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New Onsager Correction Method Improves High-Dimensional Off-Policy Evaluation

Researchers have developed a new method for off-policy evaluation (OPE) in high-dimensional settings that avoids sample splitting. This Onsager-corrected criterion estimates the out-of-sample risk of reward models using only their training observations, enabling early stopping without compromising accuracy. The method has demonstrated consistent risk estimation and improved reward model selection compared to traditional held-out baselines, even as data dimensions increase. AI

IMPACT This new method could improve the accuracy and efficiency of training reward models in complex, high-dimensional AI systems.

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New Onsager Correction Method Improves High-Dimensional Off-Policy Evaluation

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  1. arXiv stat.ML TIER_1 English(EN) · Saksham Jain, Guillaume Braun, Masaaki Imaizumi ·

    High-Dimensional Off-Policy Evaluation without Sample Splitting using an Onsager Correction

    arXiv:2611.08794v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Reward models used for off-policy evaluation (OPE) are commonly selected using held-out data. When sample size and context dimension grow proportionally, the difference in test risk between models fitted on the full sample and on a …