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robustness

robustness

1 6.3
How well a computer model keeps working when input data is noisy or changed
  • noun
  • /roʊˈbʌstnəs/
  • Specialized
translation icon : robustez
  • Researchers focused on enhancing the robustness of machine learning algorithms to improve their reliability in real-world applications.
  • test the robustness
  • robustness check
  • robustness of our findings

Examples

  • An important idea for achieving robustness in machine learning is regularization.

    Academic text (2017)
  • Finally, we ran a series of sensitivity analyses to test the robustness of our model.

    Academic text (2015)
  • As a field, what are our current ideas about how to achieve robustness in AI systems?

    Academic text (2017)
  • Finally, as a robustness check, we also present results using the valuation-based index produced by NCREIF.

    Academic text (2016)
  • A scenario analysis, including productivity losses, was performed to assess the robustness of this direct-costing perspective.

    Academic text (2016)
  • To further test the robustness of the proposed technique, segmented bone volumes of the femur and tibia are estimated.

    Academic text (2017)
  • The same three misclassified samples were identified for all tests, indicating a satisfactory robustness of the fractal-SVM classifier.

    Academic text (2017)
  • A second important idea for achieving robustness is to optimize a risk-sensitive objective, such as the conditional value at risk (CVaR).

    Academic text (2017)
  • To evaluate the deployment of any AI model, we must assess its robustness against varied input data.

  • The robustness of the system was tested by introducing random noise to the inputs.

Synonyms

stability
vsrobustness
363 3.1

Being steady and not likely to change

is about resisting input noise or perturbations to preserve performance
robusticity
vsrobustness
  • Specialized
8.8

How well a thing stays strong and works under stress

is about keeping model performance under noisy and adversarial input

Antonyms

114 5.1

A situation that changes easily and can fail, for example in politics

sensitivity
  • Specialized
15 4.2

The body's ability to feel things like touch or light

How Robust

immunity
52 4.7
resilience
52 4.8
stability
363 3.1
robustness
  • Specialized
1 6.3
sensitivity
  • Specialized
29 4.1
fragility
17 5.2

Surface Forms

robustness singular
robustnesses plural

Morphology

robustness = robust (transparent) = robust + ness

In technical contexts the noun is formed in the same productive way from 'robust'; the sense is specialized but directly derives from 'robust'.

Etymology

Robustness comes from the Latin root robur, 'oak' and 'strength', a helpful image is a machine that stays standing when a storm hits. That's why in computing and machine learning robustness means a model keeps working even when the input data is noisy or changed.