Summary of Global Human-guided Counterfactual Explanations For Molecular Properties Via Reinforcement Learning, by Danqing Wang et al.
Global Human-guided Counterfactual Explanations for Molecular Properties via Reinforcement Learning
by Danqing Wang, Antonis Antoniades, Kha-Dinh Luong, Edwin Zhang, Mert Kosan, Jiachen Li, Ambuj Singh, William Yang Wang, Lei Li
First submitted to arxiv on: 19 Jun 2024
Categories
- Main: Machine Learning (cs.LG)
- Secondary: Biomolecules (q-bio.BM)
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| High | Paper authors | High Difficulty Summary Read the original abstract here |
| Medium | GrooveSquid.com (original content) | Medium Difficulty Summary This paper develops a novel global explanation model, RLHEX, for molecular property prediction using Graph Neural Networks (GNNs). The authors aim to create data-driven explanations that align with human-defined principles, making them interpretable and evaluable. RLHEX combines a VAE-based graph generator with an adapter to adjust the latent representation space. Optimized by Proximal Policy Optimization (PPO), the model produces global explanations that cover 4.12% more input graphs and reduce the distance between the counterfactual explanation set and the input set by 0.47%. RLHEX provides a flexible framework for incorporating different human-designed principles into the counterfactual explanation generation process, aligning with domain expertise. |
| Low | GrooveSquid.com (original content) | Low Difficulty Summary This paper creates a new way to understand how machines make decisions about molecules. It’s like trying to figure out why a computer program chose one answer over another. The authors want to make it easier for experts to understand the reasons behind these choices. They developed a model called RLHEX that can create explanations based on rules humans define. This helps experts evaluate and improve the accuracy of these explanations. The model works well with real-world datasets, which is important for fields like medicine. |
Keywords
» Artificial intelligence » Optimization
