arXiv AI By Javier Fumanal-Idocin, Javier Andreu-Perez

Evidential Rule Learning for Interpretable Classification with Abstention

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arXiv:2608. 05859v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: Interpretable classification often requires more than accurate predictions for real-life deployment: models should be transparent about the evidence behind their decisions and abstain when they cannot decide reliably.

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