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Main Authors: Tyrovolas, Marios, Kallimanis, Nikolaos D., Stylios, Chrysostomos
Format: Preprint
Published: 2024
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Online Access:https://arxiv.org/abs/2405.09190
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author Tyrovolas, Marios
Kallimanis, Nikolaos D.
Stylios, Chrysostomos
author_facet Tyrovolas, Marios
Kallimanis, Nikolaos D.
Stylios, Chrysostomos
contents In the quest for accurate and interpretable AI models, eXplainable AI (XAI) has become crucial. Fuzzy Cognitive Maps (FCMs) stand out as an advanced XAI method because of their ability to synergistically combine and exploit both expert knowledge and data-driven insights, providing transparency and intrinsic interpretability. This letter introduces and investigates the "Total Causal Effect Calculation for FCMs" (TCEC-FCM) algorithm, an innovative approach that, for the first time, enables the efficient calculation of total causal effects among concepts in large-scale FCMs by leveraging binary search and graph traversal techniques, thereby overcoming the challenge of exhaustive causal path exploration that hinder existing methods. We evaluate the proposed method across various synthetic FCMs that demonstrate TCEC-FCM's superior performance over exhaustive methods, marking a significant advancement in causal effect analysis within FCMs, thus broadening their usability for modern complex XAI applications.
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spellingShingle Advancing Explainable AI with Causal Analysis in Large-Scale Fuzzy Cognitive Maps
Tyrovolas, Marios
Kallimanis, Nikolaos D.
Stylios, Chrysostomos
Artificial Intelligence
In the quest for accurate and interpretable AI models, eXplainable AI (XAI) has become crucial. Fuzzy Cognitive Maps (FCMs) stand out as an advanced XAI method because of their ability to synergistically combine and exploit both expert knowledge and data-driven insights, providing transparency and intrinsic interpretability. This letter introduces and investigates the "Total Causal Effect Calculation for FCMs" (TCEC-FCM) algorithm, an innovative approach that, for the first time, enables the efficient calculation of total causal effects among concepts in large-scale FCMs by leveraging binary search and graph traversal techniques, thereby overcoming the challenge of exhaustive causal path exploration that hinder existing methods. We evaluate the proposed method across various synthetic FCMs that demonstrate TCEC-FCM's superior performance over exhaustive methods, marking a significant advancement in causal effect analysis within FCMs, thus broadening their usability for modern complex XAI applications.
title Advancing Explainable AI with Causal Analysis in Large-Scale Fuzzy Cognitive Maps
topic Artificial Intelligence
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2405.09190