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 …

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 …

Search-based automatic repair for fairness and accuracy in decision-making software

M Hort, JM Zhang, F Sarro, M Harman - Empirical Software Engineering, 2024 - Springer
Decision-making software mainly based on Machine Learning (ML) may contain fairness
issues (eg, providing favourable treatment to certain people rather than others based on …

Bias behind the wheel: Fairness testing of autonomous driving systems

X Li, Z Chen, J Zhang, F Sarro, Y Zhang… - ACM Transactions on …, 2024 - kclpure.kcl.ac.uk
This paper conducts fairness testing of automated pedestrian detection, a crucial but under-
explored issue in autonomous driving systems. We evaluate eight state-of-the-art deep …

A large-scale empirical study on improving the fairness of image classification models

J Yang, J Jiang, Z Sun, J Chen - Proceedings of the 33rd ACM SIGSOFT …, 2024 - dl.acm.org
Fairness has been a critical issue that affects the adoption of deep learning models in real
practice. To improve model fairness, many existing methods have been proposed and …

FAIREDU: A multiple regression-based method for enhancing fairness in machine learning models for educational applications

N Pham, MK Do, TV Dai, PN Hung… - Expert Systems with …, 2025 - Elsevier
Fairness in artificial intelligence and machine learning (AI/ML) models is becoming critically
important, especially as decisions made by these systems impact diverse groups. In the …

[PDF][PDF] Search-based software engineering in the era of modern software systems

F Sarro - Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on …, 2023 - discovery.ucl.ac.uk
Search-Based Software Engineering in the Era of Modern Software Systems Page 1 Search-Based
Software Engineering in the Era of Modern Software Systems Federica Sarro Department of …

MirrorFair: Fixing fairness bugs in machine learning software via counterfactual predictions

Y **ao, JM Zhang, Y Liu, MR Mousavi, S Liu… - Proceedings of the ACM …, 2024 - dl.acm.org
With the increasing utilization of Machine Learning (ML) software in critical domains such as
employee hiring, college admission, and credit evaluation, ensuring fairness in the decision …

Fairness Testing of Machine Translation Systems

Z Sun, Z Chen, J Zhang, D Hao - ACM Transactions on Software …, 2024 - dl.acm.org
Machine translation is integral to international communication and extensively employed in
diverse human-related applications. Despite remarkable progress, fairness issues persist …

Revisiting Technical Bias Mitigation Strategies

AJD Mahamadou, AA Trotsyuk - arxiv preprint arxiv:2410.17433, 2024 - arxiv.org
Efforts to mitigate bias and enhance fairness in the artificial intelligence (AI) community have
predominantly focused on technical solutions. While numerous reviews have addressed …