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48 results for probabilistic OOD detection

Proposes Likelihood Regret for VAEs to improve OOD detection.

problem VAEs can assign high likelihoods to OOD samples, making traditional likelihood thresholds unreliable.
method Introduces Likelihood Regret, a new OOD score for VAEs.
result Empirical results show Likelihood Regret outperforms existing methods for VAEs.

ProHOC detects OOD samples in class hierarchies, predicting them to correct internal nodes.

problem Binary OOD detection ignores semantic relationships between OOD and ID classes.
method Probabilistic hierarchical model using multi-depth networks trained for ID classification.
result ProHOC effectively classifies OOD samples to their correct internal nodes in class hierarchies.

This work proposes using Conformal Prediction to improve OOD detection scores and vice versa.

problem Improper evaluation of OOD detection scores due to finite sample size.
method Defining new conformal AUROC and FRP@TPR95 metrics and using OOD scores as non-conformity scores.
result Improved evaluation metrics and better interpretation of OOD scores.

ProSub uses angles in feature space to classify data as in- or out-of-distribution.

problem Open-set semi-supervised learning with unknown classes.
method Probabilistic approach based on angles in feature space, estimating conditional distributions of scores.
result ProSub achieves state-of-the-art performance on benchmark problems.

Unified framework for OOD detection using class ratio estimation.

problem Density-based OOD detection is unreliable for OOD images.
method Unified framework that builds energy-based models and employs differing base distributions, directly estimating the density ratio through class ratio estimation.
result Competitive results on OOD image problems compared to recent work.

MPT improves CNN and energy-based models' OOD detection and generalization.

problem Challenging out-of-distribution detection in computer vision.
method Applying Maximum Probability Theorem as a regularization scheme in CNN and energy-based models.
result MPT-based regularization strategy stabilizes and improves generalization and robustness of base models.

Universal approach combines OOD detection scores for robustness.

problem Combining diverse OOD detection scores for robustness.
method Quantile normalization to p-values, meta-analysis, probabilistic interpretation.
result Significantly improved robustness and performance across diverse OOD detection scenarios.

New framework detects near vs. far out-of-distribution samples for AI safety.

problem Binary OOD detection fails to distinguish between semantically close and distant unknown risks.
method Ternary classification based on Low-Entropy Semantic Manifolds and Semantic Surprise Vector.
result Framework achieves state-of-the-art performance on ternary OOD detection task.

Paper investigates learnability of OOD detection under various conditions.

problem Learnability of OOD detection under different scenarios.
method Investigates PAC learning theory, proves impossibility theorems, and provides necessary and sufficient conditions.
result Some conditions for learnability of OOD detection may not hold in practical scenarios.

Paper proposes contrastive training to improve OOD detection without needing explicit OOD examples.

problem Improving reliable detection of out-of-distribution inputs for machine learning systems.
method Contrastive training approach that doesn't require explicit OOD examples, using CLP score.
result Contrastive training significantly improves OOD detection performance on benchmarks, especially in near OOD classes.

The paper explores how model complexity affects OOD detection performance.

problem Ensuring reliability and safety of machine learning systems through OOD detection.
method Investigates the relationship between model capacity and OOD detection performance using empirical and theoretical analysis.
result The Double Descent phenomenon is observed in post-hoc OOD detection, indicating that overparameterization can enhance OOD detection.

ATOM improves robust OOD detection by mining informative auxiliary examples.

problem Robust OOD detection in open-world settings is challenging due to adversarial inputs.
method ATOM combines adversarial training with outlier mining to improve robustness.
result ATOM achieves state-of-the-art performance in OOD detection, reducing FPR by up to 57.99%.

OOD detection methods often misidentify OOD points, leading to ineffective safety improvements.

problem Improving model safety through OOD detection methods often leads to incorrect identification of out-of-distribution points.
method Re-examine popular OOD detection procedures based on predictive uncertainty or features of supervised models trained on in-distribution data.
result Popular OOD detection methods incorrectly conflate high uncertainty and far feature-space distance with being out-of-distribution.

PaRCE estimates model confidence for CNNs across various uncertainties.

problem Limited holistic approach to estimating perception model confidence in CNNs.
method Probabilistic and reconstruction-based competency estimation.
result PaRCE best distinguishes between various types of samples and regions.

MADOD meta-learns invariant features for OOD detection across unseen domains.

problem Simultaneous covariate and semantic shifts in real-world machine learning applications.
method Meta-learning and G-invariance to learn robust, domain-invariant features.
result Superior performance in semantic OOD detection across unseen domains.

Unified framework for OOD detection and generalization using graph theory.

problem Challenges in out-of-distribution (OOD) generalization and detection in real-world machine learning models.
method Graph-theoretic framework to jointly tackle OOD generalization and detection.
result Empirical validation of theoretical underpinnings with competitive performance.

Out-of-domain (OOD) detection for low-resource text classification is a realistic but understudied task. The goal is to detect the OOD cases with limited in-domain (ID) training data, since we observe that training data is often insufficient in machine learning applications. In this work, we propose an OOD-resistant Pr…

2019-08-31abs ↗pdf ↗

Bayesian method detects outliers and uncertain points in data.

problem Detecting outliers and uncertain points in data using Bayesian methods.
method Generative model of data curation for aleatoric uncertainty, combining with epistemic uncertainty and outlier exposure.
result Principled Bayesian approach outperforms methods using aleatoric or epistemic uncertainty alone.

INK scores improve OOD detection for classifiers.

problem Detecting out-of-distribution inputs for classification models.
method INK scores operate on constrained latent embeddings modeled as a mixture of hyperspherical embeddings, optimizing in modern neural networks.
result INK establishes a new state-of-the-art in OOD detection.

Geometrically, high-likelihood regions in DGMs are unlikely to generate OOD data.

problem The paradox of high-likelihood OOD detection in deep generative models.
method Local intrinsic dimension estimation to identify high-likelihood regions that do not generate OOD data.
result A method pairing likelihoods and LID estimates for reliable OOD detection.

STOOD-X detects out-of-distribution samples without distributional assumptions and provides explainable visualizations.

problem Challenges in OOD detection, including restrictive assumptions, scalability issues, and lack of interpretability.
method Two-stage methodology combining statistical nonparametric test and explainability enhancements.
result Achieves competitive performance in high-dimensional and complex settings, with explainability framework enabling human oversight.

NADS improves OoD detection accuracy by 57%.

problem Uncertainty in machine learning models when encountering out-of-distribution data.
method NADS searches for a distribution of architectures that perform well on a given task, optimizing a stochastic OoD detection objective.
result NADS achieves up to 57% improvement in accuracy over state-of-the-art methods.

A new algorithm detects out-of-distribution samples by concentrating them in feature space.

problem Building safe AI systems requires effective out-of-distribution detection.
method The paper proposes a novel algorithm based on the observation that OoD samples concentrate in feature space.
result The algorithm achieves state-of-the-art performance on various OoD detection benchmarks.

Igeood detects out-of-distribution samples using information geometry.

problem Out-of-distribution (OOD) detection in machine learning systems.
method Igeood uses the Fisher-Rao geodesic distance to detect OOD samples from any pre-trained neural network.
result Igeood outperforms state-of-the-art methods on various network architectures and datasets.

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.

P-OCS detects OOD samples in a low-dimensional subspace, outperforming existing methods.

problem Efficient OOD detection for deep learning models in open-world environments.
method P-OCS operates in the orthogonal complement of the principal subspace, applying a single projected perturbation.
result P-OCS achieves state-of-the-art OOD detection with negligible computational cost and without requiring model retraining.

This paper combines existing OOD detection methods to improve overall performance.

problem Improving robustness of neural networks in safety-critical applications.
method Integrates four strategies for combining multiple OOD detection scores.
result Enhanced OOD detection through multi-dimensional evaluation metrics.

By design, discriminatively trained neural network classifiers produce reliable predictions only for in-distribution samples. For their real-world deployments, detecting out-of-distribution (OOD) samples is essential. Assuming OOD to be outside the closed boundary of in-distribution, typical neural classifiers do not c…

2019-10-09abs ↗pdf ↗

Framework uses human feedback to safely set OOD detection thresholds, reducing false positives.

problem Challenges in setting OOD detection thresholds for safety-critical applications.
method Mathematically grounded framework leveraging expert feedback to dynamically update thresholds.
result Guaranteed to meet FPR constraint while minimizing human feedback, maintaining FPR at most 5%.

A new OOD detector using an overlap index improves accuracy without high computational costs.

problem Effective OOD detection for machine learning models in open-world scenarios.
method Proposes an overlap index-based confidence score function for OOD detection.
result The proposed method achieves competitive accuracy with lower computational costs compared to state-of-the-art detectors.