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Query: Testing distributional assumptions of learning algorithms   There are many important high dimensional function classes that have fast
agnostic learning algorithms when strong assumptions on the distribution of
examples can be made, such as Gaussianity or uniformity over the domain. But
how can one be sufficiently confident that the data indeed satisfies the
distributional assumption, so that one can trust in the output quality of the
agnostic learning algorithm? We propose a model by which to systematically
study the design of tester-learner pairs $(\mathcal{A},\mathcal{T})$, such that
if the distribution on examples in the data passes the tester $\mathcal{T}$
then one can safely trust the output of the agnostic learner $\mathcal{A}$ on
the data.
  To demonstrate the power of the model, we apply it to the classical problem
of agnostically learning halfspaces under the standard Gaussian distribution
and present a tester-learner pair with a combined run-time of
$n^{\tilde{O}(1/\epsilon^4)}$. This qualitatively matches that of the best
known ordinary agnostic learning algorithms for this task. In contrast, finite
sample Gaussian distribution testers do not exist for the $L_1$ and EMD
distance measures. A key step in the analysis is a novel characterization of
concentration and anti-concentration properties of a distribution whose
low-degree moments approximately match those of a Gaussian. We also use tools
from polynomial approximation theory.
  In contrast, we show strong lower bounds on the combined run-times of
tester-learner pairs for the problems of agnostically learning convex sets
under the Gaussian distribution and for monotone Boolean functions under the
uniform distribution over $\{0,1\}^n$. Through these lower bounds we exhibit
natural problems where there is a dramatic gap between standard agnostic
learning run-time and the run-time of the best tester-learner pair.

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The categories of this paper are: eess
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The categories of this paper are: ao-sci
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The categories of this paper are: hep-ph