# RISE: Interactive Visual Diagnosis of Fairness in Machine Learning Models

arXiv: https://arxiv.org/abs/2602.04339 · HTML: https://mlsanity.com/paper/2602.04339/

## Key facts

- No citing papers in the map yet (data through 14 Oct 2026).
- Builds on 10 of its 16 references that are in the map.
- First posted on arXiv 4 Feb 2026.

## Builds on (most cited first, 10 of 10)

- [Equality of Opportunity in Supervised Learning](https://mlsanity.com/paper/1610.02413/) (2016)
- [A Survey on Bias and Fairness in Machine Learning](https://mlsanity.com/paper/1908.09635/) (2019)
- [Invariant Risk Minimization](https://mlsanity.com/paper/1907.02893/) (2019)
- [BDD100K: A Diverse Driving Dataset for Heterogeneous Multitask Learning](https://mlsanity.com/paper/1805.04687/) (2018)
- [In Search of Lost Domain Generalization](https://mlsanity.com/paper/2007.01434/) (2020)
- [Fair prediction with disparate impact: A study of bias in recidivism prediction instruments](https://mlsanity.com/paper/1610.07524/) (2016)
- [Inherent Trade-Offs in the Fair Determination of Risk Scores](https://mlsanity.com/paper/1609.05807/) (2016)
- [AI Fairness 360: An Extensible Toolkit for Detecting, Understanding, and Mitigating Unwanted Algorithmic Bias](https://mlsanity.com/paper/1810.01943/) (2018)
- [Model-Based Domain Generalization](https://mlsanity.com/paper/2102.11436/) (2021)
- [When is invariance useful in an Out-of-Distribution Generalization problem ?](https://mlsanity.com/paper/2008.01883/) (2020)

## Abstract (arXiv)

Evaluating fairness under domain shift is challenging because scalar metrics often obscure exactly where and how disparities arise. We introduce textitRISE (Residual Inspection through Sorted Evaluation), an interactive visualization tool that converts sorted residuals into interpretable patterns. By connecting residual curve structures to formal fairness notions, RISE enables localized disparity diagnosis, subgroup comparison across environments, and the detection of hidden fairness issues. Through post-hoc analysis, RISE exposes accuracy-fairness trade-offs that aggregate statistics miss, supporting more informed model selection.
