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David Martens

University of Antwerp (from arXiv:2505.13324, 2025) · ORCID · OpenAlex

36 papers in scope · 35 published · 1 on the econ.EM arXiv · 2,330 citations · h-index 21 (over the papers listed here)

Papers

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On the definition and detection of cherry-picking in counterfactual explanations
published2026 · Data Mining and Knowledge Discovery
with James Hinns, Sofie Goethals, Stephan Van der Veeken, Theodoros Evgeniou
Would a large language model pay extra for a view? Inferring willingness to pay from subjective choices
published2026 · Expert Systems with Applications
with Manon Reusens, Sofie Goethals, Toon Calders
working paper2025 · arXiv
Monetization could corrupt algorithmic explanations
published2025 · AI & Society · 6 citations
with Travis Greene, Sofie Goethals, Galit Shmueli
Disagreement amongst counterfactual explanations: how transparency can be misleading
published2024 · Top · 26 citations · first circulated 2023
with Dieter Brughmans, Lissa Melis
Explainable AI for Operational Research: A defining framework, methods, applications, and a research agenda
published2023 · European Journal of Operational Research · 122 citations
with Koen W. De Bock, Kristof Coussement, Arno De Caigny, Roman Słowiński, Bart Baesens, Robert Boute, Tsan-Ming Choi, Dursun Delen, Mathias Kraus, Stefan Lessmann, Sebastián Maldonado, María Óskarsdóttir, …
A model-agnostic and data-independent tabu search algorithm to generate counterfactuals for tabular, image, and text data
published2023 · European Journal of Operational Research · 14 citations
with Raphael Oliveira, Kenneth Sörensen
NICE: an algorithm for nearest instance counterfactual explanations
published2023 · Data Mining and Knowledge Discovery · 43 citations · first circulated 2021
with Dieter Brughmans, Pieter Leyman
How Can IJDS Authors, Reviewers, and Editors Use (and Misuse) Generative AI?
published2023 · INFORMS Journal on Data Science · 11 citations
with Galit Shmueli, Bianca Maria Colosimo, Rema Padman, Maytal Saar-Tsechansky, Olivia R. Liu Sheng, W. Nick Street, Kwok-Leung Tsui
PreCoF: counterfactual explanations for fairness
published2023 · Machine Learning · 22 citations · first circulated 2022
with Sofie Goethals, Toon Calders
How sustainable is “common” data science in terms of power consumption?
published2023 · Sustainable Computing Informatics and Systems · 6 citations
with Bjorge Meulemeester
The non-linear nature of the cost of comprehensibility
published2022 · Journal Of Big Data · 17 citations
with Sofie Goethals, Theodoros Evgeniou
Explainable image classification with evidence counterfactual
published2022 · Pattern Analysis and Applications · 90 citations · first circulated 2020
with Tom Vermeire, Dieter Brughmans, Sofie Goethals, Raphael Oliveira
Explainable AI for Psychological Profiling from Behavioral Data: An Application to Big Five Personality Predictions from Financial Transaction Records
published2021 · Information · 38 citations
with Yanou Ramon, R.A. Farrokhnia, Sandra Matz
A Framework and Benchmarking Study for Counterfactual Generating Methods on Tabular Data
published2021 · Applied Sciences · 31 citations
with Raphael Oliveira, Raphael Mazzine
Node classification over bipartite graphs through projection
published2020 · Machine Learning · 8 citations · first circulated 2015
with Marija Stankova, Stiene Praet, Foster Provost
Retail Credit Scoring using Fine-Grained Payment Data
published2019 · Journal of the Royal Statistical Society Series A (Statistics in Society) · 24 citations · first circulated 2017
with Ellen Tobback
What does your Facebook profile reveal about your creditworthiness? Using alternative data for microfinance
published2018 · Journal of the Operational Research Society · 53 citations
with Sofie De Cnudde, Julie Moeyersoms, Marija Stankova, Ellen Tobback, Vinayak Javaly
Wallenius Bayes
published2018 · Machine Learning · 4 citations
with Enric Junqué de Fortuny, Foster Provost
How consumers’ media usage creates synergy in advertising campaigns
published2018 · International Journal of Market Research · 16 citations
with Nathalie Dens, Patrick De Pelsmacker, Peter Goos, Leonids Aleksandrovs
Bankruptcy prediction for SMEs using relational data
published2017 · Decision Support Systems · 123 citations · first circulated 2016
with Ellen Tobback, Anthony Bellotti, Julie Moeyersoms, Marija Stankova
Imbalanced classification in sparse and large behaviour datasets
published2017 · Data Mining and Knowledge Discovery · 44 citations
with Jellis Vanhoeyveld
Belgian economic policy uncertainty index: Improvement through text mining
published2016 · International Journal of Forecasting · 68 citations
with Ellen Tobback, Hans Naudts, Walter Daelemans, Enric Junqué de Fortuny
Finding Similar Mobile Consumers with a Privacy-Friendly Geosocial Design
published2015 · Information Systems Research · 50 citations
with Foster Provost, Alan T. Murray
Including high-cardinality attributes in predictive models: A case study in churn prediction in the energy sector
published2015 · Decision Support Systems · 75 citations
with Julie Moeyersoms
Active Learning-Based Pedagogical Rule Extraction
published2015 · IEEE Transactions on Neural Networks and Learning Systems · 62 citations · first circulated 2014
with Enric Junqué de Fortuny
Evaluating and understanding text-based stock price prediction models
published2014 · Information Processing & Management · 115 citations
with Enric Junqué de Fortuny, Tom De Smedt, Walter Daelemans
Forecasting Loss Given Default models: impact of account characteristics and the macroeconomic state
published2014 · Journal of the Operational Research Society · 47 citations
with Ellen Tobback, Tony Van Gestel, Bart Baesens
To tune or not to tune: rule evaluation for metaheuristic-based sequential covering algorithms
published2013 · Data Mining and Knowledge Discovery · 18 citations · first circulated 2012
with Bart Minnaert, Manu De Backer, Bart Baesens
A Novel Credit Rating Migration Modeling Approach Using Macroeconomic Indicators
published2013 · Journal of Forecasting · 4 citations
with Koen Berteloot, Wouter Verbeke, Gerd Castermans, Tony Van Gestel, Bart Baesens
Guest Editorial White Box Nonlinear Prediction Models
published2011 · IEEE Transactions on Neural Networks · 9 citations
with Bart Baesens, Rudy Setiono, Jacek M. Żurada
New insights into churn prediction in the telecommunication sector: A profit driven data mining approach
published2011 · European Journal of Operational Research · 441 citations
with Wouter Verbeke, Karel Dejaeger, Joon Hur, Bart Baesens
Benchmarking regression algorithms for loss given default modeling
published2011 · International Journal of Forecasting · 188 citations
with Gert Loterman, Iain Brown, Christophe Mues, Bart Baesens
Performance of classification models from a user perspective
published2011 · Decision Support Systems · 116 citations
with Jan Vanthienen, Wouter Verbeke, Bart Baesens
Identifying financially successful start-up profiles with data mining
published2010 · Expert Systems with Applications · 17 citations
with Christine Vanhoutte, Sophie De Winne, Bart Baesens, Luc Sels, Christophe Mues
Comprehensible credit scoring models using rule extraction from support vector machines
published2007 · European Journal of Operational Research · 422 citations · first circulated 2006
with Bart Baesens, Tony Van Gestel, Jan Vanthienen

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