Test & Evaluation Best Practices for Machine Learning-Enabled Systems

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2310.06800v1
• Date: Tue, 10 Oct 2023 17:11:14 GMT
• Title: Test & Evaluation Best Practices for Machine Learning-Enabled Systems
• Authors: Jaganmohan Chandrasekaran, Tyler Cody, Nicola McCarthy, Erin Lanus, Laura Freeman
• Abstract summary: Machine learning (ML) based software systems are rapidly gaining adoption across various domains. This report presents best practices for the Test and Evaluation (T&E) of ML-enabled software systems across its lifecycle.
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• License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
• Abstract: Machine learning (ML) - based software systems are rapidly gaining adoption across various domains, making it increasingly essential to ensure they perform as intended. This report presents best practices for the Test and Evaluation (T&E) of ML-enabled software systems across its lifecycle. We categorize the lifecycle of ML-enabled software systems into three stages: component, integration and deployment, and post-deployment. At the component level, the primary objective is to test and evaluate the ML model as a standalone component. Next, in the integration and deployment stage, the goal is to evaluate an integrated ML-enabled system consisting of both ML and non-ML components. Finally, once the ML-enabled software system is deployed and operationalized, the T&E objective is to ensure the system performs as intended. Maintenance activities for ML-enabled software systems span the lifecycle and involve maintaining various assets of ML-enabled software systems. Given its unique characteristics, the T&E of ML-enabled software systems is challenging. While significant research has been reported on T&E at the component level, limited work is reported on T&E in the remaining two stages. Furthermore, in many cases, there is a lack of systematic T&E strategies throughout the ML-enabled system's lifecycle. This leads practitioners to resort to ad-hoc T&E practices, which can undermine user confidence in the reliability of ML-enabled software systems. New systematic testing approaches, adequacy measurements, and metrics are required to address the T&E challenges across all stages of the ML-enabled system lifecycle.

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