Feature Importance

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how important the feature was for the classification performance of the model; a measure of the individual contribution of the corresponding feature for a particular classifier, regardless of the shape (e.g., linear or nonlinear relationship) or direction of the feature effect

MWEComparison of feature importance measures as explanations for classification models

Classifications

per-axis with provenance

Entity Type

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unclassified

Information Class

unclassified

Variants

3 surface forms

plural: Feature Importances
possessive: Feature Importance's
pluralpossessive: Feature Importances'

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