Summary of Masala: Model-agnostic Surrogate Explanations by Locality Adaptation, By Saif Anwar et al.
MASALA: Model-Agnostic Surrogate Explanations by Locality Adaptation
by Saif Anwar, Nathan Griffiths, Abhir Bhalerao, Thomas Popham
First submitted to arxiv on: 19 Aug 2024
Categories
- Main: Machine Learning (cs.LG)
- Secondary: None
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| High | Paper authors | High Difficulty Summary Read the original abstract here |
| Medium | GrooveSquid.com (original content) | Medium Difficulty Summary Existing Explainable AI (XAI) methods, such as LIME, rely on a user-defined locality parameter to approximate model behavior. However, selecting an appropriate locality size is challenging and may not capture impactful model behavior. This paper proposes MASALA, a novel method that automatically determines the local region of impactful model behavior for each instance being explained. MASALA approximates complex model behavior by fitting a linear surrogate model to points with similar trends. We compare MASALA’s explanations with LIME and CHILLI on PHM08 and MIDAS datasets, showing increased fidelity and consistency without requiring locality hyperparameters. |
| Low | GrooveSquid.com (original content) | Low Difficulty Summary This paper is about improving how we explain why artificial intelligence models make certain predictions. Right now, there are methods that try to do this, but they can be tricky to use because you need to set some parameters just right. The new method proposed in this paper, called MASALA, makes it easier by automatically finding the right areas of data where the model is making similar predictions. This leads to more accurate and consistent explanations without needing to fiddle with settings. |
