Fast and scalable score-based kernel calibration tests

We introduce the Kernel Calibration Conditional Stein Discrepancy test (KCCSD test), a nonparametric, kernel-based test for assessing the calibration of probabilistic models with well-defined scores. In contrast to previous methods, our test avoids the need for possibly expensive expectation approximations while providing control over its type-I error. We achieve these improvements by using a new family of kernels for score-based probabilities that can be estimated without probability density samples, and by using a Conditional Goodness of Fit criterion for the KCCSD test’s U-statistic. We demonstrate the properties of our test on various synthetic settings.

Authors

• Pierre Glaser
• David Widmann
• Fredrik Lindsten
• Arthur Gretton

Keywords

• Calibration
• Hypothesis Testing
• Goodness-of-fit
• Kernel Methods