Traditional error detection approaches require user-defined parameters and rules. Thus, the user has to know both the error detection system and the data. However, we can also formulate error detection as a semi-supervised classification problem that only requires domain expertise. The challenges for such an approach a…
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How PC-based Methods Err: Towards Better Reporting of Assumption Violations and Small Sample Errorsstat.ML
The study analyzes and mitigates errors in PC-based causal discovery methods.
problem Errors in PC-based causal discovery methods can lead to incorrect graphs.
method The study introduces coherency scores to detect assumption violations and small sample errors in PC-based methods.
result The coherency scores can detect errors that other methods cannot, bridging between global and local error detection.
End-to-end ASR error detection using audio-transcript entailment.
problem Detecting transcription errors in ASR systems to prevent error propagation.
method Proposes a novel end-to-end approach using audio-transcript entailment, with acoustic and linguistic encoders.
result Achieves CER of 26.2% on all transcription errors and 23% on medical errors specifically, improving by 12% and 15.4% respectively over a strong baseline.
Method detects errors in numerical data using regression models.
problem Noise and errors in numerical datasets.
method Introduced veracity scores and a filtering procedure for error detection.
result Method outperforms other approaches in identifying incorrect values.
RECol generates error columns to improve outlier detection.
problem Outlier detection in data with complex relationships.
method Generates reconstruction error columns for leave-one-out feature sets.
result Improves ROC-AUC and PR-AUC values of common outlier detection methods.
Many important forms of data are stored digitally in XML format. Errors can occur in the textual content of the data in the fields of the XML. Fixing these errors manually is time-consuming and expensive, especially for large amounts of data. There is increasing interest in the research, development, and use of automat…
In this paper, we explore various statistical techniques for anomaly detection in conjunction with the popular Long Short-Term Memory (LSTM) deep learning model for transportation networks. We obtain the prediction errors from an LSTM model, and then apply three statistical models based on (i) the Gaussian distribution…
Deep neural networks have demonstrated state-of-the-art performance on many classification tasks. However, they have no inherent capability to recognize when their predictions are wrong. There have been several efforts in the recent past to detect natural errors but the suggested mechanisms pose additional energy requi…
This paper uses β-VAE for unsupervised anomaly detection in NSL-KDD.
problem Unsupervised anomaly detection in network traffic.
method β-VAE with latent space structure and reconstruction error.
result Latent space exploitation is more effective for classification tasks.
We present a method to compute the Shapley values of reconstruction errors of principal component analysis (PCA), which is particularly useful in explaining the results of anomaly detection based on PCA. Because features are usually correlated when PCA-based anomaly detection is applied, care must be taken in computing…
Paper proposes RAN for better anomaly detection in time series data.
problem Anomaly detection algorithms often fail to accurately detect anomalies due to incomplete reconstruction of anomaly data.
method RAN uses adversarial learning and latent vector-constrained Autoencoder to ensure consistent reconstruction of anomaly data.
result RAN outperforms other algorithms in detecting meaningful anomalies with higher AUC-ROC scores.
Deep learning algorithms for connectomics rely upon localized classification, rather than overall morphology. This leads to a high incidence of erroneously merged objects. Humans, by contrast, can easily detect such errors by acquiring intuition for the correct morphology of objects. Biological neurons have complicated…
Hierarchical GANs reduce anomaly detection costs.
problem Balancing anomaly detection accuracy and sampling costs.
method Hierarchical GANs for nonuniform sampling and buffer zones.
result Proposed GAN-based detector outperforms baseline in detection delay and average cost of error.
Simplifies VAE for anomaly detection using rate-distortion theory.
problem Anomaly detection in unsupervised learning systems.
method Revisit VAE from information theory, incorporate model uncertainty.
result Competitive performance on benchmark datasets.
Deepfake detection is formulated as a hypothesis testing problem to classify an image as genuine or GAN-generated. A robust statistics view of GANs is considered to bound the error probability for various GAN implementations in terms of their performance. The bounds are further simplified using a Euclidean approximatio…
Detects harmful shifts without labels for model performance.
problem Detecting distribution shifts without access to labels.
method Uses a proxy derived from predictions of an error estimator.
result High power and false alarm control under various shifts.
Latent-space metrics for Complex-Valued VAE out-of-distribution detection under radar cluttereess.SP
Study complex-valued VAEs for radar OOD detection.
problem Detecting out-of-distribution signals in complex radar environments.
method Proposed and compared several detection metrics for CVAE.
result CVAE-MSE and latent-based scores outperform ANMF-Tyler.
This paper employs the extrinsic information transfer (EXIT) method, a technique imported from the analysis of the iterative decoding of error control codes, to study the performance of belief propagation in community detection in the presence of side information. We consider both the detection of a single (hidden) com…
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 …
Medix uses the median to detect outliers from unlabeled data for robust OOD detection.
problem Challenges in using unlabeled data for OOD detection due to mixed InD and OOD samples.
method Introduces Medix, a framework using the median operation to identify outliers from unlabeled data.
result Empirical results show Medix outperforms existing methods in open-world settings.
PITMonitor monitors model calibration over time with formal error guarantees.
problem Fixed-sample tests applied to models over time can lead to false alarms.
method PITMonitor uses mixture e-processes to detect distributional shifts in probability integral transforms.
result PITMonitor achieves competitive detection rates on river's FriedmanDrift benchmark.
SONAR improves outlier detection for streaming data with strong theoretical guarantees.
problem Outlier detection for non-stationary streaming data with high Type I/II errors.
method SONAR is an efficient SGD-based OCSVM solver with strong convex regularization and lifelong learning guarantees.
result SONAR outperforms traditional OCSVM in Type I/II error rates under non-stationary data.
New PCA method detects faults using occupation kernels.
problem Fault detection in dynamical systems.
method Occupation kernel PCA for irregularly sampled data.
result Validation of reconstruction error approach for fault detection.
Study detects signals in spiked Wigner models using log likelihood ratio.
problem Detecting signals in rank-one spiked Wigner models with non-Gaussian noise.
method Proved asymptotic normality of log likelihood ratio and computed error thresholds.
result Optimal signal-to-noise ratio threshold for reliable detection.
New methods improve anomaly detection with reduced false positives.
problem Effective anomaly detection with controlled error rates.
method Leave-one-out-, bootstrap-, and cross-conformal anomaly detection methods.
result Improved anomaly detection with reduced false positives.
PAGER detects failures in deep regression models using a new framework.
problem Detecting failures in deep regression models.
method PAGER uses a combination of epistemic uncertainty and manifold non-conformity scores.
result PAGER accurately characterizes and detects failures in deep regressors.
We propose an approach to distinguish between correct and incorrect image classifications. Our approach can detect misclassifications which either occur ("natural errors"), or due to ("adversarial errors"), both in a single . Our appr…
On Different Notions of Redundancy in Conditional-Independence-Based Discovery of Graphical Modelscs.LG
This work identifies redundant tests in conditional-independence-based discovery that can improve graphical model accuracy.
problem Reliability and sensitivity of conditional-independence-based discovery algorithms.
method Analysis of redundant tests and their impact on error detection and correction.
result Redundant tests can improve graphical model accuracy but not all are beneficial.
Fast detection of changepoints in linear regression models.
problem Early detection of changes in linear regression models.
method Heavy-weighted CUSUM statistics and composite statistics.
result Effective detection of changepoints regardless of their location.
Outlier detection has received special attention in various fields, mainly for those dealing with machine learning and artificial intelligence. As strong outliers, anomalies are divided into the point, contextual and collective outliers. The most important challenges in outlier detection include the thin boundary betwe…
AI enhances refinery optimization by detecting data errors and improving decision-making.
problem Interpreting and applying LP solutions for refinery optimization is challenging due to simplifications and data errors.
method Transformed ECOD methodology, Anomaly Detection tools, and high-dimensional data analysis.
result Identifies data supply errors and reveals business opportunities in refinery scheduling and planning.
Conventional multiuser detection techniques either require a large number of antennas at the receiver for a desired performance, or they are too complex for practical implementation. Moreover, many of these techniques, such as successive interference cancellation (SIC), suffer from errors in parameter estimation (user …
ECAD detects anomalies without data exchangeability, improving traffic flow detection.
problem Detecting anomalies in spatio-temporal data with missing values.
method ECAD uses conformal prediction to wrap around any regression algorithm, controlling Type-I error without data exchangeability.
result ECAD outperforms other methods in detecting anomalous traffic flow.
Unified model detects transferable variables and source data in high-dimensional linear regression.
problem Scarcity of target data and heterogeneity of source and target data distributions.
method UTrans model, estimation error bounds, hypothesis testing for source detection.
result UTrans achieves lower estimation and prediction errors than existing methods.
FLOPART solves peak detection by creating accurate train and test set predictions.
problem Correctly detecting peaks in sequential data.
method Dynamic programming changepoint algorithm with zero train label errors.
result FLOPART provides highly accurate predictions on both train and test sets.
In the analysis of sequential data, the detection of abrupt changes is important in predicting future changes. In this paper, we propose statistical hypothesis tests for detecting covariance structure changes in locally smooth time series modeled by Gaussian Processes (GPs). We provide theoretically justified threshold…
A new framework detects forecast model inadequacies using online monitoring of forecast errors.
problem Inaccurate forecasts lead to poor decision-making in complex models.
method Sequential changepoint techniques on forecast errors for real-time identification of process changes.
result The framework identifies shifts in forecast errors faster than in the original models, indicating process changes.
A new method detects distribution shifts faster than existing CTMs.
problem Detecting distribution shifts in data streams with contamination issues.
method Uses a fixed reference dataset to compare each new sample, avoiding contamination.
result Detects distribution shifts faster and more reliably than standard CTMs.
TadGAN detects anomalies in time series data using GANs and LSTM.
problem Challenges in detecting anomalies in time series data, especially without labeled data.
method TadGAN uses Generative Adversarial Networks (GANs) with LSTM Recurrent Neural Networks to capture temporal correlations and compute anomaly scores.
result TadGAN outperforms 8 baseline methods in most cases, achieving the highest averaged F1 score.
Empirical Transfer Operators and Finite-Sample Change Detection for Noisy Expanding Interval Mapsstat.ML
Detect changes in noisy dynamical systems using empirical approximations and finite-sample bounds.
problem Change detection in noisy dynamical systems
method Partition-based empirical approximations and finite-state stationary distribution stability
result Finite-sample bound for empirical stationary density
Grammatical error correction, like other machine learning tasks, greatly benefits from large quantities of high quality training data, which is typically expensive to produce. While writing a program to automatically generate realistic grammatical errors would be difficult, one could learn the distribution of naturally…
CLSVAE repairs systematic errors in images with minimal labeled data.
problem Repairing systematic errors in data, especially in images.
method CLSVAE models inliers as a smaller latent space representation, separating inlier and outlier patterns.
result CLSVAE achieves superior repairs with less than 2% labeled data, outperforming other methods.
Diffusion Epistemic Uncertainty with Asymmetric Learning for Diffusion-Generated Image Detectioncs.CV
DEUA detects diffusion-generated images by accounting for different types of uncertainty.
problem Detecting generated images with varying aleatoric and epistemic uncertainty.
method DEUA framework using Laplace approximation for DEU estimation and asymmetric loss function.
result DEUA achieves state-of-the-art performance on large-scale benchmarks.
GUIDE detects anomalies in attributed networks by reconstructing node attributes and higher-order structures.
problem Lack of effective mechanisms for detecting anomalies in complex network interactions.
method GUIDE uses attribute and structure autoencoders, graph attention, and reconstruction errors to identify anomalies.
result GUIDE significantly outperforms state-of-the-art methods on multiple real-world datasets.
A CNN-based method detects and counts corn kernels from images.
problem Manual counting of corn kernels is labor-intensive and prone to error.
method Sliding window approach with CNN for detection and NMS for overlapping removal.
result The method successfully detects and counts kernels with low error.
We consider the weak detection problem in a rank-one spiked Wigner data matrix where the signal-to-noise ratio is small so that reliable detection is impossible. We propose a hypothesis test on the presence of the signal by utilizing the linear spectral statistics of the data matrix. The test is data-driven and does no…
Detects corruption in agentic models during execution.
problem Inconsistent context, retrieval errors, or adversarial inputs corrupt intermediate steps of reasoning chains.
method Analyzes token graphs induced by attention and computes spectral statistics to emit accept/reject signals.
result A single threshold on the high frequency energy ratio optimally detects context inconsistency in agentic models.
PAC-Wrap provides provable guarantees for semi-supervised anomaly detection.
problem Ensuring reliable anomaly detection in safety-critical applications.
method PAC-Wrap wraps around existing anomaly detection methods to provide PAC guarantees.
result PAC-Wrap effectively provides rigorous guarantees for various anomaly detectors.