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Tabular Foundation Models Show Performance-Uncertainty Trade-off

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A new research paper highlights a critical trade-off in Tabular Foundation Models (TFMs), where high predictive performance comes at the cost of unreliable uncertainty quantification. The study, which compared TFMs against Gradient-Boosted Decision Trees (GBDTs) across 112 datasets, found that while TFMs achieve superior predictive accuracy, they exhibit lower conditional coverage. This suggests that despite advancing predictive capabilities, TFMs still face significant challenges in providing well-calibrated uncertainty for dependable real-world application. AI

IMPACT Highlights a significant challenge in TFM trustworthiness, potentially slowing adoption in critical applications requiring reliable uncertainty estimates.

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Tabular Foundation Models Show Performance-Uncertainty Trade-off

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  1. arXiv cs.LG TIER_1 English(EN) · Jos\'e Lucas De Melo Costa, Fabrice Popineau, Arpad Rimmel, Bich-Li\^en Doan ·

    High Performance, Low Reliability: Uncertainty Benchmarking for Tabular Foundation Models

    arXiv:2605.28554v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Recent Tabular Foundation Models (TFMs) have demonstrated state-of-the-art predictive performance, often surpassing Gradient-Boosted Decision Trees (GBDTs). However, the trustworthiness of these models, particularly their uncertaint…

  2. arXiv cs.LG TIER_1 English(EN) · Bich-Liên Doan ·

    High Performance, Low Reliability: Uncertainty Benchmarking for Tabular Foundation Models

    Recent Tabular Foundation Models (TFMs) have demonstrated state-of-the-art predictive performance, often surpassing Gradient-Boosted Decision Trees (GBDTs). However, the trustworthiness of these models, particularly their uncertainty quantification, has been largely overlooked. W…

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