noun

recourse

An actionable set of changes a person can undertake in order to improve their outcome.

A predictive model has recourse if there exists an intervention for every possible input that would change the prediction of the model. For example, a model that makes predictions solely based on race, age or sexual orientation does not allow recourse as there are no actions a person could take that would change the output.

Such a system would be widely viewed as discriminatory.

Proving that a machine learning model ensures recourse is an active area of research.

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