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32 results for test-time-adaptation

This paper improves test-time adaptation for distribution shifts using confidence maximization and input transformation.

problem Improving deep networks' performance on data shifted from the training distribution.
method Proposes a novel loss function combining confidence maximization and batch-wise entropy maximization with an input transformation module.
result Significantly improves robustness of pretrained networks to corruptions on benchmarks like ImageNet-C.

CPATTA uses conformal prediction for efficient test-time adaptation.

problem Low data selection efficiency in existing ATTA methods.
method Conformal Prediction, online weight-update algorithm, domain-shift detector, staged update scheme.
result CPATTA consistently outperforms state-of-the-art methods by 5% in accuracy.

This paper tackles over-certainty in test-time adaptation models, proposing a solution to improve calibration.

problem Over-certainty in predictions caused by domain shifts, leading to misplaced trust.
method Introduces a certainty regularizer that dynamically adjusts pseudo-label confidence based on backbone entropy and logit norm.
result Achieves state-of-the-art performance in terms of Expected Calibration Error and Negative Log Likelihood, while maintaining accuracy.

PETAL adapts models to changing target domains over time.

problem Lifelong test-time adaptation in changing target domains.
method Probabilistic framework with student-teacher model and data-driven parameter restoration.
result PETAL achieves better results than state-of-the-art for online lifelong test-time adaptation.

A new approach for test-time adaptation detects and reacts to distribution shifts.

problem Improving test-time accuracy under distribution shifts.
method Online self-training with a detection tool based on entropy values and betting martingales.
result The classifier's entropy values match those of the source domain, building invariance to distribution shifts.

STAD adapts models to evolving time-based data shifts.

problem Gradual distribution shifts over time challenge existing test-time adaptation methods.
method Bayesian filtering method that learns time-varying dynamics in hidden features.
result STAD excels in handling small batch sizes and label shift on real-world data.

Study compares data-driven vs model-based MRS quantification strategies, focusing on resilience to out-of-distribution effects.

problem Resilience to out-of-distribution effects in data-driven MRS quantification.
method Compared three data-driven strategies (supervised regression, self-supervised learning, test-time adaptation) against model-based fitting tools.
result Test-time adaptation proved most resilient to out-of-distribution effects, while self-supervised learning achieved intermediate performance.

New framework improves model reliability under distribution shifts.

problem Lack of formal guarantees connecting shift magnitude to prediction reliability in TTA methods.
method Develops a PAC-Bayesian framework interpreting MMD-balls as credal sets.
result Establishes generalization bounds and provides epistemic uncertainty quantification.

Method adapts frozen models for few-shot tasks without training.

problem Deployment constraints limit model updates, necessitating new adaptation methods.
method Exponential tilting of latent distribution for inference.
result Method outperforms parameter-update methods across benchmarks.

Enhances image quality to improve test-time adaptation accuracy.

problem Reducing accuracy loss due to distribution shift in deep networks.
method Integrates image enhancement with TTA methods to reduce prediction uncertainty.
result TECA method increases accuracy of TTA methods without hyperparameters.

VCoTTA uses variational Bayesian methods to adapt models under continuous domain shifts.

problem Error accumulation in continual test-time adaptation.
method VCoTTA employs variational Bayesian techniques to update a Bayesian Neural Network (BNN) during testing, combining priors from source and teacher models.
result VCoTTA effectively mitigates error accumulation in CTTA, as shown by experimental results on three datasets.

Adapts CNN for robust medical image segmentation across different scanners and protocols.

problem Performance degradation of CNNs in medical image segmentation due to mismatch between training and test images.
method Designs a segmentation CNN as a concatenation of a shallow normalization CNN and a deep CNN. At test time, adapts the normalization sub-network for each test image using a denoising autoencoder.
result Consistently improves performance on multi-center MRI datasets of brain, heart, and prostate.

A TTA framework improves forecasting accuracy in non-stationary time series.

problem Improving forecasting accuracy in non-stationary time series.
method Normalization-based test-time adaptation for causal timeseries forecasting and direction classification.
result Normalization-based TTA improves forecasting error in synthetic gradual drift and can even hurt in aggressive norm-only adaptation in financial markets.

Study improves BN TTA under distribution shift using higher-order asymptotics.

problem Improving BN TTA for changing data distributions.
method Integrates Edgeworth expansion and saddlepoint approximation with one-step M-estimation.
result Derives optimal weighting parameter for minimized mean-squared error.

Step-DAD improves BED by periodically updating a design policy during experiments.

problem Improving flexibility and robustness in Bayesian experimental design.
method Semi-amortized, policy-based approach that updates a design policy during data collection.
result Consistently superior decision-making and robustness compared to current BED methods.

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.

RG-TTA adapts neural forecasters to streaming time series shifts by modulating adaptation intensity.

problem Adapting neural forecasters to distribution shifts in streaming time series data.
method RG-TTA uses a meta-controller that continuously modulates adaptation intensity based on distributional similarity.
result RG-TTA achieves the lowest MSE in 156 of 224 seed-averaged experiments, reducing MSE by 5.7% vs TTA.

Proposes a FoE prior for improving CNN performance in distribution shifts.

problem Improving CNN performance in image analysis tasks with distribution shifts.
method Uses a field-of-experts (FoE) prior to match feature distributions of test and training images.
result Outperforms previous TTA methods in lesion segmentation and most healthy tissue segmentation tasks.

We extend first-order model agnostic meta-learning algorithms (including FOMAML and Reptile) to image segmentation, present a novel neural network architecture built for fast learning which we call EfficientLab, and leverage a formal definition of the test error of meta-learning algorithms to decrease error on out of d…

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M-FISHER detects and adapts to streaming data shifts with statistical validity and stability.

problem Detecting and adapting to distributional shifts in streaming data.
method Constructs an exponential martingale from non-conformity scores and applies Ville's inequality for detection. Fisher-preconditioned updates for adaptation.
result Establishes M-FISHER as a principled approach for robust, anytime-valid detection and geometrically stable adaptation.

Paper proposes SiSTA for single-shot domain adaptation using target-aware generative augmentation.

problem Adapting models from source to target domains with limited target data.
method Fine-tunes a generative model on a single-shot target and uses novel sampling strategies for synthetic data.
result Improves performance by up to 20% over existing baselines in face attribute detection.

TTLSA adapts models to label shifts across domains with nuisance factors.

problem Adapting models to changes in label distributions with nuisance factors.
method TTLSA uses EM on unlabeled samples to adapt a trained model to new label distributions.
result TTLSA improves model performance over invariance methods and baseline methods.