Underestimation Bias and Underfitting in Machine Learning

Pádraig Cunningham, Sarah Jane Delany

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Abstract

Often, what is termed algorithmic bias in machine learning will be due to historic bias in the training data. But sometimes the bias may be introduced (or at least exacerbated) by the algorithm itself. The ways in which algorithms can actually accentuate bias has not received a lot of attention with researchers focusing directly on methods to eliminate bias - no matter the source. In this paper we report on initial research to understand the factors that contribute to bias in classification algorithms. We believe this is important because underestimation bias is inextricably tied to regularization, i.e. measures to address overfitting can accentuate bias.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationTrustworthy AI – Integrating Learning, Optimization and Reasoning - First International Workshop, TAILOR 2020, Revised Selected Papers
EditorsFredrik Heintz, Michela Milano, Barry O’Sullivan
PublisherSpringer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH
Pages20-31
Number of pages12
ISBN (Print)9783030739584
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2021
Event1st International Workshop on Trustworthy AI – Integrating Learning, Optimization and Reasoning, TAILOR 2020 held as a part of European Conference on Artificial Intelligence, ECAI 2020 - Virtual, Online
Duration: 4 Sep 20205 Sep 2020

Publication series

NameLecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)
Volume12641 LNAI
ISSN (Print)0302-9743
ISSN (Electronic)1611-3349

Conference

Conference1st International Workshop on Trustworthy AI – Integrating Learning, Optimization and Reasoning, TAILOR 2020 held as a part of European Conference on Artificial Intelligence, ECAI 2020
CityVirtual, Online
Period4/09/205/09/20

Keywords

  • Algorithmic bias
  • Machine Learning

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