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Fairness gerrymandering

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The failure in which a model satisfies a fairness constraint on each predefined group but violates it on subgroups defined by combinations of attributes 1; the reason intersectional testing is needed.

Developed in
ch. 16, Intersectional and subgroup testing
Chapters
ch. 16, Fairness & XAI
Source
1 numbered reference, listed below

Where it is used

One chapter of the Body of Knowledge uses the term. Each link opens the first section that does.

  • Fairness

    The property that a system's outcomes and errors do not unjustifiably disadvantage people or groups.

Sources

  1. [1] "Preventing Fairness Gerrymandering: Auditing and Learning for Subgroup Fairness" (Kearns, Neel, Roth and Wu; arXiv 1711.05144). arXiv. 2017-11-14. https://arxiv.org/abs/1711.05144 (verified: primary)

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Cite this term

García Aibar, J. (2026). Fairness gerrymandering. In AI Governance Engineering: The Thesis & Body of Knowledge (v0.5.0), Glossary. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.22956197. https://aigovernanceengineer.com/glossary/fairness-gerrymandering. CC BY 4.0

BibTeX

@misc{aige2026fairnessgerrymandering,
  author  = {Jorge García Aibar},
  title   = {{Fairness gerrymandering}},
  note    = {Glossary, AI Governance Engineering: The Thesis \& Body of Knowledge, version 0.5.0},
  year    = {2026},
  doi     = {10.5281/zenodo.22956197},
  url     = {https://aigovernanceengineer.com/glossary/fairness-gerrymandering}
}