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    Exploiting patterns to explain individual predictions
    Jia, Y ; Bailey, J ; Ramamohanarao, K ; Leckie, C ; Ma, X (Springer London, 2020-03)
    Users need to understand the predictions of a classifier, especially when decisions based on the predictions can have severe consequences. The explanation of a prediction reveals the reason why a classifier makes a certain prediction, and it helps users to accept or reject the prediction with greater confidence. This paper proposes an explanation method called Pattern Aided Local Explanation (PALEX) to provide instance-level explanations for any classifier. PALEX takes a classifier, a test instance and a frequent pattern set summarizing the training data of the classifier as inputs, and then outputs the supporting evidence that the classifier considers important for the prediction of the instance. To study the local behavior of a classifier in the vicinity of the test instance, PALEX uses the frequent pattern set from the training data as an extra input to guide generation of new synthetic samples in the vicinity of the test instance. Contrast patterns are also used in PALEX to identify locally discriminative features in the vicinity of a test instance. PALEX is particularly effective for scenarios where there exist multiple explanations. In our experiments, we compare PALEX to several state-of-the-art explanation methods over a range of benchmark datasets and find that it can identify explanations with both high precision and high recall.
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    Online cluster validity indices for performance monitoring of streaming data clustering
    Moshtaghi, M ; Bezdek, JC ; Erfani, SM ; Leckie, C ; Bailey, J (WILEY-HINDAWI, 2019-04)
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    A time decoupling approach for studying forum dynamics
    Kan, A ; Chan, J ; Hayes, C ; Hogan, B ; Bailey, J ; Leckie, C (SPRINGER, 2013-11)
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    Discovering outlying aspects in large datasets
    Nguyen, XV ; Chan, J ; Romano, S ; Bailey, J ; Leckie, C ; Ramamohanarao, K ; Pei, J (SPRINGER, 2016-11)
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    Discovering correlated spatio-temporal changes in evolving graphs
    Chan, J ; Bailey, J ; Leckie, C (SPRINGER LONDON LTD, 2008-07)
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