arXiv Machine Learning

On Stopping Times of Power-one Sequential Tests: Tight Lower and Upper Bounds

arXiv:2504. 19952v2 Announce Type: replace-cross Abstract: We present two general lower bounds for stopping times of sequential tests between arbitrary composite nulls $\mathcal P$ and alternatives $\mathcal Q$.

arXiv Machine Learning
Jun 5

Multi-Armed Sequential Hypothesis Testing by Betting

arXiv:2603. 17925v2 Announce Type: replace-cross Abstract: We consider a variant of sequential testing by betting where, at each time step, the statistician is presented with multiple data sources (arms) and obtains data by choosing one of the arms.

By Ricardo J. Sandoval, Ian Waudby-Smith, Michael I. Jordan
arXiv Machine Learning
Jul 13

Global Sequential Testing for Multi-Stream Auditing

arXiv:2602. 21479v3 Announce Type: replace-cross Abstract: Across many risk-sensitive areas, it is critical to continuously audit machine learning systems as we receive more data to quickly determine if they are performing as designed.

By Beepul Bharti, Ambar Pal, Jeremias Sulam
arXiv Machine Learning
Jun 18

How fast can you find a good hypothesis?

arXiv:2509. 03734v3 Announce Type: replace-cross Abstract: In the hypothesis selection problem, we are given sample and query access to finite set of candidate distributions (hypotheses), $\mathcal{H} = \{H_1, \ldots, H_n\}$, and samples from an unknown distribution $P$, both over a domain $\mathcal{X}$.

By Anders Aamand, Maryam Aliakbarpour, Justin Y. Chen, Sandeep Silwal
arXiv Machine Learning
Sep 17

Breaking the $T^{2/3}$ Barrier for Sequential Calibration

arXiv:2406. 13668v4 Announce Type: replace Abstract: A set of probabilistic forecasts is calibrated if each prediction of the forecaster closely approximates the empirical distribution of outcomes on the subset of timesteps where that prediction was made.

By Yuval Dagan, Constantinos Daskalakis, Maxwell Fishelson, Noah Golowich, Robert Kleinberg, Princewill Okoroafor
arXiv Machine Learning
4d ago

Local Search with Correlated Randomness

arXiv:2607.17469v2 Announce Type: replace-cross Abstract: How much does an algorithm's running-time distribution under independent randomness reveal about its behavior when independence is no longer...

By Yunbei Xu