Add reject-option-classification explainer - #565
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Adds explainers/reject-option-classification.md covering Reject Option Classification (Kamiran, Karim & Zhang, IEEE ICDM 2012), the post-processing method that reassigns labels only inside a low-confidence band around the decision boundary. - Explicit name-collision note distinguishing it from reject-inference.md and a contrast table against this repo's ThresholdOptimizer (S4). - Worked example on the COMPAS baseline logistic regression: sweeps the critical-region half-width theta and shows the fairness gap shrink at +-0.10 (651 of 3,254 predictions flipped, gap halved), then reverse to -70 pp and collapse accuracy at +-0.15. - Detection code: reject_option_classify() plus a sweep_theta() helper. - Limitations: theta has no principled default, needs group membership at prediction time, can invert the disparity, and the individual-fairness objection. Regenerated assets/explainers-data.js, faircode/_explainers/, the HTML page, OG images, sitemap.xml and llms-full.txt; check_explainer_count.py --fix bumped the 60 -> 61 mentions in README/CONTRIBUTORS/METRICS/ROADMAP.
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Closes #542.
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explainers/reject-option-classification.mdon Reject Option Classification (Kamiran, Karim & Zhang, Decision Theory for Discrimination-Aware Classification, IEEE ICDM 2012, pp. 924-929). ROC is a post-processing method: it leaves the model untouched and only reassigns labels for instances that fall inside a low-confidence band of half-width theta around the decision boundary, pushing them toward the disadvantaged group.Notes for review
reject-inference.md(missing-outcome correction in credit scoring). Different fields, different problems.ThresholdOptimizerso a reader knows when ROC is and isn't the tool already available here.sweep_theta()helper walks the half-width: the fairness gap barely moves at +-0.05, roughly halves at +-0.10 (651 of 3,254 test predictions flipped), then at +-0.15 overcorrects to about -70 pp and drops accuracy to ~45%. The point being that theta has no principled default and the method can invert the disparity it was meant to close.reject_option_classify()andsweep_theta().Generated files
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scripts/build_explainers.pyandscripts/check_explainer_count.py --fix. Regenerated:assets/explainers-data.js,faircode/_explainers/{data.json,reject-option-classification.md},explainers/reject-option-classification.html,assets/og{,-light}/reject-option-classification.png, one newsitemap.xmlentry, and the appended section inllms-full.txt. The 60 -> 61 count bump touchesREADME.md,CONTRIBUTORS.md,METRICS.md,ROADMAP.md.check_em_dash.py,check_explainer_count.py,check_broken_links.py,check_generated_files_current.pyandtests/test_build_explainers.pyall pass.