arXiv Machine Learning June 9, 2026 By Xiaoli Yu, Jiamiao Liu

A Joint Finite-Sample Certificate for Adaptive Selective Conformal Risk Control

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arXiv:2606. 08517v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Selective predictors answer on confident inputs and abstain elsewhere; deploying one safely needs a single finite-sample certificate that simultaneously upper-bounds the selected risk, lower-bounds the acceptance probability $\pacc$ above a floor $\pmin$, and lower-bounds the deployment utility.

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