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Towards Better Generalization and Interpretability in Unsupervised Concept-Based Models

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Francesco De Santis *
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Philippe Bich
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Gabriele Ciravegna
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Pietro Barbiero
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Tania Cerquitelli
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Danilo Giordano
DOI:10.1007/978-3-032-06066-2_28delete
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Abstract

Abstract

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To increase the trustworthiness of deep neural networks, it is critical to improve the understanding of how they make decisions. This paper introduces a novel unsupervised concept-based model for image classification, named Learnable Concept-Based Model (LCBM) which models concepts as random variables within a Bernoulli latent space. Unlike traditional methods that either require extensive human supervision or suffer from limited scalability, our approach employs a reduced number of concepts without sacrificing performance. We demonstrate that LCBM surpasses existing unsupervised concept-based models in generalization capability and nearly matches the performance of black-box models. The proposed concept representation enhances information retention and aligns more closely with human understanding. A user study demonstrates the discovered concepts are also more intuitive for humans to interpret. Finally, despite the use of concept embeddings, we maintain model interpretability by means of a local linear combination of concepts.
Keywords:
CBM
XAI
Interpretable AI

Journal

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MACHINE LEARNING AND KNOWLEDGE DISCOVERY IN DATABASES. RESEARCH TRACK, ECML PKDD 2025, PT III
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Polytechnic University of Turin
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1.3W
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Citations: 1.3W