measures, constraining prediction sets to spatial data manifold, using Wasserstein distance.
result Achieves near-nominal coverage and lower energy/manifold distances compared to baselines.

Conformal prediction fails to cover minority classes in imbalanced datasets, but a class-conditional fix improves coverage.

problem Conformal prediction fails to cover minority classes in imbalanced datasets, leading to poor performance on rare labels.
method Class-conditional conformal prediction to improve coverage of minority classes.
result Class-conditional conformal prediction restores minority coverage to target with a modest increase in prediction-set size.

Develops optimal decision-making framework for uncertain counterfactuals.

problem Ensuring reliability of predictions in high-stakes decisions.
method Policy-Coupled Risk-Averse Conformal Prediction (PC-RACP).
result Optimal prediction sets for counterfactual decisions with valid coverage.

Paper accelerates conformal prediction by using approximate leave-one-out estimators.

problem Limited computational cost for conformal prediction.
method Incorporates approximate leave-one-out estimators to accelerate conformal prediction.
result ALO-based methods achieve comparable coverage and efficiency to exact methods but with significantly reduced runtime.

STOIC improves energy demand forecasting with reliable uncertainty estimates.

problem Accurate point forecasts alone are insufficient for energy systems; reliable uncertainty estimates are needed.
method Integrates graph-based forecasting with tabular foundation models for zero-shot calibration of spatial-temporal residuals.
result STOIC delivers more reliable and robust uncertainty estimates for complex graph-structured energy time series.

Optimizes data splitting for shorter conformal prediction intervals.

problem Minimizing prediction interval length while maintaining coverage.
method Theoretical framework for optimal data splitting in split conformal prediction.
result Analytical characterizations of length-optimal split ratios in various settings.

New benchmark predicts cardiometabolic risk from accelerometer data, with varying accuracy.

problem Lack of accurate tabular benchmarks for cardiometabolic risk from accelerometer data.
method Tabular learning methods (ridge regression, XGBoost, TabPFN v2) applied to NHANES data.
result TabPFN v2 achieves best performance, but triglycerides remain largely unpredictable.

SOCP uses SOM to find groups and local calibration buffers for better regional coverage.

problem Heterogeneous regional coverage gaps in conformal prediction.
method Self-Organizing Map (SOM) for group discovery; local calibration buffers at BMU or fixed grid.
result Reduces regional coverage gaps on 7/8 benchmarks by 7.1%.

New method uses label-weighted conformal prediction for macro-coverage guarantees in classification.

problem Finding a balance between class-conditional and marginal coverage in long-tailed datasets.
method Label-weighted conformal prediction for macro-coverage guarantees.
result Validated prediction sets with macro-coverage guarantees on large-scale image datasets.

Active Kriging Monte Carlo simulation method with conformal certification for failure probability estimation

problem Failure probability estimation in structural reliability analysis
method Active learning framework with conformal prediction
result Improved uncertainty quantification and reliability of failure probability estimates

Rigorous uncertainty quantification of probabilistic AI weather forecasts with conformal prediction

problem Calibrated uncertainty quantification in probabilistic weather forecasts
method Conformal prediction
result Calibrated uncertainty at no expense to other probabilistic metrics

Audited Conformal Prediction improves conditional coverage in pretrained models under distribution shift.

problem Uncertainty quantification for pretrained models under unknown distribution shift
method Leverages a small labeled dataset to train an audit model for marginal coverage, integrates outputs into conformal prediction framework
result Significantly higher conditional coverage than existing approaches

Online monitoring system for safety classifiers with shift detection and conformal adaptation

problem Detecting and adapting to distributional shifts in deployed safety classifiers
method Calibrated sequential statistics for online monitoring, conformal abstention for adaptation
result 86.6% valid detection with mean latency of 39.5 steps

Develop conformal prediction for dyadic regression under complex missingness.

problem Conformal prediction for dyadic regression under complex missingness mechanisms.
method Developing general technical tools and conformal prediction procedures for dyadic regression under complex missingness.
result Establishing asymptotic validity of weighted conformal prediction under a nonparametric graphon model for missingness mechanism.

SPACR trains uncertainty-aware regressors directly within a single pass, improving efficiency and validity.

problem Training uncertainty-aware regressors while maintaining efficiency and validity.
method Joint optimization of efficiency and validity during training.
result SPACR consistently provides tighter intervals and better coverage-efficiency trade-offs compared to standard CP and DOICR.

We enhance conformal prediction for risk-averse decisions with action-conditional guarantees.

problem Uncertainty quantification and safety guarantees for machine learning decisions.
method Action-conditional conformal prediction, pinball-loss minimization.
result Action-conditional prediction sets optimize risk-averse decision-making.

Method predicts NAFLD risk with high accuracy and distribution-free coverage guarantees.

problem Insufficient population-level screening tools for NAFLD.
method Gradient-boosted decision trees with conformal prediction.
result Method achieves AUROC of 0.912 internally and 0.891 externally, superior to other models.

Proposes PFWCP for multi-agent tasks with privacy and validity guarantees.

problem Challenges in uncertainty quantification for multi-agent settings.
method Personalized federated weighted conformal prediction (PFWCP) combining local density ratio weighting and weighted quantile aggregation.
result Asymptotically valid coverage guarantees for each agent in heterogeneous settings.

Extends FC-RAG to anytime-valid sequential coverage for language model swarms.

problem Maintain distribution-free coverage for a swarm of weak language models over time.
method Introduces Anytime-FC-RAG, a sequential extension with a summable calibration-deviation budget.
result Achieves time-uniform alarm validity and safety under predictable adaptive control.

CASCADE improves uncertainty communication in Parkinson's disease medication management.

problem Uncertainty in clinical decision-making for Parkinson's disease patients.
method CASCADE uses a novel conformal prediction framework to adaptively scale prediction intervals based on classification uncertainty.
result CASCADE produces more efficient and robust prediction intervals for Parkinson's disease patients.

The paper improves conformal prediction by analyzing the beta law of conditional coverage.

problem Improving finite-sample marginal coverage guarantees for non-i.i.d. data.
method The method uses Wasserstein distances to quantify deviations from the beta law of conditional coverage.
result The framework provides direct bounds on marginal coverage gaps and bad-calibration probabilities.

SAGA predicts multi-year earnings with adaptive intervals, improving forecast accuracy.

problem Forecasting long-range nonlinear structure in lifetime earnings.
method Decoder-only transformer for irregular tabular sequences, split conformal calibration.
result Significant improvement in forecast accuracy compared to existing methods.

A new method for online prediction uncertainty quantification in non-exchangeable panel data.

problem Challenges in quantifying predictive uncertainty for non-exchangeable panel data.
method Online conformal prediction framework for non-exchangeable panel data, using similarity weights and adaptive miscoverage levels.
result Improves coverage on worst-covered target units through adaptive interval-width allocation.

Skew-adaptive method improves prediction intervals for regression.

problem Improving prediction intervals for regression models, especially in cases of skewness and varying scales.
method Develops a skew-adaptive extension of split conformal prediction using an asymmetric interval family and gauge approach.
result Preserves marginal validity and adapts to local scale and skewness, with efficiency gains over existing methods.

Study shows pooling scores for conformal prediction distorts group coverage.

problem Pooling scores for conformal prediction distorts group coverage.
method Derived conservation law and lower bound, demonstrated tension between fairness definitions, quantified trade-off between policies.
result Pooling scores for conformal prediction distorts group coverage.

Proposes methods for online conformal prediction with nested prediction sets across multiple confidence levels.

problem Need for uncertainty quantification with multiple confidence levels in diverse applications.
method Online optimization perspective to enforce nestedness of prediction sets while controlling quantile estimation error.
result Achieves stable coverage across all levels, strictly nested prediction sets, and improved efficiency.

MCP extends conformal prediction to vector-valued score functions without data splitting.

problem Fixed prediction set shapes in scalar score functions limit coverage guarantees.
method MCP uses a single optimization problem for prediction set design and calibration, eliminating data splitting.
result RemMCP and RelMCP achieve target coverage with smaller or comparable prediction set sizes, reducing variance.

Proposes a method to estimate conditional quantiles using both high-fidelity and low-fidelity data.

problem Difficulty in estimating conditional quantiles with scarce high-fidelity data.
method Two-stage, model-agnostic method using local quantile link and level function estimation.
result The method yields more accurate quantile estimates and tighter prediction intervals.

Study bandwidth-limited training and inference of language models.

problem Training and inference of language models on scattered data with limited bandwidth.
method Analyzed two protocols: Federated Probe-Logit Distillation (FPLD) for training and Federated Conformal RAG (FC-RAG) for inference.
result Explicit high-probability KL-consistency rate and distribution-free marginal-coverage bound for Federated Conformal RAG.

Contrast uses normalizing flows to create precise prediction regions for multi-dimensional outputs.

problem Generating reliable prediction regions for multi-dimensional outputs in supervised and unsupervised learning.
method Contrast uses normalizing flows to define nonconformity scores based on distances in latent space, creating sharp prediction regions.
result Contrast maintains guaranteed coverage probability and outperforms existing methods in generating accurate prediction regions.

TRACE improves conformal prediction for multi-dimensional outputs.

problem Challenges in constructing valid and informative conformal prediction regions for multi-dimensional outputs.
method TRACE uses transport alignment in diffusion and flow matching models to define nonconformity scores.
result TRACE yields valid and adaptive conformal prediction regions for multimodal and non-convex distributions.

Trimming helps in conformal prediction when it separates anomaly scores.

problem Effectiveness of trimming in conformal prediction under contamination.
method Analyse fixed-threshold trimming as a replacement of the contaminated calibration law with a retained law.
result Trimming helps when it separates anomaly scores, reducing clean-target coverage to a one-dimensional score-CDF transfer problem.

Proposes a method to create shorter, more accurate prediction intervals.

problem Challenges in achieving both conditional validity and interval efficiency in complex settings.
method Uses a conformal-style calibration method for neural network responses, adjusting to empirical PIT distribution.
result Demonstrates better conditional calibration and shorter intervals than existing methods.

SPLICE generates accurate time-series imputations with reliable prediction intervals.

problem Lack of reliability guarantees in time-series imputation models.
method Modular framework combining latent generative imputation with distribution-free prediction intervals.
result SPLICE achieves lowest mean Load-only MSE and best CRPS on various datasets.

VLM judges rank well but score poorly; task difficulty and annotation quality affect interval width.

problem VLMs as judges lack reliability indicators in multimodal evaluations.
method Conformal prediction using score-token log-probabilities.
result Evaluation uncertainty is task-dependent, affecting interval width and reliability.

TA-CQR predicts regression intervals with exact coverage, splitting miscoverage between endpoints.

problem Predicting regression intervals with exact coverage under reporting constraints.
method TA-CQR uses tail allocation to parameterize the oracle, estimating the allocation by searching quantile cores and applying nonnegative additive split-conformal calibration.
result TA-CQR achieves exact finite-sample marginal coverage under exchangeability, with theoretical guarantees on calibration and length.

The paper uses conformal prediction for forecasting conflict sequences in Markov processes.

problem Forecasting future conflict states for national policy decisions.
method Conformal prediction on Markov processes for temporally-dependent data.
result Conformal prediction provides valid uncertainty quantification and robustness to model misspecification.

Proposes online conformal prediction method with adversarial semi-bandit feedback.

problem Online uncertainty quantification with adversarial semi-bandit feedback.
method Formulates online conformal prediction as an adversarial bandit problem and uses regret minimization.
result Achieves long-run coverage guarantee with adversarial semi-bandit feedback.

Differentially private conformal prediction improves statistical efficiency.

problem Quantifying uncertainty in private data analysis.
method Introducing differential conformal prediction and developing Differentially Private Conformal Prediction (DPCP).
result DPCP produces tighter prediction sets than existing private split conformal approaches.

A new method for time-series data provides guaranteed coverage and adapts to non-exchangeable data.

problem Guaranteed coverage for time-series data prediction intervals.
method Sequential Conformalized Density Regions (SCDR) using quantile random forest.
result SCDR achieves guaranteed asymptotic coverage and outperforms existing methods in simulations.

CMRM improves robustness in noisy label settings without requiring privileged knowledge.

problem Learning with noisy labels without privileged knowledge.
method Conformal Margin Risk Minimization (CMRM) framework.
result CMRM consistently improves accuracy and reduces mislabeling under various noise conditions.

WBCP improves conformal prediction for distribution shifts using weighted Dirichlet posteriors.

problem Handling distribution shifts in conformal prediction.
method Generalizes Bayesian Quadrature Conformal Prediction (BQ-CP) to arbitrary importance-weighted settings.
result WBCP maintains coverage guarantees while providing richer uncertainty information.

New method for valid prediction intervals in counterfactual outcomes with runtime confounding.

problem Valid prediction intervals for counterfactual outcomes under runtime confounding.
method Debiased machine learning framework grounded in semiparametric efficiency theory.
result Prediction intervals achieve desired coverage rates with faster convergence compared to standard methods.

ORCA calibrates LLMs for efficient, generalizable reasoning.

problem Miscalibration of large language models leading to inefficiencies.
method Online Reasoning Calibration (ORCA) using conformal prediction and test-time training.
result ORCA provides higher efficiency and generalization across different reasoning tasks.

Conformal prediction offers distribution-free inference for complex models.

problem Traditional predictive inference methods are limited by assumptions about data distributions and model details.
method Conformal prediction uses symmetry assumptions and treats learning algorithms as black boxes.
result Conformal prediction provides exact finite-sample guarantees, even under limited assumptions.