Meta-models predict model hyperparameters for NDT experiments.
problem Non-destructive testing experiments are isolated; this work connects them.
method Bayesian multilevel approach, capturing inter-task relationships.
result Meta-models encode knowledge between and within tasks for transfer learning.
Study examines human factors in radiographic testing to improve inspection performance.
problem Insufficient consideration of human and organizational factors in NDT.
method CREAM method applied to analyze and model HOF on radiogram interpretation tasks.
result Model CREAM well-adapted for estimating HOF impact on NDT performances.
In this paper, we study the problem of locating a predefined sequence of patterns in a time series. In particular, the studied scenario assumes a theoretical model is available that contains the expected locations of the patterns. This problem is found in several contexts, and it is commonly solved by first synthesizin…
Rapidly estimating the remaining wall thickness (RWT) is paramount for the non-destructive condition assessment evaluation of large critical metallic pipelines. A robotic vehicle with embedded magnetism-based sensors has been developed to traverse the inside of a pipeline and conduct inspections at the location of a br…
Paper introduces ML tools for guided wave behaviour in composite materials.
problem Difficult assessment of guided wave behaviour in complex materials.
method Data-driven model using Gaussian processes with physical constraints.
result Structured machine learning models offer advantages like extrapolation and physical interpretation.
Low-cost sensor fusion for organic substance classification.
problem Non-destructive classification and quality control of organic substances.
method Arduino Mega 2560 microcontroller with three sensors, supervised learning models, hyperparameter tuning, PCA/LDA, ensemble voting classifier.
result Test accuracies of 93-94% for identifying organic compounds.
Understanding the adaptation process of plants to drought stress is essential in improving management practices, breeding strategies as well as engineering viable crops for a sustainable agriculture in the coming decades. Hyper-spectral imaging provides a particularly promising approach to gain such understanding since…
Artificial Intelligence (AI) systems sometimes make errors and will make errors in the future, from time to time. These errors are usually unexpected, and can lead to dramatic consequences. Intensive development of AI and its practical applications makes the problem of errors more important. Total re-engineering of the…
SVM methods improve tack coat classification in French pavements.
problem Classifying thin tack coat layers in GPR data.
method Inverse Machine Learning approach applied to SVM/SVR methods.
result SVM/SVR methods accurately classify tack coat emulsion proportions.
Machine Learning (ML) algorithms have been used for assessing soil quality parameters along with non-destructive methodologies. Among spectroscopic analytical methodologies, energy dispersive X-ray fluorescence (EDXRF) is one of the more quick, environmentally friendly and less expensive when compared to conventional m…
The paper tackles inverse uncertainty quantification in neutron noise analysis.
problem Uncertainty in estimating material properties from noisy neutron correlation measurements.
method Surrogate models and inverse uncertainty quantification to account for measurement error and model bias.
result Improved prediction of neutron correlations and quantification of uncertainties.
Many methods for automated software test generation, including some that explicitly use machine learning (and some that use ML more broadly conceived) derive new tests from existing tests (often referred to as seeds). Often, the seed tests from which new tests are derived are manually constructed, or at least simpler t…
A family of maximum mean discrepancy (MMD) kernel two-sample tests is introduced. Members of the test family are called Block-tests or B-tests, since the test statistic is an average over MMDs computed on subsets of the samples. The choice of block size allows control over the tradeoff between test power and computatio…
USP test improves on Pearson's chi-squared and G-test for independence.
problem Deficiencies in Pearson's chi-squared and G-test for independence. method USP test based on U-statistic estimator of population dependence measure. result USP test controls size, handles small cell counts, and detects minimal violations of independence.
E-C2ST uses E-values for high-dimensional data two-sample tests.
problem Statistical testing for high-dimensional data.
method Combines split likelihood ratio tests and predictive independence tests, using E-values for anytime-valid sequential tests.
result E-C2ST achieves enhanced statistical power by partitioning datasets into multiple batches.
This paper provides a comprehensive survey of Machine Learning Testing (ML testing) research. It covers 144 papers on testing properties (e.g., correctness, robustness, and fairness), testing components (e.g., the data, learning program, and framework), testing workflow (e.g., test generation and test evaluation), and …
Cheap permutation tests speed up distribution testing without sacrificing accuracy.
problem Efficiently testing distribution differences and independence.
method Group datapoints into bins and permute only these bins, using stored sufficient statistics.
result Cheap permutation tests maintain the accuracy and optimality of standard tests but are significantly faster.
DRIFT uses RL to automate functional software testing efficiently.
problem Efficient and reliable automated software testing.
method DRIFT employs Q-learning with Graph Neural Networks on symbolic UI representations.
result DRIFT can robustly test software functionalities in a fully automated manner.
Optimizes two-sample tests for non-Euclidean domains using spectral regularization.
problem Optimizing two-sample tests for non-Euclidean domains.
method Spectral regularization of MMD test to achieve minimax optimality.
result Proposes a spectral regularization method that improves test optimality.
Robust test for distributions under Hellinger distance, simpler than optimal tests.
problem Testing and estimating distributions robustly under Hellinger distance.
method Simple robust hypothesis test with optimal sample complexity, robust to Hellinger distance perturbations.
result Empirically demonstrated robustness and power of the test on canonical distributions.
A new method for kernel tests without data splitting increases power.
problem Lack of power in kernel-based tests due to data splitting.
method Selective inference framework to learn hyperparameters and test on full sample.
result Empirically larger test power without data splitting, regardless of split proportion.
Framework for online hypothesis testing across various data types.
problem Testing various nonparametric hypotheses in data streams.
method Unified framework using operators on data distributions, leveraging ML models.
result Efficient, adaptive, and error-controlled sequential tests.
Model-X test detects conditional independence in streaming data.
problem Detecting conditional independence in data streams with arbitrary dependency.
method Sequential testing inspired by model-X and testing by betting.
result Significantly reduces type-I error rate and enhances data efficiency.
Simple methods combine statistical tests for out-of-distribution detection.
problem Detecting data points not following the training distribution.
method Combining classical parametric tests (Rao's score test) and a typicality test.
result Combining Fisher's method of test statistics improves out-of-distribution detection accuracy.
Unified score and distance-based GoF tests for model adequacy.
problem Difficulty in extending score-based GoF tests to nonparametric alternatives.
method Introducing semiparametric kernelized Stein discrepancy (SKSD) test.
result SKSD test is computationally efficient and universally consistent.
AutoML simplifies two-sample tests for detecting distribution shifts.
problem Detecting distribution shifts between datasets.
method Uses mean discrepancy of a witness function with squared loss minimization.
result AutoML simplifies and improves two-sample testing performance.
New methods for CI testing under model misspecification.
problem Challenges in CI testing with misspecified models.
method Proposes new approximations and upper bounds for testing errors of regression-based CI tests.
result Introduces the Rao-Blackwellized Predictor Test (RBPT) robust against misspecified inductive biases.
Discusses MultiFIT for multivariate dependence, comparing it to HSIC tests.
problem Comparing Multiscale Fisher's Independence Test (MultiFIT) to HSIC tests for multivariate dependence.
method Compares MultiFIT to HSIC tests, highlighting exact level control and performance limitations.
result Observes performance limitations of MultiFIT in terms of test power.
The repeated community-wide reuse of test sets in popular benchmark problems raises doubts about the credibility of reported test-error rates. Verifying whether a learned model is overfitted to a test set is challenging as independent test sets drawn from the same data distribution are usually unavailable, while other …
Develops hypothesis tests for conditional distributions using learning-theoretic bounds.
problem Testing differences in conditional distributions and functionals.
method Transforming learning-theoretic bounds into hypothesis tests for conditional expectations.
result Establishes comprehensive foundation for conditional testing, including theoretical guarantees and practical implementations.
Develops tests for conditional symmetry under group actions.
problem Testing conditional symmetry in distributions under group actions.
method Nonparametric randomization tests with kernel methods and asymptotic consistency.
result Tests achieve finite-sample Type I error control and power.
Paper proposes a new method for more accurate group testing of infected patients.
problem Identifying infected patients efficiently with reduced tests and corrected errors.
method Adaptive design of pools based on Bayesian posterior prediction using belief propagation algorithm.
result The proposed method results in more accurate identification of infected patients.
This paper introduces differentially private permutation tests for hypothesis testing.
problem Privacy concerns in sensitive data analysis.
method Differentially private permutation tests for kernel methods.
result Proposes dpMMD and dpHSIC for two-sample and independence testing, achieving optimal power.
Improved MMD test for two-sample testing with random Fourier features.
problem Quadratic-time complexity of MMD test for large-scale analysis.
method Approximated MMD test using random Fourier features, investigating time-power trade-off.
result Sub-quadratic time complexity with same minimax separation rates as MMD test.
Distance correlation has gained much recent attention in the data science community: the sample statistic is straightforward to compute and asymptotically equals zero if and only if independence, making it an ideal choice to discover any type of dependency structure given sufficient sample size. One major bottleneck is…
Paper proposes a robust test for high-dimensional models with large covariates and instruments.
problem Testing high-dimensional linear instrumental variable models with large covariates and instruments.
method Introduces a test based on the maximum norm of multiple parameters and a power-enhanced test.
result The proposed test is robust to heteroskedastic errors and has higher power than existing tests.
Polynomial-time test for detecting dense subgraphs in heterogeneous networks.
problem Detecting a planted community in heterogeneous networks.
method Proposes a polynomial-time test with a standard normal distribution null limiting distribution.
result The test is efficient and performs well in both simulations and real data.
The study analyzes group testing algorithms for identifying defective items with high confidence.
problem Identifying defective items from a population using group testing with high confidence.
method Formulated as a function learning problem using the PAC framework, analyzed three algorithms: column matching, combinatorial basis pursuit, and definite defectives.
result Derived bounds on the number of tests needed for approximate set identification, comparing with existing bounds and simulating performance.
We propose a novel adaptive test of goodness-of-fit, with computational cost linear in the number of samples. We learn the test features that best indicate the differences between observed samples and a reference model, by minimizing the false negative rate. These features are constructed via Stein's method, meaning th…
A permutation-based SW test achieves minimax-optimal power for two-sample testing.
problem Nonparametric two-sample testing using the sliced Wasserstein distance.
method Proposes a permutation-based SW test and analyzes its performance.
result Achieves minimax separation rate n−1/2 over multinomial and bounded-support alternatives. We conduct an extensive evaluation of price jump tests based on high-frequency financial data. After providing a concise review of multiple alternative tests, we document the size and power of all tests in a range of empirically relevant scenarios. Particular focus is given to the robustness of test performance to the …
This paper explores the information-theoretic limitations of graph property testing in zero-field Ising models. Instead of learning the entire graph structure, sometimes testing a basic graph property such as connectivity, cycle presence or maximum clique size is a more relevant and attainable objective. Since property…
CTT compresses samples to test distributions near-linearly, outperforming existing methods.
problem Efficiently testing distributions with high power and near-linear runtime.
method Sample compression followed by permutation testing.
result CTT achieves near-linear runtime while maintaining high statistical power.
Meta two-sample testing uses auxiliary data to quickly find powerful tests from limited samples.
problem Challenges in identifying powerful kernels for distinguishing complex distributions with limited data.
method Introduces meta two-sample testing (M2ST) to leverage abundant auxiliary data on related tasks.
result Proposed algorithms improve over baselines and identify powerful tests from scarce observations.
We consider the problem of comparing probability densities between two groups. A new probabilistic tensor product smoothing spline framework is developed to model the joint density of two variables. Under such a framework, the probability density comparison is equivalent to testing the presence/absence of interactions.…
Conditional independence tests (CI tests) have received special attention lately in Machine Learning and Computational Intelligence related literature as an important indicator of the relationship among the variables used by their models. In the field of Probabilistic Graphical Models (PGM)--which includes Bayesian Net…
Machine learning improves diagnostic test accuracy for bovine tuberculosis.
problem Improving diagnostic test sensitivity for bovine tuberculosis.
method Machine learning to assess risk landscapes and predict infection.
result Test sensitivity improved, detecting 240 more infected herds per year.
This paper provides a new unimodality test with application in hierarchical clustering methods. The proposed method denoted by signature test (Sigtest), transforms the data based on its statistics. The transformed data has much smaller variation compared to the original data and can be evaluated in a simple proposed un…