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Autori principali: Li, Haitao, Chen, Junjie, Ai, Qingyao, Chu, Zhumin, Zhou, Yujia, Dong, Qian, Liu, Yiqun
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Pubblicazione: 2024
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Accesso online:https://arxiv.org/abs/2410.15393
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author Li, Haitao
Chen, Junjie
Ai, Qingyao
Chu, Zhumin
Zhou, Yujia
Dong, Qian
Liu, Yiqun
author_facet Li, Haitao
Chen, Junjie
Ai, Qingyao
Chu, Zhumin
Zhou, Yujia
Dong, Qian
Liu, Yiqun
contents The use of large language models (LLMs) as automated evaluation tools to assess the quality of generated natural language, known as LLMs-as-Judges, has demonstrated promising capabilities and is rapidly gaining widespread attention. However, when applied to pairwise comparisons of candidate responses, LLM-based evaluators often exhibit selection bias. Specifically, their judgments may become inconsistent when the option positions or ID tokens are swapped, compromising the effectiveness and fairness of the evaluation result. To address this challenge, we introduce CalibraEval, a novel label-free method for mitigating selection bias during inference. Specifically, CalibraEval reformulates debiasing as an optimization task aimed at adjusting observed prediction distributions to align with unbiased prediction distributions. To solve this optimization problem, we propose a non-parametric order-preserving algorithm (NOA). This algorithm leverages the partial order relationships between model prediction distributions, thereby eliminating the need for explicit labels and precise mathematical function modeling.Empirical evaluations of LLMs in multiple representative benchmarks demonstrate that CalibraEval effectively mitigates selection bias and improves performance compared to existing debiasing methods. This work marks a step toward building more robust and unbiased automated evaluation frameworks, paving the way for improved reliability in AI-driven assessments
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spellingShingle CalibraEval: Calibrating Prediction Distribution to Mitigate Selection Bias in LLMs-as-Judges
Li, Haitao
Chen, Junjie
Ai, Qingyao
Chu, Zhumin
Zhou, Yujia
Dong, Qian
Liu, Yiqun
Computation and Language
The use of large language models (LLMs) as automated evaluation tools to assess the quality of generated natural language, known as LLMs-as-Judges, has demonstrated promising capabilities and is rapidly gaining widespread attention. However, when applied to pairwise comparisons of candidate responses, LLM-based evaluators often exhibit selection bias. Specifically, their judgments may become inconsistent when the option positions or ID tokens are swapped, compromising the effectiveness and fairness of the evaluation result. To address this challenge, we introduce CalibraEval, a novel label-free method for mitigating selection bias during inference. Specifically, CalibraEval reformulates debiasing as an optimization task aimed at adjusting observed prediction distributions to align with unbiased prediction distributions. To solve this optimization problem, we propose a non-parametric order-preserving algorithm (NOA). This algorithm leverages the partial order relationships between model prediction distributions, thereby eliminating the need for explicit labels and precise mathematical function modeling.Empirical evaluations of LLMs in multiple representative benchmarks demonstrate that CalibraEval effectively mitigates selection bias and improves performance compared to existing debiasing methods. This work marks a step toward building more robust and unbiased automated evaluation frameworks, paving the way for improved reliability in AI-driven assessments
title CalibraEval: Calibrating Prediction Distribution to Mitigate Selection Bias in LLMs-as-Judges
topic Computation and Language
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2410.15393