Comprehensible classification models: a position paper

AA Freitas - ACM SIGKDD explorations newsletter, 2014‏ - dl.acm.org
The vast majority of the literature evaluates the performance of classification models using
only the criterion of predictive accuracy. This paper reviews the case for considering also the …

Monotonic classification: An overview on algorithms, performance measures and data sets

JR Cano, PA Gutiérrez, B Krawczyk, M Woźniak… - Neurocomputing, 2019‏ - Elsevier
Currently, knowledge discovery in databases is an essential first step when identifying valid,
novel and useful patterns for decision making. There are many real-world scenarios, such as …

Data preprocessing techniques for classification without discrimination

F Kamiran, T Calders - Knowledge and information systems, 2012‏ - Springer
Abstract Recently, the following Discrimination-Aware Classification Problem was
introduced: Suppose we are given training data that exhibit unlawful discrimination; eg …

Improving ship energy efficiency: Models, methods, and applications

R Yan, D Yang, T Wang, H Mo, S Wang - Applied Energy, 2024‏ - Elsevier
Maritime transportation is the backbone of global trade, as ships carry over 80% of trading
goods worldwide. As the ship** industry is mainly powered by heavy fuel oil, it has an …

Three naive bayes approaches for discrimination-free classification

T Calders, S Verwer - Data mining and knowledge discovery, 2010‏ - Springer
In this paper, we investigate how to modify the naive Bayes classifier in order to perform
classification that is restricted to be independent with respect to a given sensitive attribute …

Building classifiers with independency constraints

T Calders, F Kamiran… - 2009 IEEE international …, 2009‏ - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In this paper we study the problem of classifier learning where the input data contains
unjustified dependencies between some data attributes and the class label. Such cases …

Discrimination aware decision tree learning

F Kamiran, T Calders… - 2010 IEEE international …, 2010‏ - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Recently, the following discrimination aware classification problem was introduced: given a
labeled dataset and an attribute B, find a classifier with high predictive accuracy that at the …

A machine learning approach to predicting academic performance in Pennsylvania's schools

S Chen, Y Ding - Social Sciences, 2023‏ - mdpi.com
Academic performance prediction is an indispensable task for policymakers. Academic
performance is frequently examined using classical statistical software, which can be used …

Explanations for Monotonic Classifiers.

J Marques-Silva, T Gerspacher… - International …, 2021‏ - proceedings.mlr.press
In many classification tasks there is a requirement of monotonicity. Concretely, if all else
remains constant, increasing (resp. ádecreasing) the value of one or more features must not …

Ship** domain knowledge informed prediction and optimization in port state control

R Yan, S Wang, J Cao, D Sun - Transportation Research Part B …, 2021‏ - Elsevier
Maritime transportation is the backbone of global supply chain. To improve maritime safety,
protect the marine environment, and set out seafarers' rights, port state control (PSC) …