Title
Comparison-Based Inverse Classification for Interpretability in Machine Learning.
Abstract
In the context of post-hoc interpretability, this paper addresses the task of explaining the prediction of a classifier, considering the case where no information is available, neither on the classifier itself, nor on the processed data (neither the training nor the test data). It proposes an inverse classification approach whose principle consists in determining the minimal changes needed to alter a prediction: in an instance-based framework, given a data point whose classification must be explained, the proposed method consists in identifying a close neighbor classified differently, where the closeness definition integrates a sparsity constraint. This principle is implemented using observation generation in the Growing Spheres algorithm. Experimental results on two datasets illustrate the relevance of the proposed approach that can be used to gain knowledge about the classifier.
Year
DOI
Venue
2018
10.1007/978-3-319-91473-2_9
Communications in Computer and Information Science
Keywords
Field
DocType
Post-hoc interpretability,Comparison-based,Inverse classification,Local explanation
Interpretability,Inverse,Closeness,Computer science,Test data,Artificial intelligence,Classifier (linguistics),Machine learning
Conference
Volume
ISSN
Citations 
853
1865-0929
2
PageRank 
References 
Authors
0.37
10
5
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Thibault Laugel192.87
Marie-Jeanne Lesot222032.41
Christophe Marsala323734.77
Xavier Renard492.54
Marcin Detyniecki533039.95