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Main Authors: Madabushi, Sindhuja, Dogan, Arda, Liu, Jonathan, Chen, Dian, Ha, Dong S., Shin, Sook, Noh, Sam H., Cho, Jin-Hee
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Published: 2026
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Online Access:https://arxiv.org/abs/2603.18247
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author Madabushi, Sindhuja
Dogan, Arda
Liu, Jonathan
Chen, Dian
Ha, Dong S.
Shin, Sook
Noh, Sam H.
Cho, Jin-Hee
author_facet Madabushi, Sindhuja
Dogan, Arda
Liu, Jonathan
Chen, Dian
Ha, Dong S.
Shin, Sook
Noh, Sam H.
Cho, Jin-Hee
contents Existing XAI metrics measure faithfulness for a single model, ignoring model multiplicity where near-optimal classifiers rely on different or spurious acoustic cues. In noisy farm environments, stationary artifacts such as ventilation noise can produce explanations that are faithful yet unreliable, as masking-based metrics fail to penalize redundant shortcuts. We propose AGRI-Fidelity, a reliability-oriented evaluation framework for listenable explanations in poultry disease detection without spatial ground truth. The method combines cross-model consensus with cyclic temporal permutation to construct null distributions and compute a False Discovery Rate (FDR), suppressing stationary artifacts while preserving time-localized bioacoustic markers. Across real and controlled datasets, AGRI-Fidelity effectively provides reliability-aware discrimination for all data points versus masking-based metrics.
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spellingShingle AGRI-Fidelity: Evaluating the Reliability of Listenable Explanations for Poultry Disease Detection
Madabushi, Sindhuja
Dogan, Arda
Liu, Jonathan
Chen, Dian
Ha, Dong S.
Shin, Sook
Noh, Sam H.
Cho, Jin-Hee
Machine Learning
Existing XAI metrics measure faithfulness for a single model, ignoring model multiplicity where near-optimal classifiers rely on different or spurious acoustic cues. In noisy farm environments, stationary artifacts such as ventilation noise can produce explanations that are faithful yet unreliable, as masking-based metrics fail to penalize redundant shortcuts. We propose AGRI-Fidelity, a reliability-oriented evaluation framework for listenable explanations in poultry disease detection without spatial ground truth. The method combines cross-model consensus with cyclic temporal permutation to construct null distributions and compute a False Discovery Rate (FDR), suppressing stationary artifacts while preserving time-localized bioacoustic markers. Across real and controlled datasets, AGRI-Fidelity effectively provides reliability-aware discrimination for all data points versus masking-based metrics.
title AGRI-Fidelity: Evaluating the Reliability of Listenable Explanations for Poultry Disease Detection
topic Machine Learning
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2603.18247