Seminar. Özgür Şimşek. “Fast and Frugal Classifiers”

In this seminar, Özgür Şimşek (University of Bath) will give an introduction to fast-and-frugal classifiers. These are precise, formal models of classification designed to make fast, accurate, and transparent decisions in real-world situations. We will explore two families of classifiers, tallying models and fast-and-frugal trees, and learn how to construct them using the R package ffcr: Fast and Frugal Classification in R. This R package accompanies the book Classification in the Wild: The Science and Art of Transparent Decision Making (Katsikopoulos, Şimşek, Buckmann, Gigerenzer; 2020), which describes fast-and-frugal classifiers, their applications, and the algorithms used to construct them in detail.

This is an online event. We look forward to seeing you there!

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