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OT Score: Confidence Metric for Source-Free Domain Adaptation

other · 2026-04-30

Researchers introduce the Optimal Transport (OT) score, a confidence metric for source-free unsupervised domain adaptation (SFUDA). Current distributional alignment methods using source class-mean features face computational and theoretical limitations, especially in estimating classification performance without target labels. The OT score, derived from Semi-Discrete Optimal Transport alignment, provides principled uncertainty estimates for target pseudo-labels. It is both intuitively interpretable and theoretically rigorous. Experimental results validate its effectiveness.

Key facts

  • OT score is a confidence metric for SFUDA.
  • Addresses limitations of current distributional alignment methods.
  • Derived from Semi-Discrete Optimal Transport alignment.
  • Provides principled uncertainty estimates for target pseudo-labels.
  • Theoretically rigorous and intuitively interpretable.
  • Experimental results demonstrate effectiveness.
  • Focuses on source-free unsupervised domain adaptation.
  • Uses source class-mean features.

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