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New asymmetric hypothesis testing method offers sample savings

Researchers have developed a new method for asymmetric likelihood-free hypothesis testing, which allows for different sample budgets when analyzing two unknown distributions. This approach can lead to polynomial savings in sample size, particularly when the separation between distributions is constant. The findings are applicable to non-adaptive distribution clustering, where sample allocation is fixed beforehand, and establish matching upper and lower bounds for this problem. AI

IMPACT Introduces a novel statistical method that could improve efficiency in machine learning tasks involving distribution analysis.

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  1. arXiv cs.LG TIER_1 English(EN) · Gunjan Kumar, Yash Pote, Jonathan Scarlett ·

    Asymmetric Likelihood-Free Hypothesis Testing

    arXiv:2610.29798v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: In likelihood-free hypothesis testing (LFHT), given samples from two unknown distributions $P,Q$ on $[n]$ with $\mathrm{d_{TV}}(P,Q)\geq\varepsilon$, and from a third distribution $D\in\{P,Q\}$, the goal is to identify whether $D=P$…