Detecting Concept Drift in Neural Networks Using Chi-squared Goodness of Fit Testing

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Auteurs principaux: Ayers, Jacob Glenn, Ramanan, Buvaneswari A., Khan, Manzoor A.
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author Ayers, Jacob Glenn
Ramanan, Buvaneswari A.
Khan, Manzoor A.
author_facet Ayers, Jacob Glenn
Ramanan, Buvaneswari A.
Khan, Manzoor A.
contents As the adoption of deep learning models has grown beyond human capacity for verification, meta-algorithms are needed to ensure reliable model inference. Concept drift detection is a field dedicated to identifying statistical shifts that is underutilized in monitoring neural networks that may encounter inference data with distributional characteristics diverging from their training data. Given the wide variety of model architectures, applications, and datasets, it is important that concept drift detection algorithms are adaptable to different inference scenarios. In this paper, we introduce an application of the $χ^2$ Goodness of Fit Hypothesis Test as a drift detection meta-algorithm applied to a multilayer perceptron, a convolutional neural network, and a transformer trained for machine vision as they are exposed to simulated drift during inference. To that end, we demonstrate how unexpected drops in accuracy due to concept drift can be detected without directly examining the inference outputs. Our approach enhances safety by ensuring models are continually evaluated for reliability across varying conditions.
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spellingShingle Detecting Concept Drift in Neural Networks Using Chi-squared Goodness of Fit Testing
Ayers, Jacob Glenn
Ramanan, Buvaneswari A.
Khan, Manzoor A.
Machine Learning
Artificial Intelligence
Image and Video Processing
As the adoption of deep learning models has grown beyond human capacity for verification, meta-algorithms are needed to ensure reliable model inference. Concept drift detection is a field dedicated to identifying statistical shifts that is underutilized in monitoring neural networks that may encounter inference data with distributional characteristics diverging from their training data. Given the wide variety of model architectures, applications, and datasets, it is important that concept drift detection algorithms are adaptable to different inference scenarios. In this paper, we introduce an application of the $χ^2$ Goodness of Fit Hypothesis Test as a drift detection meta-algorithm applied to a multilayer perceptron, a convolutional neural network, and a transformer trained for machine vision as they are exposed to simulated drift during inference. To that end, we demonstrate how unexpected drops in accuracy due to concept drift can be detected without directly examining the inference outputs. Our approach enhances safety by ensuring models are continually evaluated for reliability across varying conditions.
title Detecting Concept Drift in Neural Networks Using Chi-squared Goodness of Fit Testing
topic Machine Learning
Artificial Intelligence
Image and Video Processing
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2505.04318