梳理经济时间序列可解释AI方法,解决模型黑箱与政策应用难题。
Explainable Artificial Intelligence for Economic Time Series: A Comprehensive Review and a Systematic Taxonomy of Methods and Concepts
- 按解释机制与时间特性分类,构建可解释AI系统框架。
- 提出向量与窗口化改进方法,降低滞后碎片化,提升效率与可读性。
- 关联因果推断与政策分析,助力经济决策与结构变化监测。
可解释人工智能(XAI)在计算经济学中的需求日益增长,因其能超越传统计量模型的预测能力,却难以审计和用于政策制定。本文综述并系统组织了经济时间序列领域中关于XAI的研究文献。考虑到自相关、非平稳性、季节性、混合频率及制度转换等特性,标准解释技术可能不可靠或经济上不合理。我们提出一种分类体系,依据解释机制(如基于传播的积分梯度、层间重要性传播;基于扰动与博弈论的置换重要性、LIME、SHAP;基于函数的全局工具如累积局部效应)和时间序列兼容性(保持时序依赖、时间稳定性、符合数据生成约束)。整合了针对时间序列特性的改进方法,如向量与窗口形式(如Vector SHAP、WindowSHAP),有效减少滞后碎片化,降低计算成本,增强可解释性。还将可解释性与因果推断及政策分析结合,引入干预性归因(因果Shapley值)和受限反事实推理。最后讨论了内在可解释架构(尤其是基于注意力的Transformer),为实时预测、压力测试和制度监控等决策级应用提供指导,强调归因不确定性与解释动态作为结构性变化的指标。
原文摘要 · Abstract (English)
Explainable Artificial Intelligence (XAI) is increasingly required in computational economics, where machine-learning forecasters can outperform classical econometric models but remain difficult to audit and use for policy. This survey reviews and organizes the growing literature on XAI for economic time series, where autocorrelation, non-stationarity, seasonality, mixed frequencies, and regime shifts can make standard explanation techniques unreliable or economically implausible. We propose a taxonomy that classifies methods by (i) explanation mechanism: propagation-based approaches (e.g., Integrated Gradients, Layer-wise Relevance Propagation), perturbation and game-theoretic attribution (e.g., permutation importance, LIME, SHAP), and function-based global tools (e.g., Accumulated Local Effects); (ii) time-series compatibility, including preservation of temporal dependence, stability over time, and respect for data-generating constraints. We synthesize time-series-specific adaptations such as vector- and window-based formulations (e.g., Vector SHAP, WindowSHAP) that reduce lag fragmentation and computational cost while improving interpretability. We also connect explainability to causal inference and policy analysis through interventional attributions (Causal Shapley values) and constrained counterfactual reasoning. Finally, we discuss intrinsically interpretable architectures (notably attention-based transformers) and provide guidance for decision-grade applications such as nowcasting, stress testing, and regime monitoring, emphasizing attribution uncertainty and explanation dynamics as indicators of structural change.
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