XStacking: Explanation-Guided Stacked Ensemble Learning

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Autores principales: Garouani, Moncef, Barhrhouj, Ayah, Teste, Olivier
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Publicado: 2025
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author Garouani, Moncef
Barhrhouj, Ayah
Teste, Olivier
author_facet Garouani, Moncef
Barhrhouj, Ayah
Teste, Olivier
contents Ensemble Machine Learning (EML) techniques, especially stacking, have been shown to improve predictive performance by combining multiple base models. However, they are often criticized for their lack of interpretability. In this paper, we introduce XStacking, an effective and inherently explainable framework that addresses this limitation by integrating dynamic feature transformation with model-agnostic Shapley additive explanations. This enables stacked models to retain their predictive accuracy while becoming inherently explainable. We demonstrate the effectiveness of the framework on 29 datasets, achieving improvements in both the predictive effectiveness of the learning space and the interpretability of the resulting models. XStacking offers a practical and scalable solution for responsible ML.
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spellingShingle XStacking: Explanation-Guided Stacked Ensemble Learning
Garouani, Moncef
Barhrhouj, Ayah
Teste, Olivier
Machine Learning
Ensemble Machine Learning (EML) techniques, especially stacking, have been shown to improve predictive performance by combining multiple base models. However, they are often criticized for their lack of interpretability. In this paper, we introduce XStacking, an effective and inherently explainable framework that addresses this limitation by integrating dynamic feature transformation with model-agnostic Shapley additive explanations. This enables stacked models to retain their predictive accuracy while becoming inherently explainable. We demonstrate the effectiveness of the framework on 29 datasets, achieving improvements in both the predictive effectiveness of the learning space and the interpretability of the resulting models. XStacking offers a practical and scalable solution for responsible ML.
title XStacking: Explanation-Guided Stacked Ensemble Learning
topic Machine Learning
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2507.17650