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Learning and Interpreting Multi-Multi-Instance Learning Networks
We introduce an extension of the multi-instance learning problem where
examples are organized as nested bags of instances (e.g., a document could be
represented as a bag of sentences, which in turn are bags of words). This
framework can be useful in various scenarios, such as text and image
classification, but also supervised learning over graphs. As a further
advantage, multi-multi instance learning enables a particular way of
interpreting predictions and the decision function. Our approach is based on a
special neural network layer, called bag-layer, whose units aggregate bags of
inputs of arbitrary size. We prove theoretically that the associated class of
functions contains all Boolean functions over sets of sets of instances and we
provide empirical evidence that functions of this kind can be actually learned
on semi-synthetic datasets. We finally present experiments on text
classification, on citation graphs, and social graph data, which show that our
model obtains competitive results with respect to accuracy when compared to
other approaches such as convolutional networks on graphs, while at the same
time it supports a general approach to interpret the learnt model, as well as
explain individual predictions.Comment: JML
A Biologically Informed Hylomorphism
Although contemporary metaphysics has recently undergone a neo-Aristotelian revival wherein dispositions, or capacities are now commonplace in empirically grounded ontologies, being routinely utilised in theories of causality and modality, a central Aristotelian concept has yet to be given serious attention – the doctrine of hylomorphism. The reason for this is clear: while the Aristotelian ontological distinction between actuality and potentiality has proven to be a fruitful conceptual framework with which to model the operation of the natural world, the distinction between form and matter has yet to similarly earn its keep. In this chapter, I offer a first step toward showing that the hylomorphic framework is up to that task. To do so, I return to the birthplace of that doctrine - the biological realm. Utilising recent advances in developmental biology, I argue that the hylomorphic framework is an empirically adequate and conceptually rich explanatory schema with which to model the nature of organism
Looking Deeper into Deep Learning Model: Attribution-based Explanations of TextCNN
Layer-wise Relevance Propagation (LRP) and saliency maps have been recently
used to explain the predictions of Deep Learning models, specifically in the
domain of text classification. Given different attribution-based explanations
to highlight relevant words for a predicted class label, experiments based on
word deleting perturbation is a common evaluation method. This word removal
approach, however, disregards any linguistic dependencies that may exist
between words or phrases in a sentence, which could semantically guide a
classifier to a particular prediction. In this paper, we present a
feature-based evaluation framework for comparing the two attribution methods on
customer reviews (public data sets) and Customer Due Diligence (CDD) extracted
reports (corporate data set). Instead of removing words based on the relevance
score, we investigate perturbations based on embedded features removal from
intermediate layers of Convolutional Neural Networks. Our experimental study is
carried out on embedded-word, embedded-document, and embedded-ngrams
explanations. Using the proposed framework, we provide a visualization tool to
assist analysts in reasoning toward the model's final prediction.Comment: NIPS 2018 Workshop on Challenges and Opportunities for AI in
Financial Services: the Impact of Fairness, Explainability, Accuracy, and
Privacy, Montr\'eal, Canad
From supernovae to neutron stars
The gravitational collapse, bounce, the explosion of an iron core of an 11.2
star is simulated by two-dimensional neutrino-radiation
hydrodynamic code. The explosion is driven by the neutrino heating aided by
multi-dimensional hydrodynamic effects such as the convection. Following the
explosion phase, we continue the simulation focusing on the thermal evolution
of the protoneutron star up to 70 s when the crust of the neutron star is
formed using one-dimensional simulation. We find that the crust forms at
high-density region ( g cm) and it would proceed from
inside to outside. This is the first self-consistent simulation that
successfully follows from the collapse phase to the protoneutron star cooling
phase based on the multi-dimensional hydrodynamic simulation.Comment: 5 pages, 3 figures, with minor corrections; accepted to PASJ Letter
Unravelling the dynamics of online ratings
Online product ratings are an immensely important source of information for consumers and accordingly a strong driver of commerce. Nonetheless, interpreting a particular rating in context can be very challenging. Ratings show significant variation over time, so understanding the reasons behind that variation is important for consumers, platform designers, and product creators. In this paper we contribute a set of tools and results that help shed light on the complexity of ratings dynamics. We consider multiple item types across multiple ratings platforms, and use a interpretable model to decompose ratings in a manner that facilitates comprehensibility. We show that the various kinds of dynamics observed in online ratings are largely understandable as a product of the nature of the ratings platform, the characteristics of the user population, known trends in ratings behavior, and the influence of recommendation systems. Taken together, these results provide a framework for both quantifying and interpreting the factors that drive the dynamics of online ratings.Published versio
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