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Strategic Classification with Graph Neural Networks

Itay Eilat · Ben Finkelshtein · Chaim Baskin · Nir Rosenfeld

MH1-2-3-4 #115

Keywords: [ Social Aspects of Machine Learning ] [ Strategic classification ] [ Robust classification ] [ graph neural networks ]


Abstract:

Strategic classification studies learning in settings where users can modify their features to obtain favorable predictions. Most current works focus on simple classifiers that trigger independent user responses. Here we examine the implications of learning with more elaborate models that break the independence assumption. Motivated by the idea that applications of strategic classification are often social in nature, we focus on graph neural networks, which make use of social relations between users to improve predictions. Using a graph for learning introduces inter-user dependencies in prediction; our key point is that strategic users can exploit these to promote their goals. As we show through analysis and simulation, this can work either against the system---or for it. Based on this, we propose a differentiable framework for strategically-robust learning of graph-based classifiers. Experiments on several real networked datasets demonstrate the utility of our approach.

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