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Computing Improved Explanations for Random Forests: k-Majoritary Reasons
No full textInternational audienceThis work focuses on improving explanations for random forests, which, although efficient and providing reliable predictions through the combination of multiple decision trees, are less interpretable than individual decision trees. To improve their interpretability, we introduce k-majoritary reasons, which are minimal implicants for inclusion supporting the decisions of at least k trees, where k is greater than or equal to the majority of the trees in the forest. These reasons are robust and provide a better explanation of the forest’s decision. However, due to their large size and our cognitive limitations, they may be too hard to interpret. To overcome this obstacle, we propose probabilistic majoritary explanations, which provide a more concise interpretation while maintaining a strict majority of trees. We identify the computational complexity of these explanations and propose algorithms to generate them. Our experiments demonstrate the effectiveness of these algorithms and the im provement in interpretability in terms of size provided by probabilistic majoritary explanations (δprobable majoritary reasons)
Enhancing the intelligibility of decision trees with concise and reliable probabilistic explanations
No full textInternational audienceThis work deals with explainable artificial intelligence (XAI), specifically focusing on improving the intelligibility of decision trees through reliable and concise probabilistic explanations. Decision trees are popular because they are considered highly interpretable. Due to cognitive limitations, abductive explanations can be too large to be interpretable by human users. When this happens, decision trees are far from being easily interpretable. In this context, our goal is to enhance the intelligibility of decision trees by using probabilistic explanations. Drawing inspiration from previous work on approximating probabilistic explanations, we propose a greedy algorithm that enables us to derive concise and reliable probabilistic explanations for decision trees. We provide a detailed description of this algorithm and compare it to the state-of-the-art SAT encoding. In the order to highlight the gains in intelligibility while emphasizing its empirical effectiveness, we will conduct in-depth experiments on binary decision trees as well as on cases of multi-class classification. We expect significant gains in intelligibility. Finally, to demonstrate the usefulness of such an approach in a practical context, we chose to carry out additional experiments focused on text classification, in particular the detection of emotions in tweets. Our objective is to determine the set of words explaining the emotion predicted by the decision tree
Améliorer l'intelligibilité des arbres de décision avec des explications probabilistes concises et fiables
No full textThis work deals with explainable artificial intelligence (XAI), specifically focusing on improving the intelligibility of decision trees through reliable and concise probabilistic explanations. Decision trees are popular because they are considered highly interpretable. Due to cognitive limitations, abductive explanations can be too large to be interpretable by human users. When this happens, decision trees are far from being easily interpretable. In this context, our goal is to enhance the intelligibility of decision trees by using probabilistic explanations. Drawing inspiration from previous work on approximating probabilistic explanations, we propose a greedy algorithm that enables us to derive concise and reliable probabilistic explanations for decision trees. We provide a detailed description of this algorithm and compare it to the state-of-the-art SAT encoding. In the order to highlight the gains in intelligibility while emphasizing its empirical effectiveness, we will conduct in-depth experiments on binary decision trees as well as on cases of multi-class classification. We expect significant gains in intelligibility. Finally, to demonstrate the usefulness of such an approach in a practical context, we chose to carry out additional experiments focused on text classification, in particular the detection of emotions in tweets. Our objective is to determine the set of words explaining the emotion predicted by the decision tree
Améliorer l'intelligibilité des arbres de décision avec des explications probabilistes concises et fiables
No full textThis work deals with explainable artificial intelligence (XAI), specifically focusing on improving the intelligibility of decision trees through reliable and concise probabilistic explanations. Decision trees are popular because they are considered highly interpretable. Due to cognitive limitations, abductive explanations can be too large to be interpretable by human users. When this happens, decision trees are far from being easily interpretable. In this context, our goal is to enhance the intelligibility of decision trees by using probabilistic explanations. Drawing inspiration from previous work on approximating probabilistic explanations, we propose a greedy algorithm that enables us to derive concise and reliable probabilistic explanations for decision trees. We provide a detailed description of this algorithm and compare it to the state-of-the-art SAT encoding. In the order to highlight the gains in intelligibility while emphasizing its empirical effectiveness, we will conduct in-depth experiments on binary decision trees as well as on cases of multi-class classification. We expect significant gains in intelligibility. Finally, to demonstrate the usefulness of such an approach in a practical context, we chose to carry out additional experiments focused on text classification, in particular the detection of emotions in tweets. Our objective is to determine the set of words explaining the emotion predicted by the decision tree
Going Beyond Counting First Authors in Author Co-citation Analysis
Get PDFThe present study examines one of the fundamental aspects of author co-citation analysis (ACA) - the way co-citation
counts are defined. Co-citation counting provides the data on which all subsequent statistical analyses and mappings
are based, and we compare ACA results based on two different types of co-citation counting - the traditional type that
only counts the first one among a cited work's authors on the one hand and a non-traditional type that takes into
account the first 5 authors of a cited work on the other hand. Results indicate that the picture produced through this non-traditional author co-citation counting contains more coherent author groups and is therefore considerably clearer. However, this picture represents fewer specialties in the research field being studied than that produced through the traditional first-author co-citation counting when the same number of top-ranked authors is selected and analyzed. Reasons for these effects are discussed
Variations on the Author
Get PDF“Variations on the Author” discusses two of Eduardo Coutinho’s recent films (Um Dia na Vida, from 2010, and Últimas Conversas, posthumously released in 2015) and their contribution to the general question of documentary authorship. The director’s filmography is characterized by a consistent yet self-effacing form of authorial self-inscription: Coutinho often features as an interviewer that rather than express opinions propels discourses; an interviewer that is good at listening. This mode of self-inscription characterizes him as an author who is not expressive but who is nonetheless markedly present on the screen. In Um Dia na Vida, however, Coutinho is completely absent form the image, while Últimas Conversas, on the contrary, includes a confessional prologue that moves the director from the margins to the center of his films. This article examines the ways in which these works stand out in the filmography of a director who offers new insights into the notion of cinematic authorship
Appropriate Similarity Measures for Author Cocitation Analysis
Get PDFWe provide a number of new insights into the methodological discussion about author cocitation analysis. We first argue that the use of the Pearson correlation for measuring the similarity between authors’ cocitation profiles is not very satisfactory. We then discuss what kind of similarity measures may be used as an alternative to the Pearson correlation. We consider three similarity measures in particular. One is the well-known cosine. The other two similarity measures have not been used before in the bibliometric literature. Finally, we show by means of an example that our findings have a high practical relevance.information science;Pearson correlation;cosine;similarity measure;author cocitation analysis
Facial Empathy Analysis Through Deep Learning and Computer Vision Techniques in Mixed Reality Environments
No full textInternational audienceThis paper introduces a novel approach for facial empathy analysis using deep learning and computer vision techniques within mixed reality environments. The primary objective is to detect and quantify empathic responses based on facial expressions, establishing the link between empathy and facial expressions. We propose the Deep Convolutional Neural Network with the Exponential Linear Unit activation function (ELU-DCNN). We moreover design an augmented reality platform with two main features (i). virtual overlay of a VR headset on the user’s face and (ii). facial emotion recognition for users wearing the VR headset. Our target is to analyse facial expressions in immersed environments in order to assess the empathy of users while being immersed in specific environments. Our results analyse the feasibility and effectiveness of these models in detecting and quantifying empathy through facial expressions. This work contributes to the growing field of affective computing and highlights th e potential of integrating advanced computer vision techniques in mixed reality applications to better understand human emotional responses
Dispelling the Myths Behind First-author Citation Counts
Get PDFWe conducted a full-scale evaluative citation analysis study of scholars in the XML research field to explore just how different from each other author rankings resulting from different citation counting methods actually are, and to demonstrate the capability of emerging data and tools on the Web in supporting more realistic citation counting methods. Our results contest some common arguments for the continued
use of first-author citation counts in the evaluation of scholars, such as high correlations between author rankings by first-author citation counts and other citation
counting methods, and high costs of using more realistic citation counting methods that are not well-supported by the ISI databases. It is argued that increasingly available digital full text research papers make it possible for citation analysis studies to go beyond what the ISI databases have directly supported and to employ more
sophisticated methods
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