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EOOD: Entropy-based Out-of-distribution Detection

Published: April 4, 2025 | arXiv ID: 2504.03342v1

By: Guide Yang , Chao Hou , Weilong Peng and more

Potential Business Impact:

Helps computers know when they see something new.

Business Areas:
Intrusion Detection Information Technology, Privacy and Security

Deep neural networks (DNNs) often exhibit overconfidence when encountering out-of-distribution (OOD) samples, posing significant challenges for deployment. Since DNNs are trained on in-distribution (ID) datasets, the information flow of ID samples through DNNs inevitably differs from that of OOD samples. In this paper, we propose an Entropy-based Out-Of-distribution Detection (EOOD) framework. EOOD first identifies specific block where the information flow differences between ID and OOD samples are more pronounced, using both ID and pseudo-OOD samples. It then calculates the conditional entropy on the selected block as the OOD confidence score. Comprehensive experiments conducted across various ID and OOD settings demonstrate the effectiveness of EOOD in OOD detection and its superiority over state-of-the-art methods.

Country of Origin
🇨🇳 China

Page Count
8 pages

Category
Computer Science:
CV and Pattern Recognition