Study examines fairness in machine learning for credit scoring.
problem Bias in machine learning models for credit scoring.
method Comprehensive experimental study of fairness-aware machine learning models.
result Fairness-aware models improve fairness while maintaining accuracy.
Fair machine learning models can be vulnerable to adversarial attacks that reduce their accuracy and fairness.
problem Fairness constraints in machine learning models can compromise their robustness against adversarial attacks.
method Analysis of data poisoning attacks on group-based fair machine learning models, focusing on equalized odds.
result Adversaries can significantly reduce the test accuracy of fair machine learning models and widen their fairness gap.
Paper proposes a unified sparsity-based framework for evaluating algorithmic fairness.
problem Ensuring fairness in machine learning across diverse domains.
method Unified sparsity-based framework for evaluating fairness.
result Demonstrates broad applicability and effectiveness of the framework.
FanG-HPO optimizes machine learning models for fairness and low energy consumption.
problem Bias in machine learning models and high energy consumption in hyperparameter optimization.
method Combines multi-objective and multiple information source Bayesian optimization.
result FanG-HPO identifies fair and energy-efficient machine learning models.
SenSeI ensures fair models by enforcing invariance on sensitive groups.
problem Ensuring fair machine learning models that respect sensitive groups.
method Designing a transport-based regularizer to enforce invariance on sensitive sets.
result Certifiably fair ML models trained using SenSeI achieve improved fairness metrics.
Fairness in machine learning increases privacy risks, especially for underrepresented groups.
problem Privacy risks in fair machine learning models, particularly for underrepresented groups.
method Membership inference attacks to measure information leakage and analyze fairness vs. privacy trade-offs.
result Achieving fairness in machine learning models increases privacy risks, especially for underrepresented groups.
Develops a framework for fair semi-supervised learning.
problem Balancing fairness and accuracy in semi-supervised learning.
method Formulates a framework as an optimization problem, incorporating classifier loss, label propagation loss, and fairness constraints.
result Achieves fair semi-supervised learning with better accuracy-fairness trade-off than fair supervised learning.
Paper tackles fairness in insurance machine learning models using active learning.
problem Reducing labeling effort and promoting fairness in insurance machine learning.
method Introduces a fair active learning method to sample informative and fair instances.
result Achieves a balance between model performance and fairness in insurance datasets.
Maximal correlation framework improves fairness in machine learning algorithms.
problem Ensuring fairness in machine learning algorithms.
method Introducing maximal correlation framework for fairness constraints and deriving regularizers.
result The approach provides smooth performance-fairness tradeoff curves and competitive performance.
Abstract reviews mathematical fairness in machine learning.
problem Ensuring fairness in machine learning models.
method Independence-based approach to fairness definitions and methodologies.
result Optimal fair classifiers and predictors under equality of odds are derived.
Two simple methods learn fair metrics from data to improve fairness in ML tasks.
problem Lack of widely accepted fair metrics for many ML tasks hinders individual fairness adoption.
method Presented two simple ways to learn fair metrics from various data types.
result Fair training with learned metrics improves fairness on three ML tasks.
Examines fairness in ML for health, highlighting its importance and challenges.
problem Ensuring fairness in ML models for health to prevent health disparities.
method Reviews fairness notions in ML for health, including group, individual, and causal-based approaches.
result Discusses the importance and challenges of fairness in health-focused ML applications.
The paper explores fair clustering, a niche area in machine learning.
problem Fairness in clustering remains underexplored despite its importance.
method Assesses existing work and proposes new directions for fair clustering.
result Widening normative principles and knowledge of downstream processes can enhance fair clustering research.
The paper addresses fairness in machine learning models through structural econometrics, projecting indexes into null spaces to find fair solutions.
problem Fairness concerns in machine learning, especially regarding disadvantaged groups.
method Model fairness as a linear operator, projecting indexes into null spaces to find fair solutions, balancing status quo and full fairness.
result Achieving approximate fairness by introducing a fairness penalty and balancing influences.
New approach to fairness in machine learning through stochastic optimization.
problem Fairness issues in machine learning predictions.
method Stochastic multi-objective optimization for accuracy-fairness trade-offs.
result Well-spread and accurate Pareto fronts for handling streaming data.
Proposes a method to enforce fairness in machine learning models without sensitive data.
problem Bias in machine learning models from historical data.
method Infers sensitive attributes from auxiliary features and integrates fairness constraints into model training.
result Mitigates bias while preserving predictive accuracy.
Machine fairness is impossible to achieve fully due to historical biases.
problem Machine learning models inherit biases from historical data, making it impossible to satisfy fairness metrics simultaneously.
method Presented a causal perspective to the impossibility theorem of fairness.
result It is impossible to satisfy fairness metrics like demographic parity, equal opportunity, and equalized odds simultaneously.
Two new methods assess feature importance for fairness in machine learning models.
problem Understanding how features influence fairness in machine learning models.
method Two model-agnostic approaches: permutation and occlusion.
result Simple, scalable, and interpretable methods to quantify feature importance for fairness.
Proposes a framework for partially fair machine learning models.
problem Achieving full fairness across all score ranges compromises predictive performance.
method Formulates model training as constrained optimization with difference-of-convex constraints, solvable by IDCA.
result Demonstrates high predictive performance while enforcing partial fairness in specific percentile intervals.
Develops algorithm to make fair decisions from biased data.
problem Ethical concerns in machine learning fairness.
method Fair Learning through Data Preprocessing (FLAP) algorithm.
result Counterfactual fairness equivalent to conditional independence.
The paper extends fairness to hierarchical clustering, finding efficient algorithms with minimal loss.
problem Ensuring fairness in hierarchical clustering where data is recursively partitioned.
method Extending fairness to hierarchical clustering, developing simple, efficient algorithms for various objectives.
result Simple, efficient algorithms for fair hierarchical clustering with only a negligible loss in objective.
Unified framework for fair representation learning in machine learning.
problem Ensuring fairness in machine learning models, especially when biased data representations lead to unfair predictions.
method Integrates nonlinear sufficient dimension reduction with deep learning to construct fair and informative representations, introducing a penalty term to enforce conditional independence between sensitive attributes and learned representations.
result Achieves a superior balance between fairness and utility, significantly outperforming state-of-the-art baselines on various data structures.
New approach to explain fairness in machine learning models.
problem Detect, understand, and mitigate unfairness in machine learning models.
method Shapley value paradigm and meta algorithm for training-time fairness interventions.
result Meta algorithm provides insight into accuracy-fairness trade-off.
Machine learning algorithms have been increasingly deployed in critical automated decision-making systems that directly affect human lives. When these algorithms are only trained to minimize the training/test error, they could suffer from systematic discrimination against individuals based on their sensitive attributes…
Paper introduces threshold invariant fairness to ensure equitable predictions across different groups.
problem Machine learning models can be unfair to certain groups based on sensitive attributes.
method Proposes threshold invariant fairness and uses two approximation methods to equalize risk distributions.
result Demonstrates effectiveness in alleviating threshold sensitivity in fairness models.
Study evaluates fairness of machine learning models on Kaggle and finds some optimization techniques can induce unfairness.
problem Ensuring fairness of machine learning models used in important decisions.
method Empirical evaluation of 40 top-rated models from Kaggle on 5 tasks, applying 7 mitigation techniques.
result Some model optimization techniques induce unfairness; mitigation in pre-processing is preferred.
Bayesian data selection framework ensures fairness in machine learning models.
problem High computational costs and limited scalability of fairness-aware methods.
method Bayesian data selection framework using generalized discrepancy measures.
result Consistently outperforms existing methods in fairness and accuracy.
Proposes a new fairness definition based on equity for machine learning classification.
problem Machine learning systems can perpetuate societal biases.
method Formalizes a new fairness definition based on equity, operationalizes it for classification, and evaluates its effectiveness.
result Demonstrates the effectiveness of the new fairness definition for equitable classification.
Proposes FairRR to improve fairness in machine learning models through randomized response.
problem Achieving group fairness in machine learning models.
method Formulates group fairness as optimizing a design matrix in Randomized Response, proposing FairRR.
result Demonstrates FairRR yields excellent model utility and fairness.
This survey outlines methods to ensure fairness in machine learning.
problem Mitigating bias and promoting fairness in machine learning applications.
method Organizes approaches into pre-processing, in-processing, and post-processing methods.
result Summarizes open challenges and dilemmas for fairness research.
Methodology explores fairness limits in decision tree classifiers.
problem Understanding statistical limits of bias mitigation in machine learning.
method Multi-objective framework optimizing accuracy and fairness.
result Decision tree models can be optimized for fairness with minimal accuracy loss.
The paper tackles the trade-off between fairness and accuracy in machine learning models.
problem Ensuring fairness in machine learning often reduces model accuracy.
method The paper introduces formal tools for reconciling the fairness-accuracy tension using Pareto optimality from multi-objective optimization.
result The Chebyshev scalarization scheme is superior for finding Pareto optimal solutions compared to the linear scalarization scheme.
Enhances fairness in predictions without sacrificing accuracy.
problem Balancing fairness and predictive performance in machine learning.
method Model ensemble-based post-processing framework.
result Framework effectively enhances fairness while maintaining predictive accuracy.
This primer tackles biases in machine learning for image analysis, proposing solutions.
problem Causal and statistical biases in machine learning methods for image analysis.
method Introduction of causal and statistical structures that induce failure, highlighting two problems: no fair lunch and subgroup separability.
result Current fair representation learning methods fail to solve these problems, suggesting new paths forward.
FairTrade uses variational inference to create fair predictions in causal models.
problem Creating fair predictions in machine learning models with causal reasoning.
method FairTrade uses variational inference to account for unobserved confounders and integrates fairness constraints on causal paths.
result Demonstrates the effectiveness of FairTrade in creating fair predictions in both simulated and real-world datasets.
The paper explores fairness in credit scoring using machine learning.
problem The lack of research on fair machine learning in credit scoring.
method Revisits statistical fairness criteria, catalogs algorithmic options, and empirically compares fairness processors.
result Multiple fairness criteria can be approximately satisfied at once, and fair processors deliver a good balance between profit and fairness.
Fair active learning selects data points to balance model accuracy and fairness.
problem Ensuring fairness in machine learning models used in high-stakes applications.
method Designing algorithms for fair active learning that select data points to balance model accuracy and fairness, focusing on demographic parity.
result Demonstrated the effectiveness of the proposed fair active learning approach over benchmark datasets.
Fair MP-Boost improves fairness and interpretability in boosting methods.
problem Improving fairness and interpretability in boosting methods.
method Fair MP-Boost uses adaptive sampling of minipatches to balance accuracy and fairness.
result Fair MP-Boost enhances fairness and accuracy while providing interpretable feature importance.
The paper clusters group fairness metrics and visualizes them using PCA.
problem Measuring discrimination against socio-demographic groups using multiple metrics.
method Empirical observation and PCA visualization of fairness metrics.
result Group fairness metrics cluster into two or three main clusters.
New approach to fairness in machine learning models using conformal prediction.
problem Fairness in machine learning models' downstream decision-making.
method Theoretical derivation and empirical evaluation of label-clustered conformal prediction.
result Label-clustered conformal prediction often provides a favorable balance between utility and substantive fairness.
Improves fairness in machine learning by adding underrepresented group data.
problem Machine learning biases across subgroups due to under-representation or societal biases.
method Data augmentation via pairwise mixup across subgroups to balance subpopulations.
result Achieves fair outcomes with robust if not improved accuracy.
The paper uses distance covariance to improve fairness in machine learning models.
problem Improving fairness in machine learning models.
method Using conditional and distance covariance statistics to assess independence and add a penalty for fairness.
result The method effectively reduces the fairness gap in machine learning models.
Unified framework for Bayes-optimal classifiers under group fairness.
problem Mitigating disparate impacts from algorithmic predictions in high-stakes decision-making.
method Unified framework based on Neyman-Pearson argument for deriving Bayes-optimal classifiers under group fairness constraints.
result Proposes FairBayes method that directly controls disparity and achieves optimal fairness-accuracy tradeoff.
New clustering method ensures fairness and community preservation.
problem Fairness in clustering, especially for data points representing people.
method Developed an approach to extend k-center algorithms to satisfy pairwise fairness and community preservation. result Reasonable approximations of optimal clustering can be achieved while maintaining fairness.
New framework for fairness in machine learning models using SHAP values and adversarial learning.
problem Fairness of model predictions, especially for unprivileged groups.
method Develops a new fairness definition and a framework using SHAP values and adversarial learning to mitigate bias.
result Models produced are fairer and performant, demonstrating the approach on various datasets.
Many machine learning systems make extensive use of large amounts of data regarding human behaviors. Several researchers have found various discriminatory practices related to the use of human-related machine learning systems, for example in the field of criminal justice, credit scoring and advertising. Fair machine le…
Proposes adversarial learning for counterfactual fairness in machine learning.
problem Ensuring fairness at the individual level by simulating counterfactual samples.
method Adversarial neural learning approach to infer counterfactual samples.
result Significant improvements in counterfactual fairness for both discrete and continuous settings.
This research compares two encoding methods for categorical attributes in machine learning, affecting model fairness.
problem The impact of encoding protected categorical attributes on fairness in machine learning models.
method Comparison of one-hot encoding and target encoding methods.
result Target encoding can lead to more unfair models compared to one-hot encoding due to induced bias.