Fair Risk Control: A Generalized Framework for Calibrating Multi-group Fairness Risks

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Main Authors: Zhang, Lujing, Roth, Aaron, Zhang, Linjun
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author Zhang, Lujing
Roth, Aaron
Zhang, Linjun
author_facet Zhang, Lujing
Roth, Aaron
Zhang, Linjun
contents This paper introduces a framework for post-processing machine learning models so that their predictions satisfy multi-group fairness guarantees. Based on the celebrated notion of multicalibration, we introduce $(\mathbf{s},\mathcal{G}, α)-$GMC (Generalized Multi-Dimensional Multicalibration) for multi-dimensional mappings $\mathbf{s}$, constraint set $\mathcal{G}$, and a pre-specified threshold level $α$. We propose associated algorithms to achieve this notion in general settings. This framework is then applied to diverse scenarios encompassing different fairness concerns, including false negative rate control in image segmentation, prediction set conditional uncertainty quantification in hierarchical classification, and de-biased text generation in language models. We conduct numerical studies on several datasets and tasks.
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spellingShingle Fair Risk Control: A Generalized Framework for Calibrating Multi-group Fairness Risks
Zhang, Lujing
Roth, Aaron
Zhang, Linjun
Machine Learning
Artificial Intelligence
Computers and Society
Methodology
This paper introduces a framework for post-processing machine learning models so that their predictions satisfy multi-group fairness guarantees. Based on the celebrated notion of multicalibration, we introduce $(\mathbf{s},\mathcal{G}, α)-$GMC (Generalized Multi-Dimensional Multicalibration) for multi-dimensional mappings $\mathbf{s}$, constraint set $\mathcal{G}$, and a pre-specified threshold level $α$. We propose associated algorithms to achieve this notion in general settings. This framework is then applied to diverse scenarios encompassing different fairness concerns, including false negative rate control in image segmentation, prediction set conditional uncertainty quantification in hierarchical classification, and de-biased text generation in language models. We conduct numerical studies on several datasets and tasks.
title Fair Risk Control: A Generalized Framework for Calibrating Multi-group Fairness Risks
topic Machine Learning
Artificial Intelligence
Computers and Society
Methodology
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2405.02225