arXiv Machine Learning

FADEx: Feature Attribution and Distortion-based Explanation of Dimensionality Reduction

arXiv:2607. 27463v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Dimensionality Reduction (DR) is a fundamental tool for high-dimensional data exploration, reducing the complexity of latent spaces of machine learning models, and assisting in the explanation of complex opaque models.

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 Machine Learning
Jun 10

XtrAIn: Training-Guided Occlusion for Feature Attribution

arXiv:2606. 10877v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Occlusion-based attribution methods provide an intuitive way to estimate feature importance by perturbing input features and measuring the resulting change in model output.

By Thodoris Lymperopoulos, Ioannis Kakogeorgiou, Denia Kanellopoulou