arXiv AI
5d ago

Robust Adversarial Quantification via Conflict-Aware Evidential Deep Learning

The paper introduces Conflict‑Aware Evidential Deep Learning (C‑EDL), a lightweight post‑hoc method that improves uncertainty quantification for deep learning models. C‑EDL applies diverse, task‑preserving transformations to each input and uses representational disagreement to adjust predictions, thereby reducing overconfident errors on adversarial and out‑of‑distribution data. Experiments demonstrate that C‑EDL outperforms existing Evidential Deep Learning variants and baselines, achieving up to 55 % reduction in coverage for OOD data and 90 % for adversarial data across multiple datasets and attack types.

By Charmaine Barker, Daniel Bethell, Simos Gerasimou