# Resolving Confusion (RC) on CIFAR-5

Source: [Resolving Confusion (RC) on CIFAR-5](<https://www.sota2.com/research/sota/resolving-confusion-rc-on-cifar-5>)

Collection index: [llms.txt](<https://www.sota2.com/research/llms.txt>)

Data updated: 2026-02-26T06:06:16.757Z

Evaluation of model performance on the CIFAR-5 dataset specifically measuring test error, retention error, and forgetting error related to confusion resolution, including incremental learning (IC) and forgetting (Fgt) variants.

A research result applies to its stated dataset, split, metric and evaluation configuration. Compare like-for-like settings, preserve the metric's unit and direction, and distinguish paper-reported results from independent reproduction. The best result recorded here is not a claim of exhaustive, current global coverage.

| Scope | Recorded value |
| --- | --- |
| Task | Resolving Confusion (RC) |
| Dataset (including any stated split) | CIFAR-5 |
| Metric | Test Error (mean) |
| Unit | PERCENT |
| Direction | Lower is better |
| Results loaded | 19 of 19 |
| Coverage | All results currently returned for this benchmark |

Evaluation settings may differ between results. The original papers and recorded configurations are needed to establish comparability. A shared metric name alone does not establish an identical protocol.

## Metrics

- [Test Error (mean)](<https://www.sota2.com/research/sota/resolving-confusion-rc-on-cifar-5.md?metric=Test%20Error%20(mean)>): Lower is better; unit: PERCENT.

- [Test Error (std)](<https://www.sota2.com/research/sota/resolving-confusion-rc-on-cifar-5.md?metric=Test%20Error%20(std)>): Lower is better; unit: PERCENT.

- [Retain Error (mean)](<https://www.sota2.com/research/sota/resolving-confusion-rc-on-cifar-5.md?metric=Retain%20Error%20(mean)>): Lower is better; unit: PERCENT.

- [Retain Error (std)](<https://www.sota2.com/research/sota/resolving-confusion-rc-on-cifar-5.md?metric=Retain%20Error%20(std)>): Lower is better; unit: PERCENT.

- [Forget Error (mean)](<https://www.sota2.com/research/sota/resolving-confusion-rc-on-cifar-5.md?metric=Forget%20Error%20(mean)>): Lower is better; unit: PERCENT.

- [Forget Error (std)](<https://www.sota2.com/research/sota/resolving-confusion-rc-on-cifar-5.md?metric=Forget%20Error%20(std)>): Lower is better; unit: PERCENT.

- [IC Test Error (mean)](<https://www.sota2.com/research/sota/resolving-confusion-rc-on-cifar-5.md?metric=IC%20Test%20Error%20(mean)>): Lower is better; unit: PERCENT.

- [IC Test Error (std)](<https://www.sota2.com/research/sota/resolving-confusion-rc-on-cifar-5.md?metric=IC%20Test%20Error%20(std)>): Lower is better; unit: PERCENT.

- [IC Retain Error (mean)](<https://www.sota2.com/research/sota/resolving-confusion-rc-on-cifar-5.md?metric=IC%20Retain%20Error%20(mean)>): Lower is better; unit: PERCENT.

- [IC Retain Error (std)](<https://www.sota2.com/research/sota/resolving-confusion-rc-on-cifar-5.md?metric=IC%20Retain%20Error%20(std)>): Lower is better; unit: PERCENT.

- [Fgt Test Error (mean)](<https://www.sota2.com/research/sota/resolving-confusion-rc-on-cifar-5.md?metric=Fgt%20Test%20Error%20(mean)>): Lower is better; unit: PERCENT.

- [Fgt Test Error (std)](<https://www.sota2.com/research/sota/resolving-confusion-rc-on-cifar-5.md?metric=Fgt%20Test%20Error%20(std)>): Lower is better; unit: PERCENT.

- [Fgt Retain Error (mean)](<https://www.sota2.com/research/sota/resolving-confusion-rc-on-cifar-5.md?metric=Fgt%20Retain%20Error%20(mean)>): Lower is better; unit: PERCENT.

- [Fgt Retain Error (std)](<https://www.sota2.com/research/sota/resolving-confusion-rc-on-cifar-5.md?metric=Fgt%20Retain%20Error%20(std)>): Lower is better; unit: PERCENT.

## Recorded results

| Method | Test Error (mean) | Result date | Report paper |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| CF-k | 22.6 | Not recorded | 68fa71011e209131cea4e7b9 |
| EU-k | 23.5 | Not recorded | 68fa71011e209131cea4e7b9 |
| Original | 24.2 | Not recorded | 68fa71011e209131cea4e7b9 |
| SCRUB | 24.2 | Not recorded | 68fa71011e209131cea4e7b9 |
| Finetune | 24.3 | Not recorded | 68fa71011e209131cea4e7b9 |
| Retrain | 24.4 | Not recorded | 68fa71011e209131cea4e7b9 |
| NTK | 24.4 | Not recorded | 68fa71011e209131cea4e7b9 |
| Retrain | 24.9 | Not recorded | 68fa71011e209131cea4e7b9 |
| SCRUB | 25 | Not recorded | 68fa71011e209131cea4e7b9 |
| NegGrad+ | 25.5 | Not recorded | 68fa71011e209131cea4e7b9 |
| Bad-T | 27.73 | Not recorded | 68fa71011e209131cea4e7b9 |
| Fisher | 31.6 | Not recorded | 68fa71011e209131cea4e7b9 |
| NTK | 32.2 | Not recorded | 68fa71011e209131cea4e7b9 |
| NegGrad+ | 33.53 | Not recorded | 68fa71011e209131cea4e7b9 |
| Finetune | 34.33 | Not recorded | 68fa71011e209131cea4e7b9 |
| CF-k | 36.13 | Not recorded | 68fa71011e209131cea4e7b9 |
| Original | 37.07 | Not recorded | 68fa71011e209131cea4e7b9 |
| EU-k | 51.6 | Not recorded | 68fa71011e209131cea4e7b9 |
| Fisher | 51.93 | Not recorded | 68fa71011e209131cea4e7b9 |

### CF-k

Test Error (mean): 22.6. Result ID: 699186293a6c31484908b6f6.

[Reporting paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa71011e209131cea4e7b9.md>)

[Method origin paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa67551e209131cea158d5.md>)

Recorded evaluation configuration: {"Backbone":"ResNet","Scale":"Small-scale"}. This record does not assert independent reproduction.

### EU-k

Test Error (mean): 23.5. Result ID: 699186293a6c31484908b6f7.

[Reporting paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa71011e209131cea4e7b9.md>)

[Method origin paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa67551e209131cea158d5.md>)

Recorded evaluation configuration: {"Backbone":"ResNet","Scale":"Small-scale"}. This record does not assert independent reproduction.

### Original

Test Error (mean): 24.2. Result ID: 699186293a6c31484908b6f1.

[Reporting paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa71011e209131cea4e7b9.md>)

Recorded evaluation configuration: {"Backbone":"ResNet","Scale":"Small-scale"}. This record does not assert independent reproduction.

### SCRUB

Test Error (mean): 24.2. Result ID: 699186293a6c31484908b6f9.

[Reporting paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa71011e209131cea4e7b9.md>)

[Method origin paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa71011e209131cea4e7b9.md>)

[Implementation](<https://github.com/Meghdad92/SCRUB>)

Recorded evaluation configuration: {"Backbone":"ResNet","Scale":"Small-scale"}. This record does not assert independent reproduction.

### Finetune

Test Error (mean): 24.3. Result ID: 699186293a6c31484908b6f2.

[Reporting paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa71011e209131cea4e7b9.md>)

Recorded evaluation configuration: {"Backbone":"ResNet","Scale":"Small-scale"}. This record does not assert independent reproduction.

### Retrain

Test Error (mean): 24.4. Result ID: 699186293a6c31484908b5f5.

[Reporting paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa71011e209131cea4e7b9.md>)

Recorded evaluation configuration: {"Backbone":"All-CNN","Confused classes":"0, 1","Samples":"50-50"}. This record does not assert independent reproduction.

### NTK

Test Error (mean): 24.4. Result ID: 699186293a6c31484908b6f4.

[Reporting paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa71011e209131cea4e7b9.md>)

[Method origin paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa577a1e209131ce9a5d86.md>)

Recorded evaluation configuration: {"Backbone":"ResNet","Scale":"Small-scale"}. This record does not assert independent reproduction.

### Retrain

Test Error (mean): 24.9. Result ID: 699186293a6c31484908b6f0.

[Reporting paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa71011e209131cea4e7b9.md>)

Recorded evaluation configuration: {"Backbone":"ResNet","Scale":"Small-scale"}. This record does not assert independent reproduction.

### SCRUB

Test Error (mean): 25. Result ID: 699186293a6c31484908b5fd.

[Reporting paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa71011e209131cea4e7b9.md>)

[Method origin paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa71011e209131cea4e7b9.md>)

[Implementation](<https://github.com/Meghdad92/SCRUB>)

Recorded evaluation configuration: {"Backbone":"All-CNN","Confused classes":"0, 1","Samples":"50-50"}. This record does not assert independent reproduction.

### NegGrad+

Test Error (mean): 25.5. Result ID: 699186293a6c31484908b6f5.

[Reporting paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa71011e209131cea4e7b9.md>)

Recorded evaluation configuration: {"Backbone":"ResNet","Scale":"Small-scale"}. This record does not assert independent reproduction.

### Bad-T

Test Error (mean): 27.73. Result ID: 699186293a6c31484908b6f8.

[Reporting paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa71011e209131cea4e7b9.md>)

[Method origin paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa6f961e209131cea46745.md>)

Recorded evaluation configuration: {"Backbone":"ResNet","Scale":"Small-scale"}. This record does not assert independent reproduction.

### Fisher

Test Error (mean): 31.6. Result ID: 699186293a6c31484908b6f3.

[Reporting paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa71011e209131cea4e7b9.md>)

[Method origin paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa577a1e209131ce9a5d86.md>)

Recorded evaluation configuration: {"Backbone":"ResNet","Scale":"Small-scale"}. This record does not assert independent reproduction.

### NTK

Test Error (mean): 32.2. Result ID: 699186293a6c31484908b5fc.

[Reporting paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa71011e209131cea4e7b9.md>)

[Method origin paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa577a1e209131ce9a5d86.md>)

Recorded evaluation configuration: {"Backbone":"All-CNN","Confused classes":"0, 1","Samples":"50-50"}. This record does not assert independent reproduction.

### NegGrad+

Test Error (mean): 33.53. Result ID: 699186293a6c31484908b5f8.

[Reporting paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa71011e209131cea4e7b9.md>)

Recorded evaluation configuration: {"Backbone":"All-CNN","Confused classes":"0, 1","Samples":"50-50"}. This record does not assert independent reproduction.

### Finetune

Test Error (mean): 34.33. Result ID: 699186293a6c31484908b5f7.

[Reporting paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa71011e209131cea4e7b9.md>)

Recorded evaluation configuration: {"Backbone":"All-CNN","Confused classes":"0, 1","Samples":"50-50"}. This record does not assert independent reproduction.

### CF-k

Test Error (mean): 36.13. Result ID: 699186293a6c31484908b5f9.

[Reporting paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa71011e209131cea4e7b9.md>)

[Method origin paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa67551e209131cea158d5.md>)

Recorded evaluation configuration: {"Backbone":"All-CNN","Confused classes":"0, 1","Samples":"50-50"}. This record does not assert independent reproduction.

### Original

Test Error (mean): 37.07. Result ID: 699186293a6c31484908b5f6.

[Reporting paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa71011e209131cea4e7b9.md>)

Recorded evaluation configuration: {"Backbone":"All-CNN","Confused classes":"0, 1","Samples":"50-50"}. This record does not assert independent reproduction.

### EU-k

Test Error (mean): 51.6. Result ID: 699186293a6c31484908b5fa.

[Reporting paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa71011e209131cea4e7b9.md>)

[Method origin paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa67551e209131cea158d5.md>)

Recorded evaluation configuration: {"Backbone":"All-CNN","Confused classes":"0, 1","Samples":"50-50"}. This record does not assert independent reproduction.

### Fisher

Test Error (mean): 51.93. Result ID: 699186293a6c31484908b5fb.

[Reporting paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa71011e209131cea4e7b9.md>)

[Method origin paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa577a1e209131ce9a5d86.md>)

Recorded evaluation configuration: {"Backbone":"All-CNN","Confused classes":"0, 1","Samples":"50-50"}. This record does not assert independent reproduction.

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