FREQuency ATTribution: benchmarking frequency-based occlusion for time series data

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Autori principali: Mercier, Dominique, Dengel, Andreas, Ahmed, Sheraz
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author Mercier, Dominique
Dengel, Andreas
Ahmed, Sheraz
author_facet Mercier, Dominique
Dengel, Andreas
Ahmed, Sheraz
contents Deep neural networks are among the most successful algorithms in terms of performance and scalability across different domains. However, since these networks are black boxes, their usability is severely restricted due to a lack of interpretability. Existing interpretability methods do not address the analysis of time-series-based networks specifically enough. This paper shows that an analysis in the frequency domain can not only highlight relevant areas in the input signal better than existing methods but is also more robust to fluctuations in the signal. In this paper, FreqAtt is presented - a framework that enables post-hoc interpretation of time-series analysis. To achieve this, the relevant frequencies are evaluated, and the signal is either filtered or the relevant input data is marked. FreqAtt is evaluated using a wide range of statistical metrics to provide a broad overview of its performance. The results show that using frequency-based attribution, especially in combination with traditional attribution on top of the frequency-optimized signal, provides strong performance across different metrics.
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spellingShingle FREQuency ATTribution: benchmarking frequency-based occlusion for time series data
Mercier, Dominique
Dengel, Andreas
Ahmed, Sheraz
Machine Learning
Deep neural networks are among the most successful algorithms in terms of performance and scalability across different domains. However, since these networks are black boxes, their usability is severely restricted due to a lack of interpretability. Existing interpretability methods do not address the analysis of time-series-based networks specifically enough. This paper shows that an analysis in the frequency domain can not only highlight relevant areas in the input signal better than existing methods but is also more robust to fluctuations in the signal. In this paper, FreqAtt is presented - a framework that enables post-hoc interpretation of time-series analysis. To achieve this, the relevant frequencies are evaluated, and the signal is either filtered or the relevant input data is marked. FreqAtt is evaluated using a wide range of statistical metrics to provide a broad overview of its performance. The results show that using frequency-based attribution, especially in combination with traditional attribution on top of the frequency-optimized signal, provides strong performance across different metrics.
title FREQuency ATTribution: benchmarking frequency-based occlusion for time series data
topic Machine Learning
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2506.18481