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New method estimates label-noise transition matrix with performance guarantees

Researchers have developed a new method for estimating the label-noise transition matrix, a critical component for machine learning models trained on imperfectly labeled data. This novel approach utilizes one-sided selective classification, bypassing the need for complex class-posterior estimation and offering finite-sample performance guarantees. The methodology is designed for binary classification tasks and includes algorithms with refined performance bounds. AI

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New method estimates label-noise transition matrix with performance guarantees

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  1. arXiv stat.ML TIER_1 English(EN) · Xabier de Juan, Santiago Mazuelas, Yilun Zhu, Clayton Scott ·

    Estimation of the Label-Noise Transition Matrix with Performance Guarantees via Selective Classification

    arXiv:2609.39829v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Modern machine learning depends heavily on massive datasets, but obtaining high-quality annotations at scale is often expensive. As a result, learning from noisily-labeled data has become common, making accurate estimation of the la…