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SHapley Additive exPlanations: a feature-attribution method that assigns each input feature a share of a particular prediction, based on Shapley values 1; its explanations depend on the chosen baseline or background data.

Developed in
ch. 16, Feature attribution: SHAP, LIME and integrated gradients
Chapters
ch. 16, Fairness & XAI
Contrast with
LIME
Source
1 numbered reference, listed below

Where it is used

One chapter of the Body of Knowledge uses the term. Each link opens the first section that does.

SHAP: mentions per chapter6 mentions of the term across 1 of the 23 chapters of the Body of Knowledge; the chapters the glossary cross-references are drawn solid.Cross-referenced chapter16 Fairness & XAI: 6 mentions16 Fairness & XAI6No mentions in the other 22 chaptersSource: the Body of Knowledgev0.5.0
SHAP: mentions per chapter6 mentions of the term across 1 of the 23 chapters of the Body of Knowledge; the chapters the glossary cross-references are drawn solid.Cross-referenced chapter00010203040506070810111213141516 Fairness & XAI: 6 mentions61617181920212223Source: the Body of Knowledge v0.5.0
Mentions per chapter How often each chapter names the term, with the chapters the glossary cross-references drawn solid. The longest bar is where to read the term in use; bars spread across many chapters mark a term that runs through the discipline.
Mentions as a table
Mentions of SHAP per chapter
ChapterMentionsCross-referenced
00 Preface0No
01 Definition0No
02 Why Now0No
03 Values & Principles0No
04 The Stack0No
05 Patterns0No
06 The Role0No
07 Maturity Model0No
08 Regulatory Map0No
10 Reading List0No
11 AI Defined0No
12 Governance Program0No
13 Risk Management0No
14 Development0No
15 Deployment0No
16 Fairness & XAI6Yes
17 Incidents0No
18 EU AI Act0No
19 Privacy & AI0No
20 Existing Law0No
21 AI Laws Worldwide0No
22 Principles & Standards0No
23 AI Agents0No

Patterns that use this term

One pattern page uses the term.

Sources

  1. [1] "A Unified Approach to Interpreting Model Predictions" (Lundberg and Lee; SHAP; arXiv 1705.07874). arXiv. 2017-05-22. https://arxiv.org/abs/1705.07874 (verified: primary)

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Cite this term

García Aibar, J. (2026). SHAP. In AI Governance Engineering: The Thesis & Body of Knowledge (v0.5.0), Glossary. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.22956197. https://aigovernanceengineer.com/glossary/shap. CC BY 4.0

BibTeX

@misc{aige2026shap,
  author  = {Jorge García Aibar},
  title   = {{SHAP}},
  note    = {Glossary, AI Governance Engineering: The Thesis \& Body of Knowledge, version 0.5.0},
  year    = {2026},
  doi     = {10.5281/zenodo.22956197},
  url     = {https://aigovernanceengineer.com/glossary/shap}
}