Surrogate Interpretable Graph for Random Decision Forests

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Autores principales: Dubey, Akshat, Anžel, Aleksandar, Hattab, Georges
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author Dubey, Akshat
Anžel, Aleksandar
Hattab, Georges
author_facet Dubey, Akshat
Anžel, Aleksandar
Hattab, Georges
contents The field of health informatics has been profoundly influenced by the development of random forest models, which have led to significant advances in the interpretability of feature interactions. These models are characterized by their robustness to overfitting and parallelization, making them particularly useful in this domain. However, the increasing number of features and estimators in random forests can prevent domain experts from accurately interpreting global feature interactions, thereby compromising trust and regulatory compliance. A method called the surrogate interpretability graph has been developed to address this issue. It uses graphs and mixed-integer linear programming to analyze and visualize feature interactions. This improves their interpretability by visualizing the feature usage per decision-feature-interaction table and the most dominant hierarchical decision feature interactions for predictions. The implementation of a surrogate interpretable graph enhances global interpretability, which is critical for such a high-stakes domain.
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spellingShingle Surrogate Interpretable Graph for Random Decision Forests
Dubey, Akshat
Anžel, Aleksandar
Hattab, Georges
Machine Learning
Artificial Intelligence
The field of health informatics has been profoundly influenced by the development of random forest models, which have led to significant advances in the interpretability of feature interactions. These models are characterized by their robustness to overfitting and parallelization, making them particularly useful in this domain. However, the increasing number of features and estimators in random forests can prevent domain experts from accurately interpreting global feature interactions, thereby compromising trust and regulatory compliance. A method called the surrogate interpretability graph has been developed to address this issue. It uses graphs and mixed-integer linear programming to analyze and visualize feature interactions. This improves their interpretability by visualizing the feature usage per decision-feature-interaction table and the most dominant hierarchical decision feature interactions for predictions. The implementation of a surrogate interpretable graph enhances global interpretability, which is critical for such a high-stakes domain.
title Surrogate Interpretable Graph for Random Decision Forests
topic Machine Learning
Artificial Intelligence
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2506.01988