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Main Authors: Raatikainen, Lassi, Rahtu, Esa
Format: Preprint
Published: 2022
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Online Access:https://arxiv.org/abs/2208.06175
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author Raatikainen, Lassi
Rahtu, Esa
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Rahtu, Esa
contents The objective of this paper is to assess the quality of explanation heatmaps for image classification tasks. To assess the quality of explainability methods, we approach the task through the lens of accuracy and stability. In this work, we make the following contributions. Firstly, we introduce the Weighting Game, which measures how much of a class-guided explanation is contained within the correct class' segmentation mask. Secondly, we introduce a metric for explanation stability, using zooming/panning transformations to measure differences between saliency maps with similar contents. Quantitative experiments are produced, using these new metrics, to evaluate the quality of explanations provided by commonly used CAM methods. The quality of explanations is also contrasted between different model architectures, with findings highlighting the need to consider model architecture when choosing an explainability method.
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spellingShingle The Weighting Game: Evaluating Quality of Explainability Methods
Raatikainen, Lassi
Rahtu, Esa
Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition
The objective of this paper is to assess the quality of explanation heatmaps for image classification tasks. To assess the quality of explainability methods, we approach the task through the lens of accuracy and stability. In this work, we make the following contributions. Firstly, we introduce the Weighting Game, which measures how much of a class-guided explanation is contained within the correct class' segmentation mask. Secondly, we introduce a metric for explanation stability, using zooming/panning transformations to measure differences between saliency maps with similar contents. Quantitative experiments are produced, using these new metrics, to evaluate the quality of explanations provided by commonly used CAM methods. The quality of explanations is also contrasted between different model architectures, with findings highlighting the need to consider model architecture when choosing an explainability method.
title The Weighting Game: Evaluating Quality of Explainability Methods
topic Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2208.06175