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An Analysis of Model Robustness across Concurrent Distribution Shifts

Jeon, Myeongho  
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Choi, Suhwan
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Lee, Hyoje
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2025
Transactions on Machine Learning Research

Machine learning models, meticulously optimized for source data, often fail to predict target data when faced with distribution shifts (DSs). Previous benchmarking studies, though extensive, have mainly focused on simple DSs. Recognizing that DSs often occur in more complex forms in real-world scenarios, we broadened our study to include multiple concurrent shifts, such as unseen domain shifts combined with spurious correlations. We evaluated 26 algorithms that range from simple heuristic augmentations to zero-shot inference using foundation models, across 168 source-target pairs from eight datasets. Our analysis of over 100K models reveals that (i) concurrent DSs typically worsen performance compared to a single shift, with certain exceptions, (ii) if a model improves generalization for one distribution shift, it tends to be effective for others, and (iii) heuristic data augmentations achieve the best overall performance on both synthetic and real-world datasets.

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Scopus ID

2-s2.0-85219505958

Author(s)
Jeon, Myeongho  

EPFL

Choi, Suhwan
Lee, Hyoje
Yeo, Shuqing Teresa  
Date Issued

2025

Published in
Transactions on Machine Learning Research
Volume

2025

Issue

1

Article Number

434

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REVIEWED

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May 26, 2025
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