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Risk-Controlling Prediction Sets through upper-confidence calibration

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AI uncertainty, reliability and selective prediction · Human-designed research method or resource

Reference score145,000Provisional editorial estimate of this exact contribution; its grade is assessed separately.

What changed

Calibrates nested set-valued predictors using pointwise risk upper bounds and a monotonic selection rule to obtain high-probability control of population loss.

Scientific scope

Calibrates nested set-valued predictors using pointwise risk upper bounds and a monotonic selection rule to obtain high-probability control of population loss. Requires i.i.d. held-out calibration, monotone loss/nested sets and suitable concentration/continuity conditions; not arbitrary drift or conditional correctness for every input. Distinct from CRC expectation guarantee; inherited concentration bounds are not newly invented. First three authors equal. Biological/medical applications excluded.

Evidence

The linked original sources describe the stated contribution and its evidence limits. WRS has not independently rerun the experiments or certified a proof. Requires i.i.d. held-out calibration, monotone loss/nested sets and suitable concentration/continuity conditions; not arbitrary drift or conditional correctness for every input. Distinct from CRC expectation guarantee; inherited concentration bounds are not newly invented. First three authors equal. Biological/medical applications excluded.

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Provisional WRS assessment, edition 2026-10-16.1. Independent expert calibration is pending. This grade does not certify correctness or assign ownership.

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