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New metric quantifies OOD score instability in AI models

A new paper titled "Verdict Instability of OOD Scores under Reference Resampling" introduces a metric called verdict instability to quantify the variability of out-of-distribution (OOD) scores when the reference dataset is resampled. This instability is calculated as the within-class dispersion of the assigned class along the query's direction, divided by the square root of that class's reference count. The research indicates that estimators of local dispersion carry the expected sign for practitioners, and abstention based on incorrectly signed scores can be worse than random abstention. AI

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  1. arXiv stat.ML TIER_1 English(EN) · Donghoon Lee, Shinjin Kang ·

    Verdict Instability of OOD Scores under Reference Resampling

    arXiv:2609.00691v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: Post-hoc out-of-distribution detectors are fitted on a finite reference set, so every score they produce is an estimate. If we had chosen a different set, some verdicts would have moved. We measure that movement by resampling the …