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Conformal e-testing

Statistics Theory 2024-11-05 v2 Statistics Theory

Abstract

There is a useful counterpart of conformal prediction for e-values, called conformal e-prediction. Conformal prediction can serve as basis for testing the assumption of exchangeability, leading to conformal testing. Similarly, conformal e-prediction can also serve as basis for testing. The resulting conformal e-testing looks very different from but inherits some strengths of conformal testing; it even has some advantages over conformal testing. In this paper we discuss systematically both strengths and limitations of conformal e-testing.

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@article{arxiv.2006.02329,
  title  = {Conformal e-testing},
  author = {Vladimir Vovk and Ilia Nouretdinov and Alex Gammerman},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2006.02329},
  year   = {2024}
}

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21 pages and 2 figures