arXiv AI

Beyond Feature Importance: A Comparative Analysis of Pattern Detection Methods in Cluster Interpretation

arXiv:2608. 05880v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: Interpreting clustering outcomes remains a fundamental challenge in data analysis, particularly in domains such as healthcare where meaningful patterns must be extracted from high-dimensional data.

arXiv Machine Learning
Jun 15

Cluster LOCO: Feature Importance For Interpreting Clusters

arXiv:2606. 14592v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: Clustering is widely used for exploratory analysis and scientific discovery, driving insights from market segmentation to biological data analysis, but its outputs can be difficult to interpret, audit, and reproduce as modern datasets become increasingly large and complex.

By Claire M. He, Genevera I. Allen
arXiv AI
Jun 30

Interpretable Clustering: A Survey

arXiv:2409. 00743v4 Announce Type: replace-cross Abstract: In recent years, much of the research on clustering algorithms has primarily focused on enhancing their accuracy and efficiency, frequently at the expense of interpretability.

By Lianyu Hu, Mudi Jiang, Junjie Dong, Xinying Liu, Zengyou He
arXiv Machine Learning
Jul 28

Beyond Local Inspection: Global, Guideline-Grounded Evaluation of Post-hoc XAI Methods for ECG Classification

arXiv:2607. 24035v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: Explainable AI (XAI) is used to assess whether artificial intelligence models rely on meaningful patterns, yet explanations that appear plausible for individual predictions may systematically misrepresent model behavior.

By Nils Gumpfer, Michael Guckert, Samuel Sossalla, Birgit A{\ss}mus, Jennifer Hannig
arXiv Machine Learning
Jul 17

Cross-Cluster Weighted Forests

arXiv:2105. 07610v5 Announce Type: replace-cross Abstract: Building trustworthy machine learning algorithms for biological applications requires adapting to data heterogeneity from different sources, batches, distributions, or studies.

By Maya Ramchandran, Rajarshi Mukherjee, Giovanni Parmigiani
arXiv Machine Learning
Jun 8

Explaining Unsupervised Disease Staging in Huntington's Disease: Insights into Model Representations and Clusters

arXiv:2606. 07135v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Huntington's disease (HD) is a progressive neurodegenerative disorder that affects motor, cognitive, and behavioral functions, where accurate characterization of disease progression remains essential to improve patient outcome and quality of life.

By Lubna Mahmoud Abu Zohair, Hind Zantout
arXiv Machine Learning
Jun 10

Correcting Variable Importance Scored by Random Forests

arXiv:2606. 10770v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: Variable importance produced by Random Forests (RF) is used widely in statistical data analysis, and has played an important role in a variety of tasks such as assisting model interpretation, model selection and diagnosis, and cost-bounded learning etc.

By Guancheng Zhou, Haiping Xu, Jason Liu, Donghui Yan