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48 results for structural distribution shifts

This work evaluates graph models' robustness to structural distributional shifts.

problem Evaluating graph models' robustness to structural distributional shifts.
method Proposes a general approach for inducing diverse distributional shifts based on graph structure.
result Simple models often outperform more sophisticated methods on structural distributional shifts.

Proposes FSM-IRL to learn invariant network representations considering feature and structural shifts.

problem Spatial heterogeneity and temporal dynamics lead to OOD generalization issues in geographic networks.
method Introduces FSM-IRL model that accounts for feature and structural distribution shifts using causal attention and reweighting.
result Demonstrates strong learning capabilities on geographic and social network datasets in OOD scenarios.

The study diagnoses fairness issues in healthcare models under distribution shifts.

problem Understanding and diagnosing fairness changes in machine learning models under distribution shifts in healthcare.
method Causal framing and conditional independence tests to characterize distribution shifts.
result Knowledge of distribution shifts helps diagnose fairness transfer failures, including complex cases.

Proposes MSS to identify causal structure from heterogeneous environments.

problem Distribution shifts between environments violate i.i.d. data assumption.
method Sparse mechanism shift hypothesis, score-based approach.
result Identifies entire causal structure with high probability.

Identifies shifts in causal mechanisms between related datasets using ANMs.

problem Estimating the full causal structure from data is challenging; focus on identifying shifts in causal mechanisms.
method Assumes nonlinear additive noise models, uses Jacobian of score function for mixture distribution to identify shifts.
result Shows applicability of the approach on synthetic and real-world data.

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.

Graphs models are vulnerable to distribution shifts, which this work explains and mitigates.

problem Graph Neural Networks (GNNs) are susceptible to distribution shift, leading to performance degradation.
method Theoretical analysis quantifying conditional shift, proposing an approach to estimate and minimize it.
result The proposed approach demonstrates up to 10% absolute ROC AUC improvement under various distribution shifts.

Study addresses RTB model performance drops due to distribution shifts.

problem Distribution shifts between training and target environments in RTB markets.
method Applies Exponential Tilt Reweighting Alignment (ExTRA) algorithm to estimate and correct model weights.
result Demonstrates improved RTB model performance using ExTRA algorithm.

Paper tackles distribution shifts in prediction models with unobserved confounding.

problem Distribution shifts in prediction models with unobserved confounding.
method Linear structural causal model, invariant covariate representations, data-driven representation learning method.
result Optimizes for a lower-dimensional linear subspace and a prediction model confined to that subspace, achieving nearly ideal gap between target and source risk.

New framework identifies worst-case shifts for predictive resource allocation models.

problem Identifying harmful shifts in predictive models for resource allocation.
method Hierarchical model structure and submodular optimization for worst-case loss.
result Empirical evidence shows divergent worst-case shifts identified by different metrics.

Method improves simulation accuracy by mitigating distribution shift in hybrid systems.

problem Mitigating distribution shift in machine-learning augmented hybrid simulation.
method Tangent-space regularized estimator to control distribution shift.
result Marked improvements in simulation accuracy, especially for systems with high distribution shift.

CP improves robustness against distribution shift using physics-informed structural causal models.

problem Uncertainty in machine learning predictions under distributional shift.
method Physics-informed structural causal model (PI-SCM) to upper bound coverage difference.
result PI-SCM improves coverage robustness across confidence levels and test domains.

Study optimal ridge regularization for out-of-distribution prediction.

problem Optimal ridge regularization for predicting out-of-distribution data.
method Established conditions for optimal regularization under covariate and regression shifts, proving monotonic risk in data aspect ratio.
result Negative regularization can be optimal under shifts, even with isotropic or underparameterized training features.

Paper tackles robust federated learning for affine distribution shifts.

problem Statistical heterogeneity and distribution shifts degrade model performance in federated learning.
method Develops a robust federated learning algorithm (FLRA) for affine distribution shifts.
result FLRA achieves significant performance gains against affine distribution shifts.

Drift-Resilient TabPFN learns to adapt to changing data distributions.

problem Real-world data often shifts over time, degrading model performance.
method In-Context Learning with a Prior-Data Fitted Network, using structural causal models.
result Significant performance improvements across various datasets.

New algorithm mitigates misspecification amplification in regression models with covariate shift.

problem Distribution shift and model misspecification in regression models.
method Developed a new algorithm inspired by robust optimization to avoid misspecification amplification.
result No misspecification amplification while still achieving optimal statistical rates.

Boosted Control Functions improve prediction under distributional shifts.

problem Prediction under distributional shifts in the presence of hidden confounding.
method Boosted Control Function (BCF) and ControlTwicing algorithm.
result BCF allows for distribution generalization and invariance under nonlinear, non-identifiable structural functions.

Algorithm minimizes regret in predictive models influenced by their own predictions.

problem Finding near-optimal models under performativity with unknown shifts.
method Developed an algorithm that uses performative feedback to achieve low regret, scaling only with distribution shift complexity.
result Achieved regret bounds scaling with distribution shift complexity, not reward function complexity.

Shifts dataset evaluates uncertainty in real-world tasks across modalities.

problem Lack of standard datasets for evaluating uncertainty estimation and robustness to distributional shift.
method Proposes Shifts Dataset for evaluation of uncertainty estimates and robustness to distributional shift across tabular, audio, text, and sensor data.
result Baseline results for tabular weather prediction, machine translation, and SDC vehicle motion prediction.

The paper analyzes how machine learning models perform under covariate shift, especially when the feature shift in xx is larger than that in yy.

problem Performance of machine learning models under covariate shift with heterogeneous feature changes.
method Empirical risk minimization (ERM) over functions f+gf+g, fit on a training distribution, evaluated on a test distribution with covariate shift.
result ERM is more resilient to heterogeneous covariate shifts when the class FF is simpler than GG.

This paper establishes non-asymptotic learning bounds for the DR covariate shift adaptation.

problem Distribution shift between training and test domains in machine learning.
method Doubly-robust (DR) estimator combining density ratio estimation and pilot regression model.
result First non-asymptotic learning bounds for DR covariate shift adaptation.

Undersampling often outperforms other methods in nonparametric classification.

problem Distribution shift challenges in nonparametric binary classification.
method Proved undersampling is minimax optimal in worst-case scenarios.
result Undersampling is a robustness intervention with theoretical guarantees.

New techniques identify shifts in financial market sectors.

problem Identifying shifts in financial market structure and composition.
method Developed new mathematical techniques to identify nonlinear shifts in market sectors.
result Identified meaningful sector-to-sector mappings and optimal portfolio styles.

This work uses adversarial learning to detect and correct feature shifts in various datasets.

problem Detecting and correcting feature shifts in real-world datasets.
method Adversarial learning applied to multiple discriminators to detect and correct feature shifts.
result Mainstream classifiers can effectively localize and correct feature shifts, outperforming existing techniques.

ShapShift explains shifts in model predictions due to data distribution changes.

problem Prediction shifts caused by changes in input distribution.
method Subgroup Conditional Shapley Values applied to decision trees and ensembles.
result Simple, faithful, and near-complete explanations of prediction shifts across model classes.

This paper explores conditions for neural networks to extrapolate to new domains.

problem Understanding when neural networks can extrapolate to unseen domains.
method Analyzes conditions for nonlinear models to extrapolate under specific distribution shifts.
result Neural networks of the form f(x)=fi(xi)f(x)=\sum f_i(x_i) can extrapolate if feature covariance is well-conditioned.

GEBM improves uncertainty quantification in graph neural networks.

problem Challenges in quantifying epistemic uncertainty in graph neural networks.
method Energy-based model (EBM) that aggregates uncertainty at different structural levels.
result Significantly improves predictive robustness and achieves best separation of in-distribution and out-of-distribution data.

Structured credal learning separates covariate shift and label disagreement.

problem Uncertainty in real-world learning tasks due to covariate shift and noisy labels.
method Introduces a structured credal learning framework that explicitly separates these sources.
result Geometric bounds and decomposition reveal how covariate shifts affect label disagreement contributions.

In this paper we formally analyse the use of sparse filtering algorithms to perform covariate shift adaptation. We provide a theoretical analysis of sparse filtering by evaluating the conditions required to perform covariate shift adaptation. We prove that sparse filtering can perform adaptation only if the conditional…

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This research examines how model explanations change under distribution shifts in tabular data.

problem Detecting distribution shifts in tabular data affecting model performance and explanations.
method Investigates the relationship between model performance and explanation characteristics under distribution shifts.
result Explanation shifts are a better indicator for detecting predictive performance changes than traditional distribution shift techniques.

Paper tackles high-dimensional quantile regression with distribution shift using transfer learning.

problem Efficiency of knowledge transfer is severely impacted by distribution shift in high-dimensional regression.
method Proposes a novel transferable set and framework for three types of distribution shift: parameter, covariate, and residual.
result Establishes estimation error bounds and source detection consistency for the proposed method.

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.

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.

Paper proposes a framework to detect distribution shifts using embedding space geometry.

problem Detecting distribution shifts in candidate datasets to improve model generalizability.
method Non-parametric framework using embedding space geometry for two tests: robustness boundary and in-distribution/out-of-distribution classification.
result Both tests successfully detect distribution shifts in various scenarios for both synthetic and real-world datasets.

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.