A Framework and Benchmarking Study for Counterfactual Generating Methods on Tabular Data
A Framework and Benchmarking Study for Counterfactual Generating Methods on Tabular Data
复制标题
表格数据反事实生成方法的框架和基准研究
作者：
Raphael Mazzine;David Martens
Counterfactual explanations are viewed as an effective way to explain machine learning predictions. This interest is reflected by a relatively young literature with already dozens of algorithms aiming to generate such explanations. These algorithms are focused on finding how features can be modified to change the output classification. However, this rather general objective can be achieved in different ways, which brings about the need for a methodology to test and benchmark these algorithms. The contributions of this work are manifold: First, a large benchmarking study of 10 algorithmic approaches on 22 tabular datasets is performed, using nine relevant evaluation metrics; second, the introduction of a novel, first of its kind, framework to test counterfactual generation algorithms; third, a set of objective metrics to evaluate and compare counterfactual results; and, finally, insight from the benchmarking results that indicate which approaches obtain the best performance on what type of dataset. This benchmarking study and framework can help practitioners in determining which technique and building blocks most suit their context, and can help researchers in the design and evaluation of current and future counterfactual generation algorithms. Our findings show that, overall, there’s no single best algorithm to generate counterfactual explanations as the performance highly depends on properties related to the dataset, model, score, and factual point specificities.
DOI：
10.1609/aaai.v34i04.5996
发表时间：
2020
期刊：
Proceedings of the AAAI Conference on Artificial Intelligence
影响因子：
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作者：
Ramakrishnan, Goutham;Lee, Yun Chan;Albarghouthi, Aws
通讯作者：
Albarghouthi, Aws