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New CORD method preserves top-1 predictions during AI model calibration

A new method called CORD (Calibrator-Output Repair for Top-1 Decision Preservation) has been developed to address the issue of post-hoc calibration in machine learning models. Unlike previous methods that could alter the top-1 prediction, CORD ensures the original prediction remains unchanged while still correcting the confidence scores. This is achieved by repairing the calibrated probability vector to preserve the initial top-1 decision. Experiments on datasets like CIFAR-10/100 and ImageNet-1K show that CORD successfully maintains zero Top-1 Prediction Change Rate (TPCR) and improves metrics such as Expected Calibration Error (ECE) and Negative Log-Likelihood (NLL). AI

IMPACT This method could improve the reliability of AI model confidence scores without sacrificing prediction accuracy.

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New CORD method preserves top-1 predictions during AI model calibration

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  1. arXiv cs.LG TIER_1 English(EN) · Daehwan Kim, Haejun Chung, Ikbeom Jang ·

    Let Confidence Change, Not the Prediction: Prediction-Preserving Repair for Post-hoc Calibration

    arXiv:2609.01072v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Post-hoc calibration corrects reported confidence, yet a multiclass calibrator can also change the associated top-1 prediction. Accuracy captures only the net effect of these changes on correctness, not how often predictions change;…