Title
Counterfactual Explanations in Explainable AI: A Tutorial
Abstract
ABSTRACTDeep learning has shown powerful performances in many fields, however its black-box nature hinders its further applications. In response, explainable artificial intelligence emerges, aiming to explain the predictions and behaviors of deep learning models. Among many explanation methods, counterfactual explanation has been identified as one of the best methods due to its resemblance to human cognitive process: to deliver an explanation by constructing a contrastive situation so that human may interpret the underlying mechanism by cognitively demonstrating the difference. In this tutorial, we will introduce the cognitive concept and characteristics of counterfactual explanation, its computational form, mainstream methods, and various adaptation in terms of different explanation settings. In addition, we will demonstrate several typical use cases of counterfactual explanations in popular research areas. Finally, in light of practice, we outline the potential applications of counterfactual explanations like data augmentation or conversation system. We hope this tutorial can help the participants get an overview sense of counterfactual explanations.
Year
DOI
Venue
2021
10.1145/3447548.3470797
Knowledge Discovery and Data Mining
Keywords
DocType
Citations 
Explainable Artificial Intelligence, Interpretable Machine Learning, Counterfactual Explanation, Computational Cognition, Deep Learning
Conference
0
PageRank 
References 
Authors
0.34
0
7
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Cong Wang120.74
Xiao-Hui Li200.68
Haocheng Han300.34
Shendi Wang400.68
Luning Wang500.34
Caleb Chen Cao629212.15
Lei Chen76239395.84