Learning with Adaptive Prototype Manifolds for Out-of-Distribution Detection

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2602.05349v1
• Date: Thu, 05 Feb 2026 06:21:16 GMT
• Title: Learning with Adaptive Prototype Manifolds for Out-of-Distribution Detection
• Authors: Ningkang Peng, JiuTao Zhou, Yuhao Zhang, Xiaoqian Peng, Qianfeng Yu, Linjing Qian, Tingyu Lu, Yi Chen, Yanhui Gu,
• Abstract summary: Out-of-distribution (OOD) detection is a critical task for the safe deployment of machine learning models in the real world.<n>We propose APEX, a novel OOD detection framework designed via a Two-Stage Repair process to optimize the learned feature manifold.
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• License: http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/
• Abstract: Out-of-distribution (OOD) detection is a critical task for the safe deployment of machine learning models in the real world. Existing prototype-based representation learning methods have demonstrated exceptional performance. Specifically, we identify two fundamental flaws that universally constrain these methods: the Static Homogeneity Assumption (fixed representational resources for all classes) and the Learning-Inference Disconnect (discarding rich prototype quality knowledge at inference). These flaws fundamentally limit the model's capacity and performance. To address these issues, we propose APEX (Adaptive Prototype for eXtensive OOD Detection), a novel OOD detection framework designed via a Two-Stage Repair process to optimize the learned feature manifold. APEX introduces two key innovations to address these respective flaws: (1) an Adaptive Prototype Manifold (APM), which leverages the Minimum Description Length (MDL) principle to automatically determine the optimal prototype complexity $K_c^*$ for each class, thereby fundamentally resolving prototype collision; and (2) a Posterior-Aware OOD Scoring (PAOS) mechanism, which quantifies prototype quality (cohesion and separation) to bridge the learning-inference disconnect. Comprehensive experiments on benchmarks such as CIFAR-100 validate the superiority of our method, where APEX achieves new state-of-the-art performance.

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