On Reproducible AI: Towards Reproducible Research, Open Science, and Digital Scholarship in AI Publications

Abstract

Artificial intelligence, like any science, must rely on reproducible experiments to validate results. Our objective is to give practical and pragmatic recommendations for how to document AI research so that results are reproducible. Our analysis of the literature shows that AI publications currently fall short of providing enough documentation to facilitate reproducibility. Our suggested best practices are based on a framework for reproducibility and recommendations for best practices given by scientific organizations, scholars, and publishers. We have made a reproducibility checklist based on our investigation and described how every item in the checklist can be documented by authors and examined by reviewers. We encourage authors and reviewers to use the suggested best practices and author checklist when considering submissions for AAAI publications and conferences.