arXiv:2603.14623cs.LG2026-03被引 1

提出无需分布假设的安全路由方法,自动选择可解释模型使用时机。

Proactive Routing to Interpretable Surrogates with Distribution-Free Safety Guarantees

  • 用轻量门控机制根据输入预判是否可用简化模型
  • 在35个数据集上实现低于容忍度τ的误差违规率
  • 适合注重模型安全与可解释性的部署场景

模型路由决定在部署中使用高精度黑箱模型还是成本更低、更可解释的替代模型。实践中,用户常希望仅在替代模型性能下降可控时才启用。本文研究基于输入的主动路由:通过轻量级门控机制预先选择模型,实现无需分布假设的违规比例控制。门控器训练以区分安全与不安全输入,路由阈值通过Clopper-Pearson置信校准在独立验证集上确定,确保被路由样本中性能下降超过容忍度τ的比例不超过α,置信度为1-δ。我们推导了安全路由存在的可行性条件,关联基础安全率π与风险预算α,并给出保证可行路由存在的最小AUC阈值。在35个OpenML数据集及多种黑箱模型上,该方法在保持可控违规率的同时,覆盖率显著优于回归校准和朴素基线。此外,概率校准主要影响路由效率而非分布无关的有效性。

原文摘要 · Abstract (English)

Model routing determines whether to use an accurate black-box model or a simpler surrogate that approximates it at lower cost or greater interpretability. In deployment settings, practitioners often wish to restrict surrogate use to inputs where its degradation relative to a reference model is controlled. We study proactive (input-based) routing, in which a lightweight gate selects the model before either runs, enabling distribution-free control of the fraction of routed inputs whose degradation exceeds a tolerance τ. The gate is trained to distinguish safe from unsafe inputs, and a routing threshold is chosen via Clopper-Pearson conformal calibration on a held-out set, guaranteeing that the routed-set violation rate is at most α with probability 1-δ. We derive a feasibility condition linking safe routing to the base safe rate π and risk budget α, along with sufficient AUC thresholds ensuring that feasible routing exists. Across 35 OpenML datasets and multiple black-box model families, gate-based conformal routing maintains controlled violation while achieving substantially higher coverage than regression conformal and naive baselines. We further show that probabilistic calibration primarily affects routing efficiency rather than distribution-free validity.

模型路由可解释性安全保证置信校准

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