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New method improves sequential conditional independence testing robustness

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Researchers have developed a novel sequential testing method for conditional independence that is more robust to estimation errors than existing approaches. This new technique utilizes a testing-by-betting strategy applied to an adaptively optimized Kernel Conditional Independence statistic. The method incorporates normalization and calibration strategies to significantly reduce Type I error inflation while maintaining high power on various benchmarks and real-world tasks. AI

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New method improves sequential conditional independence testing robustness

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  1. arXiv cs.LG TIER_1 English(EN) · Zheng He, Danica J. Sutherland ·

    Sequential Kernel-based Conditional Independence Testing via Adaptive Betting

    arXiv:2606.18993v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: Testing conditional independence is fundamental yet intrinsically difficult: without additional assumptions, Type I error control is impossible in general. The "Model-X'' paradigm addresses this difficulty by assuming exact knowle…

  2. arXiv stat.ML TIER_1 English(EN) · Danica J. Sutherland ·

    Sequential Kernel-based Conditional Independence Testing via Adaptive Betting

    Testing conditional independence is fundamental yet intrinsically difficult: without additional assumptions, Type I error control is impossible in general. The "Model-X'' paradigm addresses this difficulty by assuming exact knowledge of a relevant conditional distribution. While …

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