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New PAC-Bayesian Framework Quantifies Uncertainty in Test-Time Adaptation

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Researchers have developed a PAC-Bayesian framework to quantify epistemic uncertainty in test-time adaptation (TTA) methods. This framework uses maximum mean discrepancy (MMD) between source and target distributions to derive generalization bounds. By interpreting MMD-balls as credal sets, the approach separates epistemic from aleatoric uncertainty, offering a principled way to decide when adaptation is beneficial. AI

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New PAC-Bayesian Framework Quantifies Uncertainty in Test-Time Adaptation

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  1. arXiv stat.ML TIER_1 English(EN) · Ahanaf Hasan Ariq ·

    MMD-Balls as Credal Sets: A PAC-Bayesian Framework for Epistemic Uncertainty in Test-Time Adaptation

    arXiv:2605.21783v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: Test-time adaptation (TTA) methods improve model performance under distribution shift but lack formal guarantees connecting shift magnitude to prediction reliability. We develop a PAC-Bayesian framework yielding generalization bou…

  2. arXiv stat.ML TIER_1 English(EN) · Ahanaf Hasan Ariq ·

    MMD-Balls as Credal Sets: A PAC-Bayesian Framework for Epistemic Uncertainty in Test-Time Adaptation

    Test-time adaptation (TTA) methods improve model performance under distribution shift but lack formal guarantees connecting shift magnitude to prediction reliability. We develop a PAC-Bayesian framework yielding generalization bounds explicitly parameterized by the maximum mean d…

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