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Counterfactual Explanation

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Statements taking the form: Score p was returned because variables V had values (v1, v2,...) associated with them. If V instead had values (v1', v2',...) score p' would have been returned.

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Counterfactual Explanations
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Counterfactual Explanation's
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Counterfactual Explanations'

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“Counterfactual Explanations without Opening the Black Box: Automated Decisions and the GDPR.”1 senseview framework →
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Statements taking the form: Score p was returned because variables V had values (v1, v2,...) associated with them. If V instead had values (v1', v2',...) score p' would have been returned.
Legacy lexicon import1 senseview framework →
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Statements taking the form: Score p was returned because variables V had values (v1, v2,...) associated with them. If V instead had values (v1', v2',...) score p' would have been returned.
DR-088 backfill from the noun definition column

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