Continuous Design Control for Machine Learning in Certified Medical Systems

Continuous software engineering has become commonplace in numerous fields. However, in regulating intensive sectors, where additional concerns needs to be taken into account, it is often considered difficult to apply continuous development approaches, such as devops. In this paper, we present an app...

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Published in:arXiv.org 2022-09
Main Authors: Stirbu, Vlad, Granlund, Tuomas, Mikkonen, Tommi
Format: Article
Language:English
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Machine learning
Software engineering
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Summary:Continuous software engineering has become commonplace in numerous fields. However, in regulating intensive sectors, where additional concerns needs to be taken into account, it is often considered difficult to apply continuous development approaches, such as devops. In this paper, we present an approach for using pull requests as design controls, and apply this approach to machine learning in certified medical systems leveraging model cards, a novel technique developed to add explainability to machine learning systems, as a regulatory audit trail. The approach is demonstrated with an industrial system that we have used previously to show how medical systems can be developed in a continuous fashion.
ISSN:2331-8422
DOI:10.48550/arxiv.2209.05843