Summary of Building a Stable Classifier with the Inflated Argmax, by Jake A. Soloff et al.
Building a stable classifier with the inflated argmax
by Jake A. Soloff, Rina Foygel Barber, Rebecca Willett
First submitted to arxiv on: 22 May 2024
Categories
- Main: Machine Learning (stat.ML)
- Secondary: Machine Learning (cs.LG); Statistics Theory (math.ST)
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| High | Paper authors | High Difficulty Summary Read the original abstract here |
| Medium | GrooveSquid.com (original content) | Medium Difficulty Summary This paper proposes a novel framework for achieving algorithmic stability in multiclass classification tasks. The current approach to classification involves assigning continuous scores to each label and then selecting the class with the highest score, which is inherently unstable due to its discontinuity. To address this challenge, the authors introduce a pipeline that uses bagging to produce stable continuous scores and then employs an inflated version of the argmax function, called “inflated argmax,” to convert these scores into a set of candidate labels. This framework provides a stability guarantee that does not rely on distributional assumptions about the data, is independent of the number of classes or dimensionality of covariates, and can be used with any base classifier. The authors demonstrate the effectiveness of this approach using a common benchmark dataset, showing that it provides necessary protection against unstable classifiers without sacrificing accuracy. |
| Low | GrooveSquid.com (original content) | Low Difficulty Summary This paper helps solve a big problem in computer science called algorithmic instability. Right now, when computers do classification tasks (like recognizing pictures or identifying text), they often use an approach that is very sensitive to tiny changes in the data. This makes it hard for them to make accurate predictions. The authors of this paper propose a new way to do classification that is more stable and reliable. They use something called bagging, which is like averaging multiple guesses together, to get a more stable answer. Then, they use an “inflated argmax” function to pick the best answer from these averaged scores. This approach is better because it works for all kinds of data and doesn’t rely on special assumptions about what the data looks like. The authors tested their method using a common dataset and showed that it provides the right level of stability without sacrificing accuracy. |
Keywords
» Artificial intelligence » Bagging » Classification
