Summary of On the Good Reliability Of An Interval-based Metric to Validate Prediction Uncertainty For Machine Learning Regression Tasks, by Pascal Pernot
On the good reliability of an interval-based metric to validate prediction uncertainty for machine learning regression tasks
by Pascal Pernot
First submitted to arxiv on: 23 Aug 2024
Categories
- Main: Machine Learning (stat.ML)
- Secondary: Machine Learning (cs.LG)
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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 introduces a new method for evaluating the reliability of prediction uncertainty averages in machine learning models. The traditional approach uses variance-based metrics like ZMS, NLL, and RCE, which are sensitive to heavy tails in error distributions. To address this issue, the authors propose an interval-based metric called Prediction Interval Coverage Probability (PICP). Experiments on a large ensemble of molecular properties datasets show that PICP can accurately estimate 95% prediction intervals using a simple 2σ rule when the number of degrees of freedom is greater than 3. Additionally, PICP enables testing 20% more datasets compared to variance-based calibration metrics like ZMS. The paper also explores conditional calibration using the PICP approach. |
| Low | GrooveSquid.com (original content) | Low Difficulty Summary This study helps make machine learning models more reliable by creating a better way to check how good they are at predicting uncertainty. Right now, we use methods that are sensitive to errors and can be tricky to work with. To fix this, the authors suggest a new method called Prediction Interval Coverage Probability (PICP). They tested PICP on lots of datasets about molecular properties and found it works well when there’s enough data. With PICP, we can check more datasets than before and make sure our models are accurate. |
Keywords
» Artificial intelligence » Machine learning » Probability
