Bias mitigation for machine learning classifiers: A comprehensive survey

M Hort, Z Chen, JM Zhang, M Harman… - ACM Journal on …, 2024 - dl.acm.org
This article provides a comprehensive survey of bias mitigation methods for achieving
fairness in Machine Learning (ML) models. We collect a total of 341 publications concerning …

A survey on datasets for fairness‐aware machine learning

T Le Quy, A Roy, V Iosifidis, W Zhang… - … Reviews: Data Mining …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
As decision‐making increasingly relies on machine learning (ML) and (big) data, the issue
of fairness in data‐driven artificial intelligence systems is receiving increasing attention from …

Bias in machine learning software: Why? how? what to do?

J Chakraborty, S Majumder, T Menzies - … of the 29th ACM joint meeting …, 2021 - dl.acm.org
Increasingly, software is making autonomous decisions in case of criminal sentencing,
approving credit cards, hiring employees, and so on. Some of these decisions show bias …

A software engineering perspective on engineering machine learning systems: State of the art and challenges

G Giray - Journal of Systems and Software, 2021 - Elsevier
Context: Advancements in machine learning (ML) lead to a shift from the traditional view of
software development, where algorithms are hard-coded by humans, to ML systems …

Information-theoretic testing and debugging of fairness defects in deep neural networks

V Monjezi, A Trivedi, G Tan… - 2023 IEEE/ACM 45th …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The deep feedforward neural networks (DNNs) are increasingly deployed in socioeconomic
critical decision support software systems. DNNs are exceptionally good at finding min-imal …

Fairness testing: A comprehensive survey and analysis of trends

Z Chen, JM Zhang, M Hort, M Harman… - ACM Transactions on …, 2024 - dl.acm.org
Unfair behaviors of Machine Learning (ML) software have garnered increasing attention and
concern among software engineers. To tackle this issue, extensive research has been …

MAAT: a novel ensemble approach to addressing fairness and performance bugs for machine learning software

Z Chen, JM Zhang, F Sarro, M Harman - … of the 30th ACM joint european …, 2022 - dl.acm.org
Machine Learning (ML) software can lead to unfair and unethical decisions, making software
fairness bugs an increasingly significant concern for software engineers. However …

A comprehensive empirical study of bias mitigation methods for machine learning classifiers

Z Chen, JM Zhang, F Sarro, M Harman - ACM Transactions on Software …, 2023 - dl.acm.org
Software bias is an increasingly important operational concern for software engineers. We
present a large-scale, comprehensive empirical study of 17 representative bias mitigation …

Are my deep learning systems fair? An empirical study of fixed-seed training

S Qian, VH Pham, T Lutellier, Z Hu… - Advances in …, 2021 - proceedings.neurips.cc
Deep learning (DL) systems have been gaining popularity in critical tasks such as credit
evaluation and crime prediction. Such systems demand fairness. Recent work shows that DL …

Exploring gender biases in ML and AI academic research through systematic literature review

S Shrestha, S Das - Frontiers in artificial intelligence, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Automated systems that implement Machine learning (ML) and Artificial Intelligence (AI)
algorithms present promising solutions to a variety of technological and non-technological …