Friend or Foe? Harnessing Controllable Overfitting for Anomaly Detection

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2412.00560v1
• Date: Sat, 30 Nov 2024 19:07:16 GMT
• Title: Friend or Foe? Harnessing Controllable Overfitting for Anomaly Detection
• Authors: Long Qian, Bingke Zhu, Yingying Chen, Ming Tang, Jinqiao Wang,
• Abstract summary: Overfitting has long been stigmatized as detrimental to model performance. We recast overfitting as a controllable and strategic mechanism for enhancing model discrimination capabilities. We present Controllable Overfitting-based Anomaly Detection (COAD), a novel framework designed to leverage overfitting for optimized anomaly detection.
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• Abstract: Overfitting has long been stigmatized as detrimental to model performance, especially in the context of anomaly detection. Our work challenges this conventional view by introducing a paradigm shift, recasting overfitting as a controllable and strategic mechanism for enhancing model discrimination capabilities. In this paper, we present Controllable Overfitting-based Anomaly Detection (COAD), a novel framework designed to leverage overfitting for optimized anomaly detection. We propose the Aberrance Retention Quotient (ARQ), a novel metric that systematically quantifies the extent of overfitting, enabling the identification of an optimal "golden overfitting interval." Within this interval, overfitting is leveraged to significantly amplify the model's sensitivity to anomalous patterns, while preserving generalization to normal samples. Additionally, we present the Relative Anomaly Distribution Index (RADI), an innovative metric designed to complement AUROC pixel by providing a more versatile and theoretically robust framework for assessing model performance. RADI leverages ARQ to track and evaluate how overfitting impacts anomaly detection, offering an integrated approach to understanding the relationship between overfitting dynamics and model efficacy. Our theoretical work also rigorously validates the use of Gaussian noise in pseudo anomaly synthesis, providing the foundation for its broader applicability across diverse domains. Empirical evaluations demonstrate that our controllable overfitting method not only achieves State of the Art (SOTA) performance in both one-class and multi-class anomaly detection tasks but also redefines overfitting from a modeling challenge into a powerful tool for optimizing anomaly detection.

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