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New additive tree models proposed for density ratio estimation

Researchers have developed new additive tree models for estimating density ratios, which can characterize differences between two distributions. The proposed models utilize a novel 'balancing loss' function, enabling training with existing supervised learning algorithms and offering connections to exponential family kernels. This approach allows for Bayesian inference with uncertainty quantification, particularly beneficial for high-dimensional and data-limited distributions. Numerical experiments show the models achieve high accuracy and computational efficiency, with the Bayesian variant providing crucial uncertainty estimates. AI

IMPACT This research could improve methods for evaluating generative models by providing better tools for density ratio estimation and uncertainty quantification.

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New additive tree models proposed for density ratio estimation

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  1. arXiv stat.ML TIER_1 English(EN) · Naoki Awaya, Yuliang Xu, Li Ma ·

    Two-sample comparison through additive tree models for density ratios

    arXiv:2508.03059v5 Announce Type: replace-cross Abstract: The ratio of two densities provides a direct characterization of their differences. We consider the two-sample comparison problem by estimating this ratio given i.i.d. observations from two distributions. To this end, we p…