Finding Patterns in Ambiguity: Interpretable Stress Testing in the Decision~Boundary

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Auteurs principaux: Gomes, Inês, Teixeira, Luís F., van Rijn, Jan N., Soares, Carlos, Restivo, André, Cunha, Luís, Santos, Moisés
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author Gomes, Inês
Teixeira, Luís F.
van Rijn, Jan N.
Soares, Carlos
Restivo, André
Cunha, Luís
Santos, Moisés
author_facet Gomes, Inês
Teixeira, Luís F.
van Rijn, Jan N.
Soares, Carlos
Restivo, André
Cunha, Luís
Santos, Moisés
contents The increasing use of deep learning across various domains highlights the importance of understanding the decision-making processes of these black-box models. Recent research focusing on the decision boundaries of deep classifiers, relies on generated synthetic instances in areas of low confidence, uncovering samples that challenge both models and humans. We propose a novel approach to enhance the interpretability of deep binary classifiers by selecting representative samples from the decision boundary - prototypes - and applying post-model explanation algorithms. We evaluate the effectiveness of our approach through 2D visualizations and GradientSHAP analysis. Our experiments demonstrate the potential of the proposed method, revealing distinct and compact clusters and diverse prototypes that capture essential features that lead to low-confidence decisions. By offering a more aggregated view of deep classifiers' decision boundaries, our work contributes to the responsible development and deployment of reliable machine learning systems.
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spellingShingle Finding Patterns in Ambiguity: Interpretable Stress Testing in the Decision~Boundary
Gomes, Inês
Teixeira, Luís F.
van Rijn, Jan N.
Soares, Carlos
Restivo, André
Cunha, Luís
Santos, Moisés
Machine Learning
Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition
The increasing use of deep learning across various domains highlights the importance of understanding the decision-making processes of these black-box models. Recent research focusing on the decision boundaries of deep classifiers, relies on generated synthetic instances in areas of low confidence, uncovering samples that challenge both models and humans. We propose a novel approach to enhance the interpretability of deep binary classifiers by selecting representative samples from the decision boundary - prototypes - and applying post-model explanation algorithms. We evaluate the effectiveness of our approach through 2D visualizations and GradientSHAP analysis. Our experiments demonstrate the potential of the proposed method, revealing distinct and compact clusters and diverse prototypes that capture essential features that lead to low-confidence decisions. By offering a more aggregated view of deep classifiers' decision boundaries, our work contributes to the responsible development and deployment of reliable machine learning systems.
title Finding Patterns in Ambiguity: Interpretable Stress Testing in the Decision~Boundary
topic Machine Learning
Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2408.06302