Table 1

Summary table of fairness standard definition

Fairness criterionDefinition and calculation formula of fairness standard
Demographic Parity, its essence is the comparison between P(Yˆ|S=0) and P(Yˆ|S=1).
  • (1)

    If the predicted value Y satisfies P(Yˆ|S=0)=P(Yˆ|S=1), then the algorithm achieves demographic parity

  • (2)

    Or the ratio of the two groups can be compared P(Yˆ|S=0)P(Yˆ|S=1)

Individual fairnessIf an algorithm predicts the same results for similar individuals, it is said to achieve individual fairness. The calculation method is the same as Demographic Parity, but the refinement is specific to each person
Equality of opportunityif the predicted value Yˆ satisfies P(Yˆ=1|S=0,Y=1)=P(Yˆ=1|S=1,Y=1),the algorithm achieves equal opportunity. Concretely speaking, S-TPR(True Positive Rate) = P(Yˆ=1|S=s,Y=1)=TPTP+FN
Equality of oddsOn the basis of Equality of Opportunity, TNR, FPR and FNR are also required to be equal
S-TPR (True Positive Rate) = P(Yˆ=1|S=s,Y=1)=TPTP+FN
S-TNR (True Negative Rate) = P(Yˆ=0|S=s,Y=0)=TNTN+FP
S-FPR (False Positive Rate) = P(Yˆ=1|S=s,Y=0)=FPTN+FP
S-FNR (False Negative Rate) = P(Yˆ=0|S=s,Y=1)=FNTP+FN
Disparate mistreatmentS-FPR + S-FNR = P(Yˆ=1|S=s,Y=0)+P(Yˆ=0|S=s,Y=1) is equal
Predictive rate parityP(Y=1|S=s,Yˆ=1)=TPTP+FP is equal

Source(s): Table by authors

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