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- Title
Machine learning with a reject option: a survey.
- Authors
Hendrickx, Kilian; Perini, Lorenzo; Van der Plas, Dries; Meert, Wannes; Davis, Jesse
- Abstract
Machine learning models always make a prediction, even when it is likely to be inaccurate. This behavior should be avoided in many decision support applications, where mistakes can have severe consequences. Albeit already studied in 1970, machine learning with rejection recently gained interest. This machine learning subfield enables machine learning models to abstain from making a prediction when likely to make a mistake. This survey aims to provide an overview on machine learning with rejection. We introduce the conditions leading to two types of rejection, ambiguity and novelty rejection, which we carefully formalize. Moreover, we review and categorize strategies to evaluate a model's predictive and rejective quality. Additionally, we define the existing architectures for models with rejection and describe the standard techniques for learning such models. Finally, we provide examples of relevant application domains and show how machine learning with rejection relates to other machine learning research areas.
- Subjects
MACHINE learning; PREDICTION models
- Publication
Machine Learning, 2024, Vol 113, Issue 5, p3073
- ISSN
0885-6125
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s10994-024-06534-x