Albeit the widespread application of recommender systems (RecSys) in our daily lives, rather limited research has been done on quantifying unfairness and biases present in such systems. Prior work largely focuses on determining whether a RecSys is discriminating or not but does not compute the amount …

Een groeiend aantal dienstverlenende organisaties zet humanoïde servicerobots in voor klantontvangst. Zo maken gemeenten, hotels, restaurants en winkels gebruik van servicerobots om klanten te verwelkomen, in te checken, en de weg te wijzen. Alhoewel klanten de inzet van servicerobots steeds meer waarderen …

Multilevel models using logistic regression (MLogRM) and random forest models (RFM) are increasingly deployed in industry for the purpose of binary classification. The European Commission’s proposed Artificial Intelligence Act (AIA) necessitates, under certain conditions, that application of such models …

Multilevel models (MLMs) are increasingly deployed in industry across different functions. Applications usually result in binary classification within groups or hierarchies based on a set of input features. For transparent and ethical applications of such models, sound audit frameworks need to be developed. …