论文标题
脂肪取证：预测系统中实现和部署公平，问责制和透明算法的Python工具箱
FAT Forensics: A Python Toolbox for Implementing and Deploying Fairness, Accountability and Transparency Algorithms in Predictive Systems
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论文摘要
预测系统，特别是机器学习算法，可以对我们的日常生活做出重要的，有时甚至具有法律约束力的决定。但是，在大多数情况下，这些系统和决策既没有受到监管也不经过认证。鉴于这些算法可能造成的潜在危害，因此它们的质量，例如公平，问责制和透明度（FAT）至关重要。为了确保高质量，公平，透明和可靠的预测系统，我们开发了一个名为Fat Forensics的开源Python软件包。它可以检查预测算法的重要公平，问责制和透明度方面，以自动并客观地将其报告给此类系统的工程师和用户。我们的工具箱可以评估预测管道的所有元素：数据（及其功能），模型和预测。根据BSD 3范围的开源许可发布，Fat Forensics供个人和商业用法开放。
Predictive systems, in particular machine learning algorithms, can take important, and sometimes legally binding, decisions about our everyday life. In most cases, however, these systems and decisions are neither regulated nor certified. Given the potential harm that these algorithms can cause, their qualities such as fairness, accountability and transparency (FAT) are of paramount importance. To ensure high-quality, fair, transparent and reliable predictive systems, we developed an open source Python package called FAT Forensics. It can inspect important fairness, accountability and transparency aspects of predictive algorithms to automatically and objectively report them back to engineers and users of such systems. Our toolbox can evaluate all elements of a predictive pipeline: data (and their features), models and predictions. Published under the BSD 3-Clause open source licence, FAT Forensics is opened up for personal and commercial usage.
