Proposes a new approach to MSDA by introducing latent covariate shift to handle varying label distributions.
problem Challenges of conventional MSDA approaches in real-world settings where label distributions vary across domains.
method Introduces latent covariate shift (LCS) and a causal generative model with latent noises, latent content variable, and latent style variable.
result Identifies latent content variable up to block identifiability, enabling more nuanced label distribution recovery.
Adapts to shifts in latent subgroup distributions without labeled target data.
problem Adapting to domain shifts when latent subgroup distributions differ.
method Uses concept and proxy variables from source domain, and unlabeled target data.
result Optimal target predictor can be identified and estimated.
Proxy methods adapt to distribution shifts without explicitly modeling latent confounders.
problem Adapting to distribution shifts under latent variable confounding.
method Proximal causal learning, two-stage kernel estimation.
result Proxy methods outperform other methods in adapting to complex distribution shifts.
Paper tackles unsupervised learning under latent label shift across domains.
problem Discovering classes from unlabeled data with shifting label distributions.
method Introduces unsupervised learning under Latent Label Shift (LLS), leveraging domain-discriminative models.
result Proves that with domain information, unsupervised classification can improve upon standard methods.
New bounds for contrastive learning handle domain shifts and generalization.
problem Domain shifts and generalization challenges in downstream tasks.
method Novel generalization bounds accounting for both domain shift and generalization.
result Performance of contrastively learned representations depends on statistical discrepancy between pretraining and downstream distributions.
Develops conformal Bayes for two-sided censored Gaussian regression under label shift.
problem Prediction under label shift with censored responses.
method Combines posterior predictive tilting with weighted conformal calibration.
result Restores marginal coverage with smaller prediction sets.
Proposes a new approach for domain adaptation using latent representations.
problem Handling distribution shifts between source and target domains in high-dimensional data.
method Learn compact latent representations based on the label's Markov blanket, partitioning into parents, children, and spouses.
result General domain adaptation can be achieved by learning representations of the label's parents, children, and spouses.
Improved covariate shift handling with node-based Bayesian neural networks.
problem Improving generalization under covariate shift in neural networks.
method Introduced node-based Bayesian neural networks that learn latent noise variables to represent input corruptions.
result Node-based BNNs perform well under covariate shift due to input perturbations, improving uncertainty estimation and robustness.
Domain adaptation framework identifies latent variables for target distribution identifiability.
problem Unsupervised domain adaptation without identifiable joint distribution of features and labels.
method Formulated latent variable model with invariant and changing components, constrained domain shift to influence only changing components.
result Joint distribution of data and labels in target domain is identifiable under mild conditions.
Optimal transport aligns source and target distributions for domain adaptation.
problem Unsupervised domain adaptation with joint class-conditional and label shifts.
method Minimizes importance weighted loss and Wasserstein distance for aligned marginals and class-conditional distributions.
result Our method outperforms competitors on various domain adaptation tasks.
ROME improves algorithmic fairness by learning latent group structure robustly.
problem Latent subgroup disparities and distribution shifts in machine learning models.
method ROME uses an Expectation-Maximization algorithm for linear models and a neural Mixture-of-Experts for nonlinear settings.
result ROME significantly improves fairness compared to standard methods while maintaining average performance.
New method corrects biased predictions and uncertainty estimates in classification with nuisance parameters.
problem Tackles biased predictions and invalid uncertainty estimates in classification with nuisance parameters.
method Proposes a method that estimates ROC across the entire nuisance parameter space to devise invariant cutoffs.
result Demonstrates effective domain adaptation and valid prediction sets with high power.
Survey explores methods to adapt deep learning models across multiple labeled domains.
problem Difficulty in obtaining labeled data for deep learning models.
method Multi-source domain adaptation (MDA) to transfer knowledge from labeled to unlabeled or sparsely labeled target domains.
result MDA methods improve performance by minimizing domain shift.
New framework TDRL identifies latent causal variables from sequential data.
problem Identify latent causal variables from sequential data.
method Proposes TDRL framework to recover time-delayed latent causal variables and identify their relations from measured sequential data.
result Identifies latent causal variables reliably from sequential data.
Extends FJS analysis to general label spaces, including classification and regression.
problem Distribution shift in general label spaces, including covariate and label shifts.
method Proposes a framework for analyzing FJS in general label spaces and generalizes existing results.
result Generalizes FJS analysis to general label spaces, including classification and regression.
RLSbench benchmarks domain adaptation under label proportion shifts, revealing widespread failures and proposing a two-step meta-algorithm.
problem Domain adaptation under label proportion shifts is poorly understood and inconsistent across methods.
method RLSbench introduces a large-scale benchmark with 500 distribution shift pairs. It proposes a two-step meta-algorithm to improve domain adaptation methods under label proportion shifts.
result The two-step meta-algorithm improves domain adaptation methods by 2-10% accuracy points under large label proportion shifts.
Layer normalization improves federated learning with skewed labels.
problem Label skewness in federated learning datasets.
method Identified feature normalization as key mechanism; applied to latent features before classifier.
result Normalization accelerates global training and improves convergence under extreme label shift.
Paper proposes SJS model to estimate model performance under covariate and label shifts.
problem Estimating model performance when both covariates and labels shift.
method Sparse Joint Shift (SJS) model and SEES algorithm.
result SEES achieves significant shift estimation error improvements over existing approaches.
Estimates calibration error under label shift without labels.
problem Ensuring model reliability in the face of dataset shift without access to labels.
method Importance re-weighting of the labeled source distribution to estimate calibration error under label shift.
result Effective and reliable CE estimation with respect to the shifted target distribution.
Paper quantifies label shift robustly.
problem Quantifying label shift in datasets.
method Robust estimators of label distribution.
result Maximum Likelihood Estimator is a robust estimator.
Paper tackles online adaptation to changing label distributions.
problem Adapting machine learning models to changing label distributions in real-world settings.
method Leverages novel analysis to show estimation of expected test loss is possible without true labels. Proposes adaptation algorithms inspired by classical online learning techniques.
result Empirically verified that OGD is particularly effective and robust to various label shift scenarios.
New method reduces label and data shifts between domains using optimal transport.
problem Label shift between source and target domains in domain adaptation.
method Developed theory and LDROT method to mitigate label and data shifts.
result Theoretical and experimental validation of LDROT's effectiveness.
Proposes a weighted conformal approach for cluster label uncertainty.
problem Cluster label uncertainty in unlabeled data.
method Develops a conformal inference algorithm to correct label mismatch.
result Improves confidence set size in nonlinear and high-dimensional clustering.
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.
Estimates model performance under distribution shift using domain-invariant predictors.
problem Poor performance of models on test distributions different from training distributions.
method Uses domain-invariant predictors as a proxy for unknown target labels.
result Shows that the complexity of latent representations influences target risk.
Paper tackles backwards-compatible data adaptation for confounded covariate and label shifts.
problem Adapt covariates to predict labels confounded with covariate shifts.
method Proposes confounded shift framework based on minimizing divergence between source and target conditional distributions, conditioning on confounders.
result Demonstrates approach on synthetic and real datasets, achieving backwards-compatible data adaptation.
Anytime-valid confirmation of label-shift corrections
problem Small-batch scientific deployments with scarce labeled outcomes
method Conditional e-value and martingale-based rule
result Nonnegative martingale and anytime-valid confirmation rule
A new method for adapting to label shifts using class probability matching.
problem Adapting to label shifts where class probabilities differ between source and target domains.
method Class Probability Matching using Kernel Methods (CPMKM) framework.
result CPMKM outperforms existing methods on real datasets.
ELSA efficiently adapts to label shift without post-prediction calibrations.
problem Domain adaptation with label shift across training and testing datasets.
method Moment-matching framework based on influence function geometry; solves linear systems for adaptation weights.
result ELSA estimator is n \sqrt{n} n -consistent and asymptotically normal, achieving state-of-the-art estimation performance. New approach predicts under latent shifts using high-dimensional images.
problem Prediction under latent subgroup shifts with high-dimensional observations.
method Recognition-parametrised model (RPM) for identifying causal latent structure.
result Successfully adapts predictions for high-dimensional image data.
New framework optimizes label shift adaptation using aligned distribution mixture.
problem Label shift where source and target label distributions differ.
method Aligned Distribution Mixture (ADM) framework, incorporating insights from generalization theory.
result The ADM framework improves four typical label shift methods and introduces a one-step approach.
Framework LiLY recovers latent causal variables from time-series data under distribution shifts.
problem Learning and correcting models under unknown distribution shifts in time-series data.
method LiLY framework that recovers latent causal variables and identifies their relations from temporal data under different distribution shifts.
result The framework reliably identifies time-delayed latent causal influences from observed variables under different distribution changes.
IUPM monitors machine learning models under gradual shifts using optimal transport and active labeling.
problem Gradual distribution shifts lead to unnoticed accuracy declines in machine learning models.
method Incremental Uncertainty-aware Performance Monitoring (IUPM) using optimal transport and active labeling.
result IUPM outperforms existing baselines in gradual shift scenarios and guides label acquisition more effectively.
SJS model predicts label shifts in multinomial datasets.
problem Predicting label shifts in multinomial datasets.
method Sparse joint shift model for dataset shift.
result Valid predictions and class prior probabilities estimates.
In this paper, we learn disentangled representations of timbre and pitch for musical instrument sounds. We adapt a framework based on variational autoencoders with Gaussian mixture latent distributions. Specifically, we use two separate encoders to learn distinct latent spaces for timbre and pitch, which form Gaussian …
Study reveals differences in label shift problem difficulty in supervised vs. unsupervised settings.
problem Label shift problem in non-parametric classification.
method Analysis of minimax rates in supervised and unsupervised settings, focusing on class conditional distributions estimation.
result A class proportion estimation approach is minimax rate-optimal in the unsupervised setting.
Study on reliability of latent reuse in diffusion models under distribution shift.
problem When can latent spaces from a source dataset be reused for a target dataset with different distributions?
method Considered a source-target setting with approximately low-dimensional datasets near different subspaces. Analyzed the target-domain score error due to principal-angle misalignment and target ambient noise.
result Latent reuse is reliable only if the source and target subspaces are close and the target ambient noise is not too amplified.
Discrepancy between training and testing domains is a fundamental problem in the generalization of machine learning techniques. Recently, several approaches have been proposed to learn domain invariant feature representations through adversarial deep learning. However, label shift, where the percentage of data in each …
Active learning method balances bias and variance under class imbalance.
problem Active learning under label shift when class proportions differ.
method Mediated Active Learning under Label Shift (MALLS) using a 'medial distribution'.
result MALLS reduces asymptotic sample complexity under arbitrary label shift.
We solve continuous-time latent SDE identifiability using diffusion shifts.
problem Identifiability of latent SDEs in continuous-time time series.
method Environment-induced shifts in diffusion covariance for additive-noise latent SDEs.
result Two diagonal diffusion regimes with distinct variance ratios identify latent coordinates up to permutation and scaling.
Label shift refers to the phenomenon where the prior class probability p(y) changes between the training and test distributions, while the conditional probability p(x|y) stays fixed. Label shift arises in settings like medical diagnosis, where a classifier trained to predict disease given symptoms must be adapted to sc…
AdapTable adapts tabular models to shifts without source data, improving HELOC performance.
problem Distribution shifts in tabular data threaten model performance.
method Shift-aware uncertainty calibrator and label distribution handler.
result Up to 16% improvement on HELOC dataset.
Paper tackles dynamic label shift in online learning, achieving optimal performance.
problem Adapting to changing class marginals in online supervised and unsupervised learning.
method Develops novel algorithms reducing adaptation to online regression, achieving optimal dynamic regret.
result Achieves superior performance in various online label shift scenarios.
Faced with distribution shift between training and test set, we wish to detect and quantify the shift, and to correct our classifiers without test set labels. Motivated by medical diagnosis, where diseases (targets) cause symptoms (observations), we focus on label shift, where the label marginal p ( y ) p(y) p ( y ) changes but the …
This paper introduces LR-FFS for robust feature screening in federated learning under label shift.
problem Label shift challenges in federated learning for high-dimensional classification.
method Unified feature screening framework, label-shift robust federated feature screening (LR-FFS), federated estimation procedure.
result LR-FFS outperforms existing methods in diverse client environments with varying class distributions, sample sizes, and missing data.
Proposes a new method for handling domain shift in samples with biases in both covariates and labels.
problem Domain shift in samples with biases in both covariates and labels.
method Factorizable Joint Shift (FJS) and Joint Importance Aligning (JIA).
result Our method can handle co-existence of sampling bias in covariates and labels.
Paper quantifies label shift with robustness guarantees using distribution feature matching.
problem Estimating target label distribution under label shift.
method Distribution feature matching (DFM) framework and robustness analysis.
result General performance bound and robustness analysis in misspecified settings.
GS-B 3 ^3 3 SE improves label shift estimation by smoothing priors on a graph.
problem Label shift adaptation when source and target distributions share conditional but not marginal probabilities.
method Graph-Smoothed Bayesian Black-Box Shift Estimator (GS-B 3 ^3 3 SE) places Laplacian-Gaussian priors on log-priors and confusion-matrix columns tied by a label-similarity graph. result GS-B 3 ^3 3 SE produces a tractable posterior with HMC or Newton-CG schemes, proving identifiability, contraction, and robustness.