Diagnosing model degradation over time
WHAT IT TESTS: MLOps maturity around drift. OUTLINE: Name it model drift, split data vs concept drift; diagnose by comparing distributions and ruling out pipeline bugs; fix via monitoring and retraining. RED FLAG: Blind retraining before diagnosis.
WHAT IT TESTS: Whether you can operate a model in production, not just train one. ANSWER OUTLINE: The phenomenon is model drift, split into data drift (input distribution shifts) and concept drift (the input-target relationship changes). Diagnose: confirm the drop is real, compare current feature distributions to training via PSI or KS, check label delay, and rule out pipeline bugs. Solve with monitoring, alerting, and a retraining cadence plus canary rollout. RED FLAG: Retraining immediately without isolating drift from a data bug.
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