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 …

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 …

Fairness Improvement with Multiple Protected Attributes: How Far Are We?

Z Chen, JM Zhang, F Sarro, M Harman - Proceedings of the IEEE/ACM …, 2024 - dl.acm.org
Existing research mostly improves the fairness of Machine Learning (ML) software regarding
a single protected attribute at a time, but this is unrealistic given that many users have …

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 …

An evaluation of synthetic data augmentation for mitigating covariate bias in health data

L Juwara, A El-Hussuna, K El Emam - Patterns, 2024 - cell.com
Data bias is a major concern in biomedical research, especially when evaluating large-scale
observational datasets. It leads to imprecise predictions and inconsistent estimates in …

[PDF][PDF] When mitigating bias is unfair: A comprehensive study on the impact of bias mitigation algorithms

N Krco, T Laugel, JM Loubes… - arxiv preprint arxiv …, 2023 - researchgate.net
Most works on the fairness of machine learning systems focus on the blind optimization of
common fairness metrics, such as Demographic Parity and Equalized Odds. In this paper …

Causality-aided trade-off analysis for machine learning fairness

Z Ji, P Ma, S Wang, Y Li - 2023 38th IEEE/ACM International …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
There has been an increasing interest in enhancing the fairness of machine learning (ML).
Despite the growing number of fairness-improving methods, we lack a systematic …

Dark-skin individuals are at more risk on the street: Unmasking fairness issues of autonomous driving systems

X Li, Z Chen, JM Zhang, F Sarro, Y Zhang… - arxiv preprint arxiv …, 2023 - arxiv.org
This paper conducts fairness testing on automated pedestrian detection, a crucial but under-
explored issue in autonomous driving systems. We evaluate eight widely-studied pedestrian …