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SUBMITTER: Nabi R
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6935348 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Jun
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Nabi Razieh R Malinsky Daniel D Shpitser Ilya I
Proceedings of machine learning research 20190601
Systematic discriminatory biases present in our society influence the way data is collected and stored, the way variables are defined, and the way scientific findings are put into practice as policy. Automated decision procedures and learning algorithms applied to such data may serve to perpetuate existing injustice or unfairness in our society. In this paper, we consider how to make optimal but fair decisions, which "break the cycle of injustice" by correcting for the unfair dependence of both ...[more]