This paper presents a Semantic Attribute Modulation (SAM) for language modeling and style variation. The semantic attribute modulation includes various document attributes, such as titles, authors, and document categories. We consider two types of attributes, (title attributes and category attributes), and a flexible a…
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Proposes a Taylor framework to unify and analyze attribution methods.
problem Lack of a unified guideline for feature contribution assignment in machine learning models.
method Introduces a Taylor attribution framework to model the attribution problem and reformulates fourteen mainstream methods.
result Empirically validates the Taylor reformulations and reveals a positive correlation between performance and principles followed.
Unified framework for analyzing machine learning model attributions.
problem Lack of a general and theoretical framework for understanding attribution methods.
method Proposes a Taylor attribution framework to unify and analyze seven mainstream attribution methods.
result Established three principles for good attribution and empirically validated the Taylor reformulations.
Facial attribute editing aims to manipulate single or multiple attributes of a face image, i.e., to generate a new face with desired attributes while preserving other details. Recently, generative adversarial net (GAN) and encoder-decoder architecture are usually incorporated to handle this task with promising results.…
Wavelet Attribution Method (WAM) improves feature attribution for deep models.
problem Inability of pixel-based heatmaps to capture data structure and variability in feature attribution.
method Wavelet domain for feature attribution, leveraging spatial and scale-localized properties of wavelet coefficients.
result WAM provides quantitatively superior explanations across audio, image, and volume modalities.
Recent research has demonstrated that feature attribution methods for deep networks can themselves be incorporated into training; these attribution priors optimize for a model whose attributions have certain desirable properties -- most frequently, that particular features are important or unimportant. These attributio…
Proposes VCLANC for attributed network clustering using node and attribute embeddings.
problem Lack of mutual affinity exploitation between nodes and attributes in graph convolution.
method Dual variational auto-encoders for node and attribute embeddings, Gaussian mixture model priors, mutual distance and clustering assignment hardening losses.
result Demonstrates effectiveness on real-world attributed network datasets.
Investors seek to attribute performance to various features using Shapley value method.
problem Attributing performance to different features in an investment process.
method Use Shapley value method for attribution, either exactly or approximately.
result Shapley value method provides a preferred attribution approach.
Unified analysis of removal-based feature attributions robustness.
problem Robustness of removal-based feature attributions is not well understood.
method Theoretical analysis and upper bounds derivation for removal-based feature attributions under input and model perturbations.
result Upper bounds for the difference between intact and perturbed attributions derived under various perturbation settings.
A new method for disentangled latent spaces in VAEs that can manipulate attributes.
problem Disentangled representation of attributes in latent spaces of VAEs.
method Attribute-based regularization loss to enforce monotonic relationships between attributes and latent codes.
result Manipulation of attributes in latent spaces post-training.
Graph structured data provide two-fold information: graph structures and node attributes. Numerous graph-based algorithms rely on both information to achieve success in supervised tasks, such as node classification and link prediction. However, node attributes could be missing or incomplete, which significantly deterio…
We are interested in attribute-guided face generation: given a low-res face input image, an attribute vector that can be extracted from a high-res image (attribute image), our new method generates a high-res face image for the low-res input that satisfies the given attributes. To address this problem, we condition the …
In many graphs such as social networks, nodes have associated attributes representing their behavior. Predicting node attributes in such graphs is an important problem with applications in many domains like recommendation systems, privacy preservation, and targeted advertisement. Attributes values can be predicted by a…
A Graphical Point Process Framework for Understanding Removal Effects in Multi-Touch Attributionstat.ME
New framework for attributing online marketing touchpoints.
problem Fine-grained attribution of individual touchpoints' effects.
method Graphical point process framework for studying conversion effects.
result Proposed methods allocate proper credit to touchpoints for each customer's path.
Anomaly detection on attributed networks aims at finding nodes whose patterns deviate significantly from the majority of reference nodes, which is pervasive in many applications such as network intrusion detection and social spammer detection. However, most existing methods neglect the complex cross-modality interactio…
Adapts IG for better feature attributions and robustness.
problem Reliability concerns in feature attributions for deep learning models.
method Adaptation of path-based feature attribution to Riemannian geometry of data manifolds.
result IG along geodesics generates more intuitive and robust explanations.
New method separates graph structure from node attributes to recover lost signal.
problem Standard representation learning on attributed graphs merges incompatible metric spaces, leading to geometrically flawed alignment.
method Custom variational autoencoder that separates manifold learning from structural alignment.
result Transforms geometric conflict into interpretable structural descriptor, uncovering connectivity patterns and anomalies.
Attributes, such as metadata and profile, carry useful information which in principle can help improve accuracy in recommender systems. However, existing approaches have difficulty in fully leveraging attribute information due to practical challenges such as heterogeneity and sparseness. These approaches also fail to c…
New method builds complex networks from attribute interactions without normalization.
problem Improving high-level classification algorithms by capturing hidden attribute interactions.
method Proposes a new complex network building methodology based on attribute-attribute interactions, avoiding normalization.
result Demonstrates improved performance in high-level classification techniques.
RoSHAP stabilizes feature attribution in machine learning models.
problem Stochastic variation in feature attribution measures.
method Modeling feature attribution score distribution and estimating it through bootstrap resampling and kernel density estimation.
result RoSHAP provides stable feature rankings and improves model performance.
Method generates time-series attribution maps with identifiability guarantees.
problem Lack of identifiability guarantees in gradient-based attribution methods.
method Regularized contrastive learning algorithm trained on time-series data.
result Empirically shows robust approximation of zero vs. non-zero entries in the ground-truth attribution map.
Framework learns dynamic graph attributes and links co-evolution.
problem Forecasting change of node attributes and link formation in dynamic graphs.
method CoEvoGNN framework with temporal self-attention and joint optimization.
result Framework outperforms baselines on predicting unseen graph snapshots.
A new framework quantifies how model explanations influence each other.
problem Understanding how different model explanations interact and influence each other.
method Introducing the metagame, a conceptual framework for measuring second-order interaction effects of model explanations using Shapley values.
result Meta-attributions provide directional insights into how feature interactions influence model explanations.
Structured latent attribute models (SLAMs) are a special family of discrete latent variable models widely used in social and biological sciences. This paper considers the problem of learning significant attribute patterns from a SLAM with potentially high-dimensional configurations of the latent attributes. We address …
Mining tasks over sequential data, such as clickstreams and gene sequences, require a careful design of embeddings usable by learning algorithms. Recent research in feature learning has been extended to sequential data, where each instance consists of a sequence of heterogeneous items with a variable length. However, m…
Interpretability is an important area of research for safe deployment of machine learning systems. One particular type of interpretability method attributes model decisions to input features. Despite active development, quantitative evaluation of feature attribution methods remains difficult due to the lack of ground t…
In this work we present the novel ASTRID method for investigating which attribute interactions classifiers exploit when making predictions. Attribute interactions in classification tasks mean that two or more attributes together provide stronger evidence for a particular class label. Knowledge of such interactions make…
Enhances community detection in correlated networks with node attributes.
problem Community detection in multiple networks with correlated node attributes and edges.
method Introduced the correlated Contextual Stochastic Block Model (CSBM), developed a two-step matching procedure.
result Algorithm recovers exact node correspondence, enabling enhanced community detection.
Performance analysis, from the external point of view of a client who would only have access to returns and holdings of a fund, evolved towards exact attribution made in the context of portfolio optimisation, which is the internal point of view of a manager controlling all the parameters of this optimisation. Attributi…
This work tackles community detection in networks with node attributes, achieving exact recovery.
problem Community detection in networks with correlated node attributes.
method Information-theoretic criterion and iterative clustering algorithm maximizing joint likelihood.
result Exact recovery of community labels under a general model for network and node attributes.
New method combines hypergraph structure and node attributes for better community detection.
problem Improving community detection in hypergraphs with node attributes.
method Developed a principled model that learns from data to combine higher-order interactions and node attributes.
result Strong performance in hyperedge prediction and community detection, especially when attributes are informative.
Proposes methods for local clustering in attributed graphs.
problem Finding a single cluster concentrated on a specific region in a graph.
method Introduces Graph Unimodality (GU) and Attribute Unimodality (AU) measures, and LOCLU algorithm to optimize Compactness score.
result Local cluster detected by LOCLU concentrates on the region of interest and exhibits unimodal data distribution.
SLOGAN improves GANs' conditional generation by balancing latent attribute distributions.
problem Imbalanced latent attribute distributions in GANs.
method Stein latent optimization with a Gaussian mixture prior and contrastive loss.
result SLOGAN achieves state-of-the-art unsupervised conditional generation performance.
Proposes new attribution methods for trees with regularization.
problem Feature attribution for trees trained with regularization.
method Prediction Decomposition Attribution (PreDecomp) and TreeInner.
result TreeInner shows state-of-the-art feature selection performance.
As known, attribute selection is a method that is used before the classification of data mining. In this study, a new data set has been created by using attributes expressing overall satisfaction in Turkey Statistical Institute (TSI) Life Satisfaction Survey dataset. Attributes are sorted by Ranking search method using…
Concept modulation models unify identifiability and extrapolation in conditional latent variable models.
problem Reliable generalization in conditional latent variable models
method Concept modulation models (CMMs) with structure
result Lifts identifiability to conditional settings and controls extrapolation through attribute potentials.
DRSVM uses deep learning to rank relative attributes between image pairs.
problem Classifying relative attributes between image pairs.
method Deep Siamese network with rank SVM loss function.
result DRSVM outperforms state-of-the-art methods on multiple datasets.
GGDA simplifies DA for large models, speeding up attribution by up to 50x.
problem Computational intensity of existing DA methods limits their applicability to large-scale models.
method Generalized Group Data Attribution (GGDA) framework attributing to groups of training points.
result GGDA achieves up to 50x speedups over standard DA methods while maintaining effectiveness.
The paper formalizes feature attribution to address inconsistent definitions and evaluate methods.
problem Inconsistent definitions of feature relevance in feature attribution.
method Formalization based on relaxed functional dependence, extended to instance-wise setting.
result State-of-the-art methods often fail to verify necessary properties for candidate selection.
WGNN learns graph representations from incomplete attribute data.
problem Missing node attributes in graphs.
method WGNN learns node representations from decomposed attribute matrices and uses Wasserstein space for message passing.
result WGNN outperforms existing methods in node classification tasks with missing attribute data.
Recent work has explored how to train machine learning models which do not discriminate against any subgroup of the population as determined by sensitive attributes such as gender or race. To avoid disparate treatment, sensitive attributes should not be considered. On the other hand, in order to avoid disparate impact,…
Assessment of the Reliablity of a Model's Decision by Generalizing Attribution to the Wavelet Domaincs.CV
WCAM assesses neural network reliability by attributing decisions to wavelet scales.
problem Challenges in evaluating neural network reliability and feature robustness.
method Introduces WCAM, a wavelet-based attribution method to assess decision reliability.
result WCAM reveals where and on what scales a model focuses, enabling reliable decision assessment.
Paper develops methods for fair insurance pricing without direct access to sensitive attributes.
problem Fairness in insurance pricing with restricted access to sensitive attributes.
method Develops statistical methods for estimating discrimination-free premiums using privatized sensitive attributes.
result The proposed methods enable fair insurance pricing while respecting privacy and regulatory constraints.
PSI models and infers feature attributions efficiently and accurately.
problem Modeling and inferring feature attributions in flexible predictive models.
method Probabilistic Shapley inference (PSI) framework using latent random variables and a masking-based neural network architecture.
result PSI learns feature attribution distributions centered at Shapley values, revealing meaningful uncertainty.
A new method improves semi-supervised learning by handling tasks with different attribute spaces.
problem Existing methods assume tasks share the same attribute space, limiting their applicability.
method Meta-learning approach that embeds labeled and unlabeled data in task-specific spaces using neural networks.
result Improves test performance on tasks with small labeled data using unlabeled and various task data.
This paper presents the Variation Network (VarNet), a generative model providing means to manipulate the high-level attributes of a given input. The originality of our approach is that VarNet is not only capable of handling pre-defined attributes but can also learn the relevant attributes of the dataset by itself. Thes…
I consider how to influence CycleGAN, image-to-image translation, by using additional constraints from a neural network trained on art composition attributes. I show how I trained the the Art Composition Attributes Network (ACAN) by incorporating domain knowledge based on the rules of art evaluation and the result of a…
In this paper, we study the problem of transfer learning with the attribute data. In the transfer learning problem, we want to leverage the data of the auxiliary and the target domains to build an effective model for the classification problem in the target domain. Meanwhile, the attributes are naturally stable cross d…