通过树形测试时模拟提升分类公平性,无需重训练。
FairTTTS: A Tree Test Time Simulation Method for Fairness-Aware Classification
- 基于距离启发式调整保护属性节点的决策路径。
- 在7个数据集上公平性平均提升20.96%,准确率提高0.55%。
- 可应用于预训练模型,适配多种数据集与公平性指标。
算法决策已广泛嵌入多个领域,但机器学习模型中的偏见仍可能导致歧视性结果,尤其损害弱势群体。实现公平分类极具挑战,需在预测性能与伦理考量间取得平衡。本文提出FairTTTS,一种受树形测试时模拟(TTTS)启发的后处理偏差缓解方法。原TTTS通过概率决策路径调整提升准确率与抗对抗输入能力,FairTTTS在此基础上引入公平性优化:在保护属性节点采用距离启发式调整决策,保障弱势样本公平性。该调整作为后处理步骤,无需重新训练,可适用于预训练模型、多样数据集及不同公平性度量。在七个基准数据集上的评估显示,FairTTTS相比基线平均公平性提升20.96%,优于相关工作(18.78%),同时准确率提升0.55%;而对比方法通常使准确率下降0.42%。结果表明,FairTTTS能有效促进更公平的决策,且同步提升预测性能。
原文摘要 · Abstract (English)
Algorithmic decision-making has become deeply ingrained in many domains, yet biases in machine learning models can still produce discriminatory outcomes, often harming unprivileged groups. Achieving fair classification is inherently challenging, requiring a careful balance between predictive performance and ethical considerations. We present FairTTTS, a novel post-processing bias mitigation method inspired by the Tree Test Time Simulation (TTTS) method. Originally developed to enhance accuracy and robustness against adversarial inputs through probabilistic decision-path adjustments, TTTS serves as the foundation for FairTTTS. By building on this accuracy-enhancing technique, FairTTTS mitigates bias and improves predictive performance. FairTTTS uses a distance-based heuristic to adjust decisions at protected attribute nodes, ensuring fairness for unprivileged samples. This fairness-oriented adjustment occurs as a post-processing step, allowing FairTTTS to be applied to pre-trained models, diverse datasets, and various fairness metrics without retraining. Extensive evaluation on seven benchmark datasets shows that FairTTTS outperforms traditional methods in fairness improvement, achieving a 20.96% average increase over the baseline compared to 18.78% for related work, and further enhances accuracy by 0.55%. In contrast, competing methods typically reduce accuracy by 0.42%. These results confirm that FairTTTS effectively promotes more equitable decision-making while simultaneously improving predictive performance.
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