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Table 2 Median prediction interval width at confidence levels from 10 to 99%

From: A confidence predictor for logD using conformal regression and a support-vector machine

Epsilon

Nonconformity measure

Confidence level

10%

20%

30%

40%

50%

60%

70%

80%

90%

95%

99%

\(10^{-3}\)

Abs-diff

0.109

0.221

0.336

0.462

0.604

0.771

0.986

1.284

1.813

2.237

3.841

Normalized

0.122

0.243

0.362

0.478

0.595

0.718

0.854

1.027

1.319

1.649

2.892

Log-normalized, \(\beta =0\)

0.071

0.155

0.257

0.387

0.560

0.801

1.171

1.812

3.291

5.273

10.879

Log-normalized, \(\beta =1\)

0.074

0.159

0.260

0.384

0.545

0.763

1.080

1.599

2.689

4.031

7.676

\(10^{-4}\)

Abs-diff

0.069

0.139

0.211

0.288

0.378

0.486

0.629

0.843

1.245

1.695

3.006

Normalized

0.079

0.157

0.233

0.311

0.395

0.491

0.610

0.789

1.200

1.918

7.194

Log-normalized, \(\beta =0\)

0.042

0.094

0.159

0.243

0.352

0.519

0.772

1.223

2.311

3.918

10.157

Log-normalized, \(\beta =1\)

0.044

0.097

0.163

0.245

0.356

0.509

0.741

1.137

2.030

3.233

7.204

\(10^{-5}\)

Abs-diff

0.065

0.132

0.201

0.270

0.354

0.459

0.600

0.813

1.217

1.680

3.024

Normalized

0.075

0.148

0.220

0.293

0.376

0.474

0.605

0.824

1.445

2.664

12.199

Log-normalized, \(\beta =0\)

0.041

0.092

0.155

0.234

0.341

0.495

0.738

1.171

2.205

3.747

10.007

Log-normalized, \(\beta =1\)

0.042

0.095

0.158

0.235

0.339

0.486

0.710

1.095

1.963

3.156

7.247

  1. Shown are MPI at confidence levels (validity) from 10 to 99%. Note that a smaller median prediction interval indicates higher efficiency of a nonconformity measure. Shown are results for models with \({\textit{cost}}=1\) and epsilon values \(10^{-3}\), \(10^{-4}\) and \(10^{-5}\). Italicized are results for the best model at each epsilon value and confidence level. Marked by bolditalics are results for overall best models at each confidence level