arXiv AI By Furkan Gen\c{c}, Onat \"Ozdemir, Emre Akba\c{s}

A Systematic Comparison of Training Objectives for Out-of-Distribution Detection in Image Classification

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arXiv:2603. 07571v3 Announce Type: replace-cross Abstract: Out-of-distribution (OOD) detection is critical in safety-sensitive applications.

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