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Main Authors: Cai, Kaiwen, Lu, Chris Xiaoxuan, Zhao, Xingyu, Huang, Xiaowei
Format: Preprint
Published: 2023
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Online Access:https://arxiv.org/abs/2307.07336
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author Cai, Kaiwen
Lu, Chris Xiaoxuan
Zhao, Xingyu
Huang, Xiaowei
author_facet Cai, Kaiwen
Lu, Chris Xiaoxuan
Zhao, Xingyu
Huang, Xiaowei
contents Most image retrieval research prioritizes improving predictive performance, often overlooking situations where the reliability of predictions is equally important. The gap between model performance and reliability requirements highlights the need for a systematic approach to analyze and address the risks associated with image retrieval. Uncertainty quantification technique can be applied to mitigate this issue by assessing uncertainty for retrieval sets, but it provides only a heuristic estimate of uncertainty rather than a guarantee. To address these limitations, we present Risk Controlled Image Retrieval (RCIR), which generates retrieval sets with coverage guarantee, i.e., retrieval sets that are guaranteed to contain the true nearest neighbors with a predefined probability. RCIR can be easily integrated with existing uncertainty-aware image retrieval systems, agnostic to data distribution and model selection. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first work that provides coverage guarantees to image retrieval. The validity and efficiency of RCIR are demonstrated on four real-world datasets: CAR-196, CUB-200, Pittsburgh, and ChestX-Det.
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spellingShingle Risk Controlled Image Retrieval
Cai, Kaiwen
Lu, Chris Xiaoxuan
Zhao, Xingyu
Huang, Xiaowei
Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition
Most image retrieval research prioritizes improving predictive performance, often overlooking situations where the reliability of predictions is equally important. The gap between model performance and reliability requirements highlights the need for a systematic approach to analyze and address the risks associated with image retrieval. Uncertainty quantification technique can be applied to mitigate this issue by assessing uncertainty for retrieval sets, but it provides only a heuristic estimate of uncertainty rather than a guarantee. To address these limitations, we present Risk Controlled Image Retrieval (RCIR), which generates retrieval sets with coverage guarantee, i.e., retrieval sets that are guaranteed to contain the true nearest neighbors with a predefined probability. RCIR can be easily integrated with existing uncertainty-aware image retrieval systems, agnostic to data distribution and model selection. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first work that provides coverage guarantees to image retrieval. The validity and efficiency of RCIR are demonstrated on four real-world datasets: CAR-196, CUB-200, Pittsburgh, and ChestX-Det.
title Risk Controlled Image Retrieval
topic Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2307.07336