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Enum: BiasCategoryEnum

The three major categories of AI bias identified by NIST

(Part 1 §3.7; see NIST SP 1270).

URI: nist_ai_rmf:BiasCategoryEnum

Permissible Values

Value Meaning Description
SYSTEMIC None Bias present in AI datasets, organizational norms, practices,
COMPUTATIONAL_AND_STATISTICAL None Bias present in AI datasets and algorithmic processes; often
HUMAN_COGNITIVE None Bias related to how an individual or group perceives AI system

Slots

Name Description
bias_category Category or categories of bias addressed

In Subsets

Identifier and Mapping Information

Schema Source

LinkML Source

name: BiasCategoryEnum
description: 'The three major categories of AI bias identified by NIST

  (Part 1 §3.7; see NIST SP 1270).'
in_subset:
- trustworthiness
from_schema: https://w3id.org/lmodel/nist-ai-rmf
rank: 1000
permissible_values:
  SYSTEMIC:
    text: SYSTEMIC
    description: 'Bias present in AI datasets, organizational norms, practices,

      and processes across the AI lifecycle, and the broader society

      that uses AI systems.'
  COMPUTATIONAL_AND_STATISTICAL:
    text: COMPUTATIONAL_AND_STATISTICAL
    description: 'Bias present in AI datasets and algorithmic processes; often

      stems from systematic errors due to non-representative samples.'
  HUMAN_COGNITIVE:
    text: HUMAN_COGNITIVE
    description: 'Bias related to how an individual or group perceives AI system

      information to make a decision or fill in missing information;

      omnipresent in decision-making across the AI lifecycle.'