Summary of Countarfactuals — Generating Plausible Model-agnostic Counterfactual Explanations with Adversarial Random Forests, by Susanne Dandl et al.
CountARFactuals – Generating plausible model-agnostic counterfactual explanations with adversarial random forests
by Susanne Dandl, Kristin Blesch, Timo Freiesleben, Gunnar König, Jan Kapar, Bernd Bischl, Marvin Wright
First submitted to arxiv on: 4 Apr 2024
Categories
- Main: Machine Learning (stat.ML)
- Secondary: Machine Learning (cs.LG)
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| High | Paper authors | High Difficulty Summary Read the original abstract here |
| Medium | GrooveSquid.com (original content) | Medium Difficulty Summary The paper presents a novel approach to generating plausible counterfactual explanations for algorithmic decisions. Counterfactuals provide insight into the decision-making process by suggesting alternative scenarios that would have led to a different outcome. The authors leverage adversarial random forests (ARFs) to efficiently generate plausible counterfactuals in a model-agnostic way, surpassing existing methods. The ARF-based approach is easy to train, computationally efficient, and can handle continuous and categorical data naturally. |
| Low | GrooveSquid.com (original content) | Low Difficulty Summary The paper introduces a new method for creating explanations that help us understand why machines make certain decisions. These “what if” scenarios show us possible alternative outcomes and guide us towards ways we could change the decision. The authors develop a way to create these scenarios using a type of machine learning model called adversarial random forests (ARFs). This approach is better than previous methods because it’s easy to use, doesn’t require much computing power, and can handle different types of data. |
Keywords
* Artificial intelligence * Machine learning
