Fair Streaming Feature Selection
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| author | Duan, Zhangling Li, Tianci Wu, Xingyu Ling, Zhaolong Yang, Jingye Jia, Zhaohong |
| author_facet | Duan, Zhangling Li, Tianci Wu, Xingyu Ling, Zhaolong Yang, Jingye Jia, Zhaohong |
| contents | Streaming feature selection techniques have become essential in processing real-time data streams, as they facilitate the identification of the most relevant attributes from continuously updating information. Despite their performance, current algorithms to streaming feature selection frequently fall short in managing biases and avoiding discrimination that could be perpetuated by sensitive attributes, potentially leading to unfair outcomes in the resulting models. To address this issue, we propose FairSFS, a novel algorithm for Fair Streaming Feature Selection, to uphold fairness in the feature selection process without compromising the ability to handle data in an online manner. FairSFS adapts to incoming feature vectors by dynamically adjusting the feature set and discerns the correlations between classification attributes and sensitive attributes from this revised set, thereby forestalling the propagation of sensitive data. Empirical evaluations show that FairSFS not only maintains accuracy that is on par with leading streaming feature selection methods and existing fair feature techniques but also significantly improves fairness metrics. |
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| spellingShingle | Fair Streaming Feature Selection Duan, Zhangling Li, Tianci Wu, Xingyu Ling, Zhaolong Yang, Jingye Jia, Zhaohong Machine Learning Artificial Intelligence Streaming feature selection techniques have become essential in processing real-time data streams, as they facilitate the identification of the most relevant attributes from continuously updating information. Despite their performance, current algorithms to streaming feature selection frequently fall short in managing biases and avoiding discrimination that could be perpetuated by sensitive attributes, potentially leading to unfair outcomes in the resulting models. To address this issue, we propose FairSFS, a novel algorithm for Fair Streaming Feature Selection, to uphold fairness in the feature selection process without compromising the ability to handle data in an online manner. FairSFS adapts to incoming feature vectors by dynamically adjusting the feature set and discerns the correlations between classification attributes and sensitive attributes from this revised set, thereby forestalling the propagation of sensitive data. Empirical evaluations show that FairSFS not only maintains accuracy that is on par with leading streaming feature selection methods and existing fair feature techniques but also significantly improves fairness metrics. |
| title | Fair Streaming Feature Selection |
| topic | Machine Learning Artificial Intelligence |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2406.14401 |