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Individual Fairness

nounverified·updated Aug 28, 2026

A fairness metric that checks whether similar individuals are classified similarly

MWENotes on Measurement

Senses

Glossary

The goal of similar individuals receiving similar treatments or outcomes.

A Survey on Bias and Fairness in Machine Learning

Give similar predictions to similar individuals

Classifications

Entity Type

Requirement100%manual revieweval-seeds-v0.4-2026-05-14
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OVERRIDE Metric→Requirement. 'Give similar predictions to' is a fairness criterion.

Sensitivity

unclassified

Information Class

unclassified

Variants

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Individual Fairnesses
possessive
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