BACKGROUND Echinococcosis,caused by Echinococcus parasites,includes alveolar echinococcosis(AE),the most lethal form,primarily affecting the liver with a 90%mortality rate without prompt treatment.While radical surger...BACKGROUND Echinococcosis,caused by Echinococcus parasites,includes alveolar echinococcosis(AE),the most lethal form,primarily affecting the liver with a 90%mortality rate without prompt treatment.While radical surgery combined with antiparasitic therapy is ideal,many patients present late,missing hepatectomy opportunities.Ex vivo liver resection and autotransplantation(ELRA)offers hope for such patients.Traditional surgical decision-making,relying on clinical experience,is prone to bias.Machine learning can enhance decision-making by identifying key factors influencing surgical choices.This study innovatively employs multiple machine learning methods by integrating various feature selection techniques and SHapley Additive exPlanations(SHAP)interpretive analysis to deeply explore the key decision factors influencing surgical strategies.AIM To determine the key preoperative factors influencing surgical decision-making in hepatic AE(HAE)using machine learning.METHODS This was a retrospective cohort study at the First Affiliated Hospital of Xinjiang Medical University(July 2010 to August 2024).There were 710 HAE patients(545 hepatectomy and 165 ELRA)with complete clinical data.Data included demographics,laboratory indicators,imaging,and pathology.Feature selection was performed using recursive feature elimination,minimum redundancy maximum relevance,and least absolute shrinkage and selection operator regression,with the intersection of these methods yielding 10 critical features.Eleven machinelearning algorithms were compared,with eXtreme Gradient Boosting(XGBoost)optimized using Bayesian optimization.Model interpretability was assessed using SHAP analysis.RESULTS The XGBoost model achieved an area under the curve of 0.935 in the training set and 0.734 in the validation set.The optimal threshold(0.28)yielded sensitivity of 93.6%and specificity of 90.9%.SHAP analysis identified type of vascular invasion as the most important feature,followed by platelet count and prothrombin time.Lesions invading the hepatic vein,inferior vena cava,or multiple vessels significantly increased the likelihood of ELRA.Calibration curves showed good agreement between predicted and observed probabilities(0.2-0.7 range).The model demonstrated high net clinical benefit in Decision Curve Analysis,with accuracy of 0.837,recall of 0.745,and F1 score of 0.788.CONCLUSION Vascular invasion is the dominant factor influencing the choice of surgical approach in HAE.Machine-learning models,particularly XGBoost,can provide transparent and data-driven support for personalized decision-making.展开更多
With the ongoing digitalization and intelligence of power systems,there is an increasing reliance on large-scale data-driven intelligent technologies for tasks such as scheduling optimization and load forecasting.Neve...With the ongoing digitalization and intelligence of power systems,there is an increasing reliance on large-scale data-driven intelligent technologies for tasks such as scheduling optimization and load forecasting.Nevertheless,power data often contains sensitive information,making it a critical industry challenge to efficiently utilize this data while ensuring privacy.Traditional Federated Learning(FL)methods can mitigate data leakage by training models locally instead of transmitting raw data.Despite this,FL still has privacy concerns,especially gradient leakage,which might expose users’sensitive information.Therefore,integrating Differential Privacy(DP)techniques is essential for stronger privacy protection.Even so,the noise from DP may reduce the performance of federated learning models.To address this challenge,this paper presents an explainability-driven power data privacy federated learning framework.It incorporates DP technology and,based on model explainability,adaptively adjusts privacy budget allocation and model aggregation,thus balancing privacy protection and model performance.The key innovations of this paper are as follows:(1)We propose an explainability-driven power data privacy federated learning framework.(2)We detail a privacy budget allocation strategy:assigning budgets per training round by gradient effectiveness and at model granularity by layer importance.(3)We design a weighted aggregation strategy that considers the SHAP value and model accuracy for quality knowledge sharing.(4)Experiments show the proposed framework outperforms traditional methods in balancing privacy protection and model performance in power load forecasting tasks.展开更多
Deep learning(DL)has become a crucial technique for predicting the El Niño-Southern Oscillation(ENSO)and evaluating its predictability.While various DL-based models have been developed for ENSO predictions,many f...Deep learning(DL)has become a crucial technique for predicting the El Niño-Southern Oscillation(ENSO)and evaluating its predictability.While various DL-based models have been developed for ENSO predictions,many fail to capture the coherent multivariate evolution within the coupled ocean-atmosphere system of the tropical Pacific.To address this three-dimensional(3D)limitation and represent ENSO-related ocean-atmosphere interactions more accurately,a novel this 3D multivariate prediction model was proposed based on a Transformer architecture,which incorporates a spatiotemporal self-attention mechanism.This model,named 3D-Geoformer,offers several advantages,enabling accurate ENSO predictions up to one and a half years in advance.Furthermore,an integrated gradient method was introduced into the model to identify the sources of predictability for sea surface temperature(SST)variability in the eastern equatorial Pacific.Results reveal that the 3D-Geoformer effectively captures ENSO-related precursors during the evolution of ENSO events,particularly the thermocline feedback processes and ocean temperature anomaly pathways on and off the equator.By extending DL-based ENSO predictions from one-dimensional Niño time series to 3D multivariate fields,the 3D-Geoformer represents a significant advancement in ENSO prediction.This study provides details in the model formulation,analysis procedures,sensitivity experiments,and illustrative examples,offering practical guidance for the application of the model in ENSO research.展开更多
Short Message Service(SMS)is a widely used and cost-effective communication medium that has unfortunately become a frequent target for unsolicited messages-commonly known as SMS spam.With the rapid adoption of smartph...Short Message Service(SMS)is a widely used and cost-effective communication medium that has unfortunately become a frequent target for unsolicited messages-commonly known as SMS spam.With the rapid adoption of smartphones and increased Internet connectivity,SMS spam has emerged as a prevalent threat.Spammers have recognized the critical role SMS plays in today’s modern communication,making it a prime target for abuse.As cybersecurity threats continue to evolve,the volume of SMS spam has increased substantially in recent years.Moreover,the unstructured format of SMS data creates significant challenges for SMS spam detection,making it more difficult to successfully combat spam attacks.In this paper,we present an optimized and fine-tuned transformer-based Language Model to address the problem of SMS spam detection.We use a benchmark SMS spam dataset to analyze this spam detection model.Additionally,we utilize pre-processing techniques to obtain clean and noise-free data and address class imbalance problem by leveraging text augmentation techniques.The overall experiment showed that our optimized fine-tuned BERT(Bidirectional Encoder Representations from Transformers)variant model RoBERTa obtained high accuracy with 99.84%.To further enhance model transparency,we incorporate Explainable Artificial Intelligence(XAI)techniques that compute positive and negative coefficient scores,offering insight into the model’s decision-making process.Additionally,we evaluate the performance of traditional machine learning models as a baseline for comparison.This comprehensive analysis demonstrates the significant impact language models can have on addressing complex text-based challenges within the cybersecurity landscape.展开更多
In the era of advanced machine learning techniques,the development of accurate predictive models for complex medical conditions,such as thyroid cancer,has shown remarkable progress.Accurate predictivemodels for thyroi...In the era of advanced machine learning techniques,the development of accurate predictive models for complex medical conditions,such as thyroid cancer,has shown remarkable progress.Accurate predictivemodels for thyroid cancer enhance early detection,improve resource allocation,and reduce overtreatment.However,the widespread adoption of these models in clinical practice demands predictive performance along with interpretability and transparency.This paper proposes a novel association-rule based feature-integratedmachine learning model which shows better classification and prediction accuracy than present state-of-the-artmodels.Our study also focuses on the application of SHapley Additive exPlanations(SHAP)values as a powerful tool for explaining thyroid cancer prediction models.In the proposed method,the association-rule based feature integration framework identifies frequently occurring attribute combinations in the dataset.The original dataset is used in trainingmachine learning models,and further used in generating SHAP values fromthesemodels.In the next phase,the dataset is integrated with the dominant feature sets identified through association-rule based analysis.This new integrated dataset is used in re-training the machine learning models.The new SHAP values generated from these models help in validating the contributions of feature sets in predicting malignancy.The conventional machine learning models lack interpretability,which can hinder their integration into clinical decision-making systems.In this study,the SHAP values are introduced along with association-rule based feature integration as a comprehensive framework for understanding the contributions of feature sets inmodelling the predictions.The study discusses the importance of reliable predictive models for early diagnosis of thyroid cancer,and a validation framework of explainability.The proposed model shows an accuracy of 93.48%.Performance metrics such as precision,recall,F1-score,and the area under the receiver operating characteristic(AUROC)are also higher than the baseline models.The results of the proposed model help us identify the dominant feature sets that impact thyroid cancer classification and prediction.The features{calcification}and{shape}consistently emerged as the top-ranked features associated with thyroid malignancy,in both association-rule based interestingnessmetric values and SHAPmethods.The paper highlights the potential of the rule-based integrated models with SHAP in bridging the gap between the machine learning predictions and the interpretability of this prediction which is required for real-world medical applications.展开更多
Generative Artificial Intelligence(GenAI)systems have achieved remarkable capabilities across text,code,and image generation;however,their outputs remain prone to errors,hallucinations,and biases.Users often overtrust...Generative Artificial Intelligence(GenAI)systems have achieved remarkable capabilities across text,code,and image generation;however,their outputs remain prone to errors,hallucinations,and biases.Users often overtrust these outputs due to limited transparency,which can lead to misuse and decision errors.This study addresses the challenge of calibrating trust in GenAI through a human centered testing framework enhanced with adaptive explainability.We introduce a methodology that adjusts explanations dynamically according to user expertise,model output confidence,and contextual risk factors,providing guidance that is informative but not overwhelming.The framework was evaluated using outputs from OpenAI’s Generative Pretrained Transformer 4(GPT-4)for text and code generation and Stable Diffusion,a deep generative image model,for image synthesis.The evaluation covered text,code,and visual modalities.A dataset of 5000 GenAI outputs was created and reviewed by a diverse participant group of 360 individuals categorized by expertise level.Results show that adaptive explanations improve error detection rates,reduce the mean squared trust calibration error,and maintain efficient decision making compared with both static and no explanation conditions.Theframework increased error detection by up to 16% across expertise levels,a gain that can provide practical benefits in high stakes fields.For example,in healthcare it may help identify diagnostic errors earlier,and in law it may prevent reliance on flawed evidence in judicial work.These improvements highlight the framework’s potential to make Artificial Intelligence(AI)deployment safer and more accountable.Visual analyses,including trust accuracy plots,reliability diagrams,and misconception maps,show that the adaptive approach reduces overtrust and reveals patterns of misunderstanding across modalities.Statistical results confirmthe robustness of thesefindings across novice,intermediate,and expert users.The study offers insights for designing explanations that balance completeness and simplicity to improve trust calibration and cognitive load.The approach has implications for safe and transparent GenAI deployment and can inform both AI interface design and policy development for responsible AI use.展开更多
In a recent study published in Nature Medicine,Wang,Shao,and colleagues successfully addressed two critical issues of lung cancer(LC)screening with low-dose computed tomography(LDCT)whose widespread implementation,des...In a recent study published in Nature Medicine,Wang,Shao,and colleagues successfully addressed two critical issues of lung cancer(LC)screening with low-dose computed tomography(LDCT)whose widespread implementation,despite its capacity to decrease LC mortality,remains challenging:(1)the difficulty in accurately distinguishing malignant nodules from the far more common benign nodules detected on LDCT,and(2)the insufficient coverage of LC screening in resource-limited areas.1 To perform nodule risk stratification,Wang et al.developed and validated a multi-step,multidimensional artificial intelligence(AI)-based system(Fig.1)and introduced a data-driven Chinese Lung Nodules Reporting and Data System(C-Lung-RADS).1 A Lung-RADS system was developed in the US to stratify lung nodules into categories of increasing risk of LC and to provide corresponding management recommendations.展开更多
As the cornerstone for the safe operation of energy systems,short-term voltage stability(STVS)has been assessed effectively with the advance of artificial intelligence(AI).However,the black-box models of traditional A...As the cornerstone for the safe operation of energy systems,short-term voltage stability(STVS)has been assessed effectively with the advance of artificial intelligence(AI).However,the black-box models of traditional AI barely identify what the specific key factors in power systems are and how they influence STVS,thus providing limited practical information for engineers in on-site dispatch centers.Enlightened by the latest explainable artificial intelligence(XAI)techniques,this paper aims to unveil the mechanism underlying the complex STVS problem.First,the ground truth for STVS is established via qualitative analysis.Based on this,an explainability score is then devised to measure the trustworthiness of different XAI techniques,among which Local Interpretable Model-agnostic Explanations(LIME)exhibits the best performance in this study.Finally,a sequential approach is proposed to extend the local interpretation of LIME to a broader scope,which is applied to enhance STVS performance before a fault occurs in distribution system load shedding,serving as an example to demonstrate the application merits of the explored mechanism.Numerical results on a modified IEEE system demonstrate that this finding facilitates the identification of the most suitable XAI technique for STVS,while also providing an interpretable mechanism for the STVS,offering accessible guidance for stability-aware dispatch.展开更多
Recently,AI-based models have been applied to accurately estimate tunnel boring machine(TBM)energy consumption.Although data-driven models exhibit strong predictive capabilities,their outputs derived from“black box”...Recently,AI-based models have been applied to accurately estimate tunnel boring machine(TBM)energy consumption.Although data-driven models exhibit strong predictive capabilities,their outputs derived from“black box”processes are challenging to interpret and generalize.Consequently,this study develops an XGB_MOFS model that cooperates extreme gradient boosting(XGBoost)and multi-objective feature selection(MOFS)to improve the accuracy and explainability of energy consumption prediction.The XGB_MOFS model includes:(1)a causal inference framework to identify the causal relationships among influential factors,and(2)a MOFS approach to balance predictive performance and explainability.Two case studies are carried out to verify the proposed method.Results show that XGB_MOFS achieves a high degree of accuracy and robustness in energy consumption prediction.The XGB_MOFS model,balancing accuracy with explainability,serves as an effective and feasible tool for regulating TBM energy consumption.展开更多
Background:Liver disease(LD)significantly impacts global health,requiring accurate diagnostic methods.This study aims to develop an automated system for LD prediction using machine learning(ML)and explainable artifici...Background:Liver disease(LD)significantly impacts global health,requiring accurate diagnostic methods.This study aims to develop an automated system for LD prediction using machine learning(ML)and explainable artificial intelligence(XAI),enhancing diagnostic precision and interpretability.Methods:This research systematically analyzes two distinct datasets encompassing liver health indicators.A combination of preprocessing techniques,including feature optimization methods such as Forward Feature Selection(FFS),Backward Feature Selection(BFS),and Recursive Feature Elimination(RFE),is applied to enhance data quality.After that,ML models,namely Support Vector Machines(SVM),Naive Bayes(NB),Random Forest(RF),K-nearest neighbors(KNN),Decision Trees(DT),and a novel Tree Selection and Stacking Ensemble-based RF(TSRF),are assessed in the dataset to diagnose LD.Finally,the ultimate model is selected based on incorporating cross-validation and evaluation through performance metrics like accuracy,precision,specificity,etc.,and efficient XAI methods express the ultimate model’s interoperability.Findings:The analysis reveals TSRF as the most effective model,achieving a peak accuracy of 99.92%on Dataset-1 without feature optimization and 88.88%on Dataset-2 with RFE optimization.XAI techniques,including SHAP and LIME plots,highlight key features influencing model predictions,providing insights into the reasoning behind classification outcomes.Interpretation:The findings highlight TSRF’s potential in improving LD diagnosis,using XAI to enhance transparency and trust in ML models.Despite high accuracy and interpretability,limitations such as dataset bias and lack of clinical validation remain.Future work focuses on integrating advanced XAI,diversifying datasets,and applying the approach in clinical settings for reliable diagnostics.展开更多
Graph neural networks(GNNs)have made rapid developments in the recent years.Due to their great ability in modeling graph-structured data,GNNs are vastly used in various applications,including high-stakes scenarios suc...Graph neural networks(GNNs)have made rapid developments in the recent years.Due to their great ability in modeling graph-structured data,GNNs are vastly used in various applications,including high-stakes scenarios such as financial analysis,traffic predictions,and drug discovery.Despite their great potential in benefiting humans in the real world,recent study shows that GNNs can leak private information,are vulnerable to adversarial attacks,can inherit and magnify societal bias from training data and lack inter-pretability,which have risk of causing unintentional harm to the users and society.For example,existing works demonstrate that at-tackers can fool the GNNs to give the outcome they desire with unnoticeable perturbation on training graph.GNNs trained on social networks may embed the discrimination in their decision process,strengthening the undesirable societal bias.Consequently,trust-worthy GNNs in various aspects are emerging to prevent the harm from GNN models and increase the users'trust in GNNs.In this pa-per,we give a comprehensive survey of GNNs in the computational aspects of privacy,robustness,fairness,and explainability.For each aspect,we give the taxonomy of the related methods and formulate the general frameworks for the multiple categories of trustworthy GNNs.We also discuss the future research directions of each aspect and connections between these aspects to help achieve trustworthi-ness.展开更多
Electric Load Forecasting(ELF)is the central instrument for planning and controlling demand response programs,electricity trading,and consumption optimization.Due to the increasing automation of these processes,meanin...Electric Load Forecasting(ELF)is the central instrument for planning and controlling demand response programs,electricity trading,and consumption optimization.Due to the increasing automation of these processes,meaningful and transparent forecasts become more and more important.Still,at the same time,the complexity of the used machine learning models and architectures increases.Because there is an increasing interest in interpretable and explainable load forecasting methods,this work conducts a literature review to present already applied approaches regarding explainability and interpretability for load forecasts using Machine Learning.Based on extensive literature research covering eight publication portals,recurring modeling approaches,trends,and modeling techniques are identified and clustered by properties to achieve more interpretable and explainable load forecasts.The results on interpretability show an increase in the use of probabilistic models,methods for time series decomposition and the use of fuzzy logic in addition to classically interpretable models.Dominant explainable approaches are Feature Importance and Attention mechanisms.The discussion shows that a lot of knowledge from the related field of time series forecasting still needs to be adapted to the problems in ELF.Compared to other applications of explainable and interpretable methods such as clustering,there are currently relatively few research results,but with an increasing trend.展开更多
Advanced machine learning(ML)algorithms have outperformed traditional approaches in various forecasting applications,especially electricity price forecasting(EPF).However,the prediction accuracy of ML reduces substant...Advanced machine learning(ML)algorithms have outperformed traditional approaches in various forecasting applications,especially electricity price forecasting(EPF).However,the prediction accuracy of ML reduces substantially if the input data is not similar to the ones seen by the model during training.This is often observed in EPF problems when market dynamics change owing to a rise in fuel prices,an increase in renewable penetration,a change in operational policies,etc.While the dip in model accuracy for unseen data is a cause for concern,what is more,challenging is not knowing when the ML model would respond in such a manner.Such uncertainty makes the power market participants,like bidding agents and retailers,vulnerable to substantial financial loss caused by the prediction errors of EPF models.Therefore,it becomes essential to identify whether or not the model prediction at a given instance is trustworthy.In this light,this paper proposes a trust algorithm for EPF users based on explainable artificial intelligence techniques.The suggested algorithm generates trust scores that reflect the model’s prediction quality for each new input.These scores are formulated in two stages:in the first stage,the coarse version of the score is formed using correlations of local and global explanations,and in the second stage,the score is fine-tuned further by the Shapley additive explanations values of different features.Such score-based explanations are more straightforward than feature-based visual explanations for EPF users like asset managers and traders.A dataset from Italy’s and ERCOT’s electricity market validates the efficacy of the proposed algorithm.Results show that the algorithm has more than 85%accuracy in identifying good predictions when the data distribution is similar to the training dataset.In the case of distribution shift,the algorithm shows the same accuracy level in identifying bad predictions.展开更多
The integration of machine learning(ML)into geohazard assessment has successfully instigated a paradigm shift,leading to the production of models that possess a level of predictive accuracy previously considered unatt...The integration of machine learning(ML)into geohazard assessment has successfully instigated a paradigm shift,leading to the production of models that possess a level of predictive accuracy previously considered unattainable.However,the black-box nature of these systems presents a significant barrier,hindering their operational adoption,regulatory approval,and full scientific validation.This paper provides a systematic review and synthesis of the emerging field of explainable artificial intelligence(XAI)as applied to geohazard science(GeoXAI),a domain that aims to resolve the long-standing trade-off between model performance and interpretability.A rigorous synthesis of 87 foundational studies is used to map the intellectual and methodological contours of this rapidly expanding field.The analysis reveals that current research efforts are concentrated predominantly on landslide and flood assessment.Methodologically,tree-based ensembles and deep learning models dominate the literature,with SHapley Additive exPlanations(SHAP)frequently adopted as the principal post-hoc explanation technique.More importantly,the review further documents how the role of XAI has shifted:rather than being used solely as a tool for interpreting models after training,it is increasingly integrated into the modeling cycle itself.Recent applications include its use in feature selection,adaptive sampling strategies,and model evaluation.The evidence also shows that GeoXAI extends beyond producing feature rankings.It reveals nonlinear thresholds and interaction effects that generate deeper mechanistic insights into hazard processes and mechanisms.Nevertheless,several key challenges remain unresolved within the field.These persistent issues are especially pronounced when considering the crucial necessity for interpretation stability,the demanding scholarly task of reliably distinguishing correlation from causation,and the development of appropriate methods for the treatment of complex spatio-temporal dynamics.展开更多
Network attacks have become a critical issue in the internet security domain.Artificial intelligence technology-based detection methodologies have attracted attention;however,recent studies have struggled to adapt to ...Network attacks have become a critical issue in the internet security domain.Artificial intelligence technology-based detection methodologies have attracted attention;however,recent studies have struggled to adapt to changing attack patterns and complex network environments.In addition,it is difficult to explain the detection results logically using artificial intelligence.We propose a method for classifying network attacks using graph models to explain the detection results.First,we reconstruct the network packet data into a graphical structure.We then use a graph model to predict network attacks using edge classification.To explain the prediction results,we observed numerical changes by randomly masking and calculating the importance of neighbors,allowing us to extract significant subgraphs.Our experiments on six public datasets demonstrate superior performance with an average F1-score of 0.960 and accuracy of 0.964,outperforming traditional machine learning and other graph models.The visual representation of the extracted subgraphs highlights the neighboring nodes that have the greatest impact on the results,thus explaining detection.In conclusion,this study demonstrates that graph-based models are suitable for network attack detection in complex environments,and the importance of graph neighbors can be calculated to efficiently analyze the results.This approach can contribute to real-world network security analyses and provide a new direction in the field.展开更多
Most Convolutional Neural Network(CNN)interpretation techniques visualize only the dominant cues that the model relies on,but there is no guarantee that these represent all the evidence the model uses for classificati...Most Convolutional Neural Network(CNN)interpretation techniques visualize only the dominant cues that the model relies on,but there is no guarantee that these represent all the evidence the model uses for classification.This limitation becomes critical when hidden secondary cues—potentially more meaningful than the visualized ones—remain undiscovered.This study introduces CasCAM(Cascaded Class Activation Mapping)to address this fundamental limitation through counterfactual reasoning.By asking“if this dominant cue were absent,what other evidence would the model use?”,CasCAM progressively masks the most salient features and systematically uncovers the hierarchy of classification evidence hidden beneath them.Experimental results demonstrate that CasCAM effectively discovers the full spectrum of reasoning evidence and can be universally applied with nine existing interpretation methods.展开更多
Objective:Deep learning is employed increasingly in Gastroenterology(GI)endoscopy computer-aided diagnostics for polyp segmentation and multi-class disease detection.In the real world,implementation requires high accu...Objective:Deep learning is employed increasingly in Gastroenterology(GI)endoscopy computer-aided diagnostics for polyp segmentation and multi-class disease detection.In the real world,implementation requires high accuracy,therapeutically relevant explanations,strong calibration,domain generalization,and efficiency.Current Convolutional Neural Network(CNN)and transformer models compromise border precision and global context,generate attention maps that fail to align with expert reasoning,deteriorate during cross-center changes,and exhibit inadequate calibration,hence diminishing clinical trust.Methods:HMA-DER is a hierarchical multi-attention architecture that uses dilation-enhanced residual blocks and an explainability-aware Cognitive Alignment Score(CAS)regularizer to directly align attribution maps with reasoning signals from experts.The framework has additions that make it more resilient and a way to test for accuracy,macro-averaged F1 score,Area Under the Receiver Operating Characteristic Curve(AUROC),calibration(Expected Calibration Error(ECE),Brier Score),explainability(CAS,insertion/deletion AUC),cross-dataset transfer,and throughput.Results:HMA-DER gets Dice Similarity Coefficient scores of 89.5%and 86.0%on Kvasir-SEG and CVC-ClinicDB,beating the strongest baseline by+1.9 and+1.7 points.It gets 86.4%and 85.3%macro-F1 and 94.0%and 93.4%AUROC on HyperKvasir and GastroVision,which is better than the baseline by+1.4/+1.6macro-F1 and+1.2/+1.1AUROC.Ablation study shows that hierarchical attention gives the highest(+3.0),followed by CAS regularization(+2–3),dilatation(+1.5–2.0),and residual connections(+2–3).Cross-dataset validation demonstrates competitive zero-shot transfer(e.g.,KS→CVC Dice 82.7%),whereas multi-dataset training diminishes the domain gap,yielding an 88.1%primary-metric average.HMA-DER’s mixed-precision inference can handle 155 pictures per second,which helps with calibration.Conclusion:HMA-DER strikes a compromise between accuracy,explainability,robustness,and efficiency for the use of reliable GI computer-aided diagnosis in real-world clinical settings.展开更多
The increasing number of interconnected devices and the incorporation of smart technology into contemporary healthcare systems have significantly raised the attack surface of cyber threats.The early detection of threa...The increasing number of interconnected devices and the incorporation of smart technology into contemporary healthcare systems have significantly raised the attack surface of cyber threats.The early detection of threats is both necessary and complex,yet these interconnected healthcare settings generate enormous amounts of heterogeneous data.Traditional Intrusion Detection Systems(IDS),which are generally centralized and machine learning-based,often fail to address the rapidly changing nature of cyberattacks and are challenged by ethical concerns related to patient data privacy.Moreover,traditional AI-driven IDS usually face challenges in handling large-scale,heterogeneous healthcare data while ensuring data privacy and operational efficiency.To address these issues,emerging technologies such as Big Data Analytics(BDA)and Federated Learning(FL)provide a hybrid framework for scalable,adaptive intrusion detection in IoT-driven healthcare systems.Big data techniques enable processing large-scale,highdimensional healthcare data,and FL can be used to train a model in a decentralized manner without transferring raw data,thereby maintaining privacy between institutions.This research proposes a privacy-preserving Federated Learning–based model that efficiently detects cyber threats in connected healthcare systems while ensuring distributed big data processing,privacy,and compliance with ethical regulations.To strengthen the reliability of the reported findings,the resultswere validated using cross-dataset testing and 95%confidence intervals derived frombootstrap analysis,confirming consistent performance across heterogeneous healthcare data distributions.This solution takes a significant step toward securing next-generation healthcare infrastructure by combining scalability,privacy,adaptability,and earlydetection capabilities.The proposed global model achieves a test accuracy of 99.93%±0.03(95%CI)and amiss-rate of only 0.07%±0.02,representing state-of-the-art performance in privacy-preserving intrusion detection.The proposed FL-driven IDS framework offers an efficient,privacy-preserving,and scalable solution for securing next-generation healthcare infrastructures by combining adaptability,early detection,and ethical data management.展开更多
Unconfined Compressive Strength(UCS)is a key parameter for the assessment of the stability and performance of stabilized soils,yet traditional laboratory testing is both time and resource intensive.In this study,an in...Unconfined Compressive Strength(UCS)is a key parameter for the assessment of the stability and performance of stabilized soils,yet traditional laboratory testing is both time and resource intensive.In this study,an interpretable machine learning approach to UCS prediction is presented,pairing five models(Random Forest(RF),Gradient Boosting(GB),Extreme Gradient Boosting(XGB),CatBoost,and K-Nearest Neighbors(KNN))with SHapley Additive exPlanations(SHAP)for enhanced interpretability and to guide feature removal.A complete dataset of 12 geotechnical and chemical parameters,i.e.,Atterberg limits,compaction properties,stabilizer chemistry,dosage,curing time,was used to train and test the models.R2,RMSE,MSE,and MAE were used to assess performance.Initial results with all 12 features indicated that boosting-based models(GB,XGB,CatBoost)exhibited the highest predictive accuracy(R^(2)=0.93)with satisfactory generalization on test data,followed by RF and KNN.SHAP analysis consistently picked CaO content,curing time,stabilizer dosage,and compaction parameters as the most important features,aligning with established soil stabilization mechanisms.Models were then re-trained on the top 8 and top 5 SHAP-ranked features.Interestingly,GB,XGB,and CatBoost maintained comparable accuracy with reduced input sets,while RF was moderately sensitive and KNN was somewhat better owing to reduced dimensionality.The findings confirm that feature reduction through SHAP enables cost-effective UCS prediction through the reduction of laboratory test requirements without significant accuracy loss.The suggested hybrid approach offers an explainable,interpretable,and cost-effective tool for geotechnical engineering practice.展开更多
The biological stabilization of soil using microbially induced carbonate precipitation(MICP)employs ureolytic bacteria to precipitate calcium carbonate(CaCO3),which binds soil particles,enhancing strength,stiffness,an...The biological stabilization of soil using microbially induced carbonate precipitation(MICP)employs ureolytic bacteria to precipitate calcium carbonate(CaCO3),which binds soil particles,enhancing strength,stiffness,and erosion resistance.The unconfinedcompressive strength(UCS),a key measure of soil strength,is critical in geotechnical engineering as it directly reflectsthe mechanical stability of treated soils.This study integrates explainable artificialintelligence(XAI)with geotechnical insights to model the UCS of MICP-treated sands.Using 517 experimental data points and a combination of various input variables—including median grain size(D50),coefficientof uniformity(Cu),void ratio(e),urea concentration(Mu),calcium concentration(Mc),optical density(OD)of bacterial solution,pH,and total injection volume(Vt)—fivemachine learning(ML)models,including eXtreme gradient boosting(XGBoost),Light gradient boosting machine(LightGBM),random forest(RF),gene expression programming(GEP),and multivariate adaptive regression splines(MARS),were developed and optimized.The ensemble models(XGBoost,LightGBM,and RF)were optimized using the Chernobyl disaster optimizer(CDO),a recently developed metaheuristic algorithm.Of these,LightGBM-CDO achieved the highest accuracy for UCS prediction.XAI techniques like feature importance analysis(FIA),SHapley additive exPlanations(SHAP),and partial dependence plots(PDPs)were also used to investigate the complex non-linear relationships between the input and output variables.The results obtained have demonstrated that the XAI-driven models can enhance the predictive accuracy and interpretability of MICP processes,offering a sustainable pathway for optimizing geotechnical applications.展开更多
基金Supported by Natural Science Foundation of Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region,No.2022D01D17State Key Laboratory of Pathogenesis,Prevention and Treatment of High Incidence Diseases in Central Asia,No.SKL-HIDCA-2024-2.
文摘BACKGROUND Echinococcosis,caused by Echinococcus parasites,includes alveolar echinococcosis(AE),the most lethal form,primarily affecting the liver with a 90%mortality rate without prompt treatment.While radical surgery combined with antiparasitic therapy is ideal,many patients present late,missing hepatectomy opportunities.Ex vivo liver resection and autotransplantation(ELRA)offers hope for such patients.Traditional surgical decision-making,relying on clinical experience,is prone to bias.Machine learning can enhance decision-making by identifying key factors influencing surgical choices.This study innovatively employs multiple machine learning methods by integrating various feature selection techniques and SHapley Additive exPlanations(SHAP)interpretive analysis to deeply explore the key decision factors influencing surgical strategies.AIM To determine the key preoperative factors influencing surgical decision-making in hepatic AE(HAE)using machine learning.METHODS This was a retrospective cohort study at the First Affiliated Hospital of Xinjiang Medical University(July 2010 to August 2024).There were 710 HAE patients(545 hepatectomy and 165 ELRA)with complete clinical data.Data included demographics,laboratory indicators,imaging,and pathology.Feature selection was performed using recursive feature elimination,minimum redundancy maximum relevance,and least absolute shrinkage and selection operator regression,with the intersection of these methods yielding 10 critical features.Eleven machinelearning algorithms were compared,with eXtreme Gradient Boosting(XGBoost)optimized using Bayesian optimization.Model interpretability was assessed using SHAP analysis.RESULTS The XGBoost model achieved an area under the curve of 0.935 in the training set and 0.734 in the validation set.The optimal threshold(0.28)yielded sensitivity of 93.6%and specificity of 90.9%.SHAP analysis identified type of vascular invasion as the most important feature,followed by platelet count and prothrombin time.Lesions invading the hepatic vein,inferior vena cava,or multiple vessels significantly increased the likelihood of ELRA.Calibration curves showed good agreement between predicted and observed probabilities(0.2-0.7 range).The model demonstrated high net clinical benefit in Decision Curve Analysis,with accuracy of 0.837,recall of 0.745,and F1 score of 0.788.CONCLUSION Vascular invasion is the dominant factor influencing the choice of surgical approach in HAE.Machine-learning models,particularly XGBoost,can provide transparent and data-driven support for personalized decision-making.
文摘With the ongoing digitalization and intelligence of power systems,there is an increasing reliance on large-scale data-driven intelligent technologies for tasks such as scheduling optimization and load forecasting.Nevertheless,power data often contains sensitive information,making it a critical industry challenge to efficiently utilize this data while ensuring privacy.Traditional Federated Learning(FL)methods can mitigate data leakage by training models locally instead of transmitting raw data.Despite this,FL still has privacy concerns,especially gradient leakage,which might expose users’sensitive information.Therefore,integrating Differential Privacy(DP)techniques is essential for stronger privacy protection.Even so,the noise from DP may reduce the performance of federated learning models.To address this challenge,this paper presents an explainability-driven power data privacy federated learning framework.It incorporates DP technology and,based on model explainability,adaptively adjusts privacy budget allocation and model aggregation,thus balancing privacy protection and model performance.The key innovations of this paper are as follows:(1)We propose an explainability-driven power data privacy federated learning framework.(2)We detail a privacy budget allocation strategy:assigning budgets per training round by gradient effectiveness and at model granularity by layer importance.(3)We design a weighted aggregation strategy that considers the SHAP value and model accuracy for quality knowledge sharing.(4)Experiments show the proposed framework outperforms traditional methods in balancing privacy protection and model performance in power load forecasting tasks.
基金Supported by the Laoshan Laboratory(No.LSKJ202202402)the National Natural Science Foundation of China(No.42030410)+2 种基金the Startup Foundation for Introducing Talent of Nanjing University of Information Science&Technology,and Jiangsu Innovation Research Group(No.JSSCTD 202346)supported by the China National Postdoctoral Program for Innovative Talents(No.BX20240169)the China Postdoctoral Science Foundation(No.2141062400101)。
文摘Deep learning(DL)has become a crucial technique for predicting the El Niño-Southern Oscillation(ENSO)and evaluating its predictability.While various DL-based models have been developed for ENSO predictions,many fail to capture the coherent multivariate evolution within the coupled ocean-atmosphere system of the tropical Pacific.To address this three-dimensional(3D)limitation and represent ENSO-related ocean-atmosphere interactions more accurately,a novel this 3D multivariate prediction model was proposed based on a Transformer architecture,which incorporates a spatiotemporal self-attention mechanism.This model,named 3D-Geoformer,offers several advantages,enabling accurate ENSO predictions up to one and a half years in advance.Furthermore,an integrated gradient method was introduced into the model to identify the sources of predictability for sea surface temperature(SST)variability in the eastern equatorial Pacific.Results reveal that the 3D-Geoformer effectively captures ENSO-related precursors during the evolution of ENSO events,particularly the thermocline feedback processes and ocean temperature anomaly pathways on and off the equator.By extending DL-based ENSO predictions from one-dimensional Niño time series to 3D multivariate fields,the 3D-Geoformer represents a significant advancement in ENSO prediction.This study provides details in the model formulation,analysis procedures,sensitivity experiments,and illustrative examples,offering practical guidance for the application of the model in ENSO research.
文摘Short Message Service(SMS)is a widely used and cost-effective communication medium that has unfortunately become a frequent target for unsolicited messages-commonly known as SMS spam.With the rapid adoption of smartphones and increased Internet connectivity,SMS spam has emerged as a prevalent threat.Spammers have recognized the critical role SMS plays in today’s modern communication,making it a prime target for abuse.As cybersecurity threats continue to evolve,the volume of SMS spam has increased substantially in recent years.Moreover,the unstructured format of SMS data creates significant challenges for SMS spam detection,making it more difficult to successfully combat spam attacks.In this paper,we present an optimized and fine-tuned transformer-based Language Model to address the problem of SMS spam detection.We use a benchmark SMS spam dataset to analyze this spam detection model.Additionally,we utilize pre-processing techniques to obtain clean and noise-free data and address class imbalance problem by leveraging text augmentation techniques.The overall experiment showed that our optimized fine-tuned BERT(Bidirectional Encoder Representations from Transformers)variant model RoBERTa obtained high accuracy with 99.84%.To further enhance model transparency,we incorporate Explainable Artificial Intelligence(XAI)techniques that compute positive and negative coefficient scores,offering insight into the model’s decision-making process.Additionally,we evaluate the performance of traditional machine learning models as a baseline for comparison.This comprehensive analysis demonstrates the significant impact language models can have on addressing complex text-based challenges within the cybersecurity landscape.
文摘In the era of advanced machine learning techniques,the development of accurate predictive models for complex medical conditions,such as thyroid cancer,has shown remarkable progress.Accurate predictivemodels for thyroid cancer enhance early detection,improve resource allocation,and reduce overtreatment.However,the widespread adoption of these models in clinical practice demands predictive performance along with interpretability and transparency.This paper proposes a novel association-rule based feature-integratedmachine learning model which shows better classification and prediction accuracy than present state-of-the-artmodels.Our study also focuses on the application of SHapley Additive exPlanations(SHAP)values as a powerful tool for explaining thyroid cancer prediction models.In the proposed method,the association-rule based feature integration framework identifies frequently occurring attribute combinations in the dataset.The original dataset is used in trainingmachine learning models,and further used in generating SHAP values fromthesemodels.In the next phase,the dataset is integrated with the dominant feature sets identified through association-rule based analysis.This new integrated dataset is used in re-training the machine learning models.The new SHAP values generated from these models help in validating the contributions of feature sets in predicting malignancy.The conventional machine learning models lack interpretability,which can hinder their integration into clinical decision-making systems.In this study,the SHAP values are introduced along with association-rule based feature integration as a comprehensive framework for understanding the contributions of feature sets inmodelling the predictions.The study discusses the importance of reliable predictive models for early diagnosis of thyroid cancer,and a validation framework of explainability.The proposed model shows an accuracy of 93.48%.Performance metrics such as precision,recall,F1-score,and the area under the receiver operating characteristic(AUROC)are also higher than the baseline models.The results of the proposed model help us identify the dominant feature sets that impact thyroid cancer classification and prediction.The features{calcification}and{shape}consistently emerged as the top-ranked features associated with thyroid malignancy,in both association-rule based interestingnessmetric values and SHAPmethods.The paper highlights the potential of the rule-based integrated models with SHAP in bridging the gap between the machine learning predictions and the interpretability of this prediction which is required for real-world medical applications.
文摘Generative Artificial Intelligence(GenAI)systems have achieved remarkable capabilities across text,code,and image generation;however,their outputs remain prone to errors,hallucinations,and biases.Users often overtrust these outputs due to limited transparency,which can lead to misuse and decision errors.This study addresses the challenge of calibrating trust in GenAI through a human centered testing framework enhanced with adaptive explainability.We introduce a methodology that adjusts explanations dynamically according to user expertise,model output confidence,and contextual risk factors,providing guidance that is informative but not overwhelming.The framework was evaluated using outputs from OpenAI’s Generative Pretrained Transformer 4(GPT-4)for text and code generation and Stable Diffusion,a deep generative image model,for image synthesis.The evaluation covered text,code,and visual modalities.A dataset of 5000 GenAI outputs was created and reviewed by a diverse participant group of 360 individuals categorized by expertise level.Results show that adaptive explanations improve error detection rates,reduce the mean squared trust calibration error,and maintain efficient decision making compared with both static and no explanation conditions.Theframework increased error detection by up to 16% across expertise levels,a gain that can provide practical benefits in high stakes fields.For example,in healthcare it may help identify diagnostic errors earlier,and in law it may prevent reliance on flawed evidence in judicial work.These improvements highlight the framework’s potential to make Artificial Intelligence(AI)deployment safer and more accountable.Visual analyses,including trust accuracy plots,reliability diagrams,and misconception maps,show that the adaptive approach reduces overtrust and reveals patterns of misunderstanding across modalities.Statistical results confirmthe robustness of thesefindings across novice,intermediate,and expert users.The study offers insights for designing explanations that balance completeness and simplicity to improve trust calibration and cognitive load.The approach has implications for safe and transparent GenAI deployment and can inform both AI interface design and policy development for responsible AI use.
基金funding from the European Union-NextGenerationEU through the Italian Ministry of University and Research under PNRR-M4C2-I1.3 Project PE_00000019“HEAL ITALIA”to Stefano Diciotti-CUP J33C22002920006.
文摘In a recent study published in Nature Medicine,Wang,Shao,and colleagues successfully addressed two critical issues of lung cancer(LC)screening with low-dose computed tomography(LDCT)whose widespread implementation,despite its capacity to decrease LC mortality,remains challenging:(1)the difficulty in accurately distinguishing malignant nodules from the far more common benign nodules detected on LDCT,and(2)the insufficient coverage of LC screening in resource-limited areas.1 To perform nodule risk stratification,Wang et al.developed and validated a multi-step,multidimensional artificial intelligence(AI)-based system(Fig.1)and introduced a data-driven Chinese Lung Nodules Reporting and Data System(C-Lung-RADS).1 A Lung-RADS system was developed in the US to stratify lung nodules into categories of increasing risk of LC and to provide corresponding management recommendations.
基金supported in part by the National Natural Science Foundation of China under Grant U23B6008in part by the Guangdong Basic and Applied Basic Research Foundation under Grants 2022A1515240075in part by the Italian Ministry of University and Research,Project NEST,Code PE0000021,CUP J33C22002890007.
文摘As the cornerstone for the safe operation of energy systems,short-term voltage stability(STVS)has been assessed effectively with the advance of artificial intelligence(AI).However,the black-box models of traditional AI barely identify what the specific key factors in power systems are and how they influence STVS,thus providing limited practical information for engineers in on-site dispatch centers.Enlightened by the latest explainable artificial intelligence(XAI)techniques,this paper aims to unveil the mechanism underlying the complex STVS problem.First,the ground truth for STVS is established via qualitative analysis.Based on this,an explainability score is then devised to measure the trustworthiness of different XAI techniques,among which Local Interpretable Model-agnostic Explanations(LIME)exhibits the best performance in this study.Finally,a sequential approach is proposed to extend the local interpretation of LIME to a broader scope,which is applied to enhance STVS performance before a fault occurs in distribution system load shedding,serving as an example to demonstrate the application merits of the explored mechanism.Numerical results on a modified IEEE system demonstrate that this finding facilitates the identification of the most suitable XAI technique for STVS,while also providing an interpretable mechanism for the STVS,offering accessible guidance for stability-aware dispatch.
基金the support provided by the National Key Research and Development Program(Grant No.2023YFC3805800)the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant Nos.U21A20151,72171094 and 52192664).
文摘Recently,AI-based models have been applied to accurately estimate tunnel boring machine(TBM)energy consumption.Although data-driven models exhibit strong predictive capabilities,their outputs derived from“black box”processes are challenging to interpret and generalize.Consequently,this study develops an XGB_MOFS model that cooperates extreme gradient boosting(XGBoost)and multi-objective feature selection(MOFS)to improve the accuracy and explainability of energy consumption prediction.The XGB_MOFS model includes:(1)a causal inference framework to identify the causal relationships among influential factors,and(2)a MOFS approach to balance predictive performance and explainability.Two case studies are carried out to verify the proposed method.Results show that XGB_MOFS achieves a high degree of accuracy and robustness in energy consumption prediction.The XGB_MOFS model,balancing accuracy with explainability,serves as an effective and feasible tool for regulating TBM energy consumption.
文摘Background:Liver disease(LD)significantly impacts global health,requiring accurate diagnostic methods.This study aims to develop an automated system for LD prediction using machine learning(ML)and explainable artificial intelligence(XAI),enhancing diagnostic precision and interpretability.Methods:This research systematically analyzes two distinct datasets encompassing liver health indicators.A combination of preprocessing techniques,including feature optimization methods such as Forward Feature Selection(FFS),Backward Feature Selection(BFS),and Recursive Feature Elimination(RFE),is applied to enhance data quality.After that,ML models,namely Support Vector Machines(SVM),Naive Bayes(NB),Random Forest(RF),K-nearest neighbors(KNN),Decision Trees(DT),and a novel Tree Selection and Stacking Ensemble-based RF(TSRF),are assessed in the dataset to diagnose LD.Finally,the ultimate model is selected based on incorporating cross-validation and evaluation through performance metrics like accuracy,precision,specificity,etc.,and efficient XAI methods express the ultimate model’s interoperability.Findings:The analysis reveals TSRF as the most effective model,achieving a peak accuracy of 99.92%on Dataset-1 without feature optimization and 88.88%on Dataset-2 with RFE optimization.XAI techniques,including SHAP and LIME plots,highlight key features influencing model predictions,providing insights into the reasoning behind classification outcomes.Interpretation:The findings highlight TSRF’s potential in improving LD diagnosis,using XAI to enhance transparency and trust in ML models.Despite high accuracy and interpretability,limitations such as dataset bias and lack of clinical validation remain.Future work focuses on integrating advanced XAI,diversifying datasets,and applying the approach in clinical settings for reliable diagnostics.
基金National Science Foundation(NSF),USA(No.IIS-1909702)Army Research Office(ARO),USA(No.W911NF21-1-0198)Department of Homeland Security(DNS)CINA,USA(No.E205949D).
文摘Graph neural networks(GNNs)have made rapid developments in the recent years.Due to their great ability in modeling graph-structured data,GNNs are vastly used in various applications,including high-stakes scenarios such as financial analysis,traffic predictions,and drug discovery.Despite their great potential in benefiting humans in the real world,recent study shows that GNNs can leak private information,are vulnerable to adversarial attacks,can inherit and magnify societal bias from training data and lack inter-pretability,which have risk of causing unintentional harm to the users and society.For example,existing works demonstrate that at-tackers can fool the GNNs to give the outcome they desire with unnoticeable perturbation on training graph.GNNs trained on social networks may embed the discrimination in their decision process,strengthening the undesirable societal bias.Consequently,trust-worthy GNNs in various aspects are emerging to prevent the harm from GNN models and increase the users'trust in GNNs.In this pa-per,we give a comprehensive survey of GNNs in the computational aspects of privacy,robustness,fairness,and explainability.For each aspect,we give the taxonomy of the related methods and formulate the general frameworks for the multiple categories of trustworthy GNNs.We also discuss the future research directions of each aspect and connections between these aspects to help achieve trustworthi-ness.
基金supported by the German Federal Ministry of Economic Affairs and Climate Action(BMWK)through the project“FlexGUIde”(grant number 03EI6065D).
文摘Electric Load Forecasting(ELF)is the central instrument for planning and controlling demand response programs,electricity trading,and consumption optimization.Due to the increasing automation of these processes,meaningful and transparent forecasts become more and more important.Still,at the same time,the complexity of the used machine learning models and architectures increases.Because there is an increasing interest in interpretable and explainable load forecasting methods,this work conducts a literature review to present already applied approaches regarding explainability and interpretability for load forecasts using Machine Learning.Based on extensive literature research covering eight publication portals,recurring modeling approaches,trends,and modeling techniques are identified and clustered by properties to achieve more interpretable and explainable load forecasts.The results on interpretability show an increase in the use of probabilistic models,methods for time series decomposition and the use of fuzzy logic in addition to classically interpretable models.Dominant explainable approaches are Feature Importance and Attention mechanisms.The discussion shows that a lot of knowledge from the related field of time series forecasting still needs to be adapted to the problems in ELF.Compared to other applications of explainable and interpretable methods such as clustering,there are currently relatively few research results,but with an increasing trend.
文摘Advanced machine learning(ML)algorithms have outperformed traditional approaches in various forecasting applications,especially electricity price forecasting(EPF).However,the prediction accuracy of ML reduces substantially if the input data is not similar to the ones seen by the model during training.This is often observed in EPF problems when market dynamics change owing to a rise in fuel prices,an increase in renewable penetration,a change in operational policies,etc.While the dip in model accuracy for unseen data is a cause for concern,what is more,challenging is not knowing when the ML model would respond in such a manner.Such uncertainty makes the power market participants,like bidding agents and retailers,vulnerable to substantial financial loss caused by the prediction errors of EPF models.Therefore,it becomes essential to identify whether or not the model prediction at a given instance is trustworthy.In this light,this paper proposes a trust algorithm for EPF users based on explainable artificial intelligence techniques.The suggested algorithm generates trust scores that reflect the model’s prediction quality for each new input.These scores are formulated in two stages:in the first stage,the coarse version of the score is formed using correlations of local and global explanations,and in the second stage,the score is fine-tuned further by the Shapley additive explanations values of different features.Such score-based explanations are more straightforward than feature-based visual explanations for EPF users like asset managers and traders.A dataset from Italy’s and ERCOT’s electricity market validates the efficacy of the proposed algorithm.Results show that the algorithm has more than 85%accuracy in identifying good predictions when the data distribution is similar to the training dataset.In the case of distribution shift,the algorithm shows the same accuracy level in identifying bad predictions.
文摘The integration of machine learning(ML)into geohazard assessment has successfully instigated a paradigm shift,leading to the production of models that possess a level of predictive accuracy previously considered unattainable.However,the black-box nature of these systems presents a significant barrier,hindering their operational adoption,regulatory approval,and full scientific validation.This paper provides a systematic review and synthesis of the emerging field of explainable artificial intelligence(XAI)as applied to geohazard science(GeoXAI),a domain that aims to resolve the long-standing trade-off between model performance and interpretability.A rigorous synthesis of 87 foundational studies is used to map the intellectual and methodological contours of this rapidly expanding field.The analysis reveals that current research efforts are concentrated predominantly on landslide and flood assessment.Methodologically,tree-based ensembles and deep learning models dominate the literature,with SHapley Additive exPlanations(SHAP)frequently adopted as the principal post-hoc explanation technique.More importantly,the review further documents how the role of XAI has shifted:rather than being used solely as a tool for interpreting models after training,it is increasingly integrated into the modeling cycle itself.Recent applications include its use in feature selection,adaptive sampling strategies,and model evaluation.The evidence also shows that GeoXAI extends beyond producing feature rankings.It reveals nonlinear thresholds and interaction effects that generate deeper mechanistic insights into hazard processes and mechanisms.Nevertheless,several key challenges remain unresolved within the field.These persistent issues are especially pronounced when considering the crucial necessity for interpretation stability,the demanding scholarly task of reliably distinguishing correlation from causation,and the development of appropriate methods for the treatment of complex spatio-temporal dynamics.
基金supported by the MSIT(Ministry of Science and ICT),Republic of Korea,under the ICAN(ICT Challenge and Advanced Network of HRD)support program(IITP-2025-RS-2023-00259497)supervised by the IITP(Institute for Information&Communications Technology Planning&Evaluation)and was supported by Institute of Information&Communications Technology Planning&Evaluation(IITP)grant funded by the Republic of Korea government(MSIT)(No.IITP-2025-RS-2023-00254129+1 种基金Graduate School of Metaverse Convergence(Sungkyunkwan University))was supported by the Basic Science Research Program of the National Research Foundation(NRF)funded by the Republic of Korean government(MSIT)(No.RS-2024-00346737).
文摘Network attacks have become a critical issue in the internet security domain.Artificial intelligence technology-based detection methodologies have attracted attention;however,recent studies have struggled to adapt to changing attack patterns and complex network environments.In addition,it is difficult to explain the detection results logically using artificial intelligence.We propose a method for classifying network attacks using graph models to explain the detection results.First,we reconstruct the network packet data into a graphical structure.We then use a graph model to predict network attacks using edge classification.To explain the prediction results,we observed numerical changes by randomly masking and calculating the importance of neighbors,allowing us to extract significant subgraphs.Our experiments on six public datasets demonstrate superior performance with an average F1-score of 0.960 and accuracy of 0.964,outperforming traditional machine learning and other graph models.The visual representation of the extracted subgraphs highlights the neighboring nodes that have the greatest impact on the results,thus explaining detection.In conclusion,this study demonstrates that graph-based models are suitable for network attack detection in complex environments,and the importance of graph neighbors can be calculated to efficiently analyze the results.This approach can contribute to real-world network security analyses and provide a new direction in the field.
基金supported by the Basic Science Research Program through the National Research Foundation of Korea(NRF),funded by the Ministry of Education(RS-2023-00249743).
文摘Most Convolutional Neural Network(CNN)interpretation techniques visualize only the dominant cues that the model relies on,but there is no guarantee that these represent all the evidence the model uses for classification.This limitation becomes critical when hidden secondary cues—potentially more meaningful than the visualized ones—remain undiscovered.This study introduces CasCAM(Cascaded Class Activation Mapping)to address this fundamental limitation through counterfactual reasoning.By asking“if this dominant cue were absent,what other evidence would the model use?”,CasCAM progressively masks the most salient features and systematically uncovers the hierarchy of classification evidence hidden beneath them.Experimental results demonstrate that CasCAM effectively discovers the full spectrum of reasoning evidence and can be universally applied with nine existing interpretation methods.
文摘Objective:Deep learning is employed increasingly in Gastroenterology(GI)endoscopy computer-aided diagnostics for polyp segmentation and multi-class disease detection.In the real world,implementation requires high accuracy,therapeutically relevant explanations,strong calibration,domain generalization,and efficiency.Current Convolutional Neural Network(CNN)and transformer models compromise border precision and global context,generate attention maps that fail to align with expert reasoning,deteriorate during cross-center changes,and exhibit inadequate calibration,hence diminishing clinical trust.Methods:HMA-DER is a hierarchical multi-attention architecture that uses dilation-enhanced residual blocks and an explainability-aware Cognitive Alignment Score(CAS)regularizer to directly align attribution maps with reasoning signals from experts.The framework has additions that make it more resilient and a way to test for accuracy,macro-averaged F1 score,Area Under the Receiver Operating Characteristic Curve(AUROC),calibration(Expected Calibration Error(ECE),Brier Score),explainability(CAS,insertion/deletion AUC),cross-dataset transfer,and throughput.Results:HMA-DER gets Dice Similarity Coefficient scores of 89.5%and 86.0%on Kvasir-SEG and CVC-ClinicDB,beating the strongest baseline by+1.9 and+1.7 points.It gets 86.4%and 85.3%macro-F1 and 94.0%and 93.4%AUROC on HyperKvasir and GastroVision,which is better than the baseline by+1.4/+1.6macro-F1 and+1.2/+1.1AUROC.Ablation study shows that hierarchical attention gives the highest(+3.0),followed by CAS regularization(+2–3),dilatation(+1.5–2.0),and residual connections(+2–3).Cross-dataset validation demonstrates competitive zero-shot transfer(e.g.,KS→CVC Dice 82.7%),whereas multi-dataset training diminishes the domain gap,yielding an 88.1%primary-metric average.HMA-DER’s mixed-precision inference can handle 155 pictures per second,which helps with calibration.Conclusion:HMA-DER strikes a compromise between accuracy,explainability,robustness,and efficiency for the use of reliable GI computer-aided diagnosis in real-world clinical settings.
文摘The increasing number of interconnected devices and the incorporation of smart technology into contemporary healthcare systems have significantly raised the attack surface of cyber threats.The early detection of threats is both necessary and complex,yet these interconnected healthcare settings generate enormous amounts of heterogeneous data.Traditional Intrusion Detection Systems(IDS),which are generally centralized and machine learning-based,often fail to address the rapidly changing nature of cyberattacks and are challenged by ethical concerns related to patient data privacy.Moreover,traditional AI-driven IDS usually face challenges in handling large-scale,heterogeneous healthcare data while ensuring data privacy and operational efficiency.To address these issues,emerging technologies such as Big Data Analytics(BDA)and Federated Learning(FL)provide a hybrid framework for scalable,adaptive intrusion detection in IoT-driven healthcare systems.Big data techniques enable processing large-scale,highdimensional healthcare data,and FL can be used to train a model in a decentralized manner without transferring raw data,thereby maintaining privacy between institutions.This research proposes a privacy-preserving Federated Learning–based model that efficiently detects cyber threats in connected healthcare systems while ensuring distributed big data processing,privacy,and compliance with ethical regulations.To strengthen the reliability of the reported findings,the resultswere validated using cross-dataset testing and 95%confidence intervals derived frombootstrap analysis,confirming consistent performance across heterogeneous healthcare data distributions.This solution takes a significant step toward securing next-generation healthcare infrastructure by combining scalability,privacy,adaptability,and earlydetection capabilities.The proposed global model achieves a test accuracy of 99.93%±0.03(95%CI)and amiss-rate of only 0.07%±0.02,representing state-of-the-art performance in privacy-preserving intrusion detection.The proposed FL-driven IDS framework offers an efficient,privacy-preserving,and scalable solution for securing next-generation healthcare infrastructures by combining adaptability,early detection,and ethical data management.
文摘Unconfined Compressive Strength(UCS)is a key parameter for the assessment of the stability and performance of stabilized soils,yet traditional laboratory testing is both time and resource intensive.In this study,an interpretable machine learning approach to UCS prediction is presented,pairing five models(Random Forest(RF),Gradient Boosting(GB),Extreme Gradient Boosting(XGB),CatBoost,and K-Nearest Neighbors(KNN))with SHapley Additive exPlanations(SHAP)for enhanced interpretability and to guide feature removal.A complete dataset of 12 geotechnical and chemical parameters,i.e.,Atterberg limits,compaction properties,stabilizer chemistry,dosage,curing time,was used to train and test the models.R2,RMSE,MSE,and MAE were used to assess performance.Initial results with all 12 features indicated that boosting-based models(GB,XGB,CatBoost)exhibited the highest predictive accuracy(R^(2)=0.93)with satisfactory generalization on test data,followed by RF and KNN.SHAP analysis consistently picked CaO content,curing time,stabilizer dosage,and compaction parameters as the most important features,aligning with established soil stabilization mechanisms.Models were then re-trained on the top 8 and top 5 SHAP-ranked features.Interestingly,GB,XGB,and CatBoost maintained comparable accuracy with reduced input sets,while RF was moderately sensitive and KNN was somewhat better owing to reduced dimensionality.The findings confirm that feature reduction through SHAP enables cost-effective UCS prediction through the reduction of laboratory test requirements without significant accuracy loss.The suggested hybrid approach offers an explainable,interpretable,and cost-effective tool for geotechnical engineering practice.
文摘The biological stabilization of soil using microbially induced carbonate precipitation(MICP)employs ureolytic bacteria to precipitate calcium carbonate(CaCO3),which binds soil particles,enhancing strength,stiffness,and erosion resistance.The unconfinedcompressive strength(UCS),a key measure of soil strength,is critical in geotechnical engineering as it directly reflectsthe mechanical stability of treated soils.This study integrates explainable artificialintelligence(XAI)with geotechnical insights to model the UCS of MICP-treated sands.Using 517 experimental data points and a combination of various input variables—including median grain size(D50),coefficientof uniformity(Cu),void ratio(e),urea concentration(Mu),calcium concentration(Mc),optical density(OD)of bacterial solution,pH,and total injection volume(Vt)—fivemachine learning(ML)models,including eXtreme gradient boosting(XGBoost),Light gradient boosting machine(LightGBM),random forest(RF),gene expression programming(GEP),and multivariate adaptive regression splines(MARS),were developed and optimized.The ensemble models(XGBoost,LightGBM,and RF)were optimized using the Chernobyl disaster optimizer(CDO),a recently developed metaheuristic algorithm.Of these,LightGBM-CDO achieved the highest accuracy for UCS prediction.XAI techniques like feature importance analysis(FIA),SHapley additive exPlanations(SHAP),and partial dependence plots(PDPs)were also used to investigate the complex non-linear relationships between the input and output variables.The results obtained have demonstrated that the XAI-driven models can enhance the predictive accuracy and interpretability of MICP processes,offering a sustainable pathway for optimizing geotechnical applications.
