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On the Formal Evaluation of the Robustness of Neural Networks and Its Pivotal Relevance for AI-Based Safety-Critical Domains
Mohamed Ibn Khedher1, *
Houda Jmila2
Mounim A. El-Yacoubi2
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Submitted: 11 Jul 2023 | Accepted: 31 Oct 2023 | Published: 21 Dec 2023

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Neural networks serve as a crucial role in critical tasks, where erroneous outputs can have severe consequences. Traditionally, the validation of neural networks has focused on evaluating their performance across a large set of input points to ensure desired outputs. However, due to the virtually infinite cardinality of the input space, it becomes impractical to exhaustively check all possible inputs. Networks exhibiting strong performance on extensive input samples may fail to generalize correctly in novel scenarios, and remain vulnerable to adversarial attacks. This paper presents the general pipeline of neural network robustness and provides an overview of different domains that work together to achieve robustness guarantees. These domains include evaluating the robustness against adversarial attacks, evaluating the robustness formally and applying defense techniques to enhance the robustness when the model is compromised.

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Khedher, M. I., Jmila, H., & Mounim A. El-Yacoubi. (2023). On the Formal Evaluation of the Robustness of Neural Networks and Its Pivotal Relevance for AI-Based Safety-Critical Domains. International Journal of Network Dynamics and Intelligence, 2(4), 100018. https://doi.org/10.53941/ijndi.2023.100018
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