arXiv:2602.00331cs.LGphysics.ao-ph2026-02

为地理空间数据设计可解释的原型神经网络,区分各通道特征影响。

Prototype-based Explainable Neural Networks with Channel-specific Reasoning for Geospatial Learning Tasks

  • 基于通道特异性原型构建可解释模型,匹配多源环境变量输入。
  • 在气候相位分类与土地利用识别任务中表现接近标准网络。
  • 适合需透明决策过程的地理科学、遥感分析等场景。

可解释人工智能(XAI)对于理解机器学习决策机制、保障科学应用中的模型可信度至关重要。原型驱动的XAI方法提供内在可解释性,优于常产生不一致解释的后处理方法。现有原型模型主要针对标准RGB图像,未优化地理科学中常见的多通道、变量特异的数据。本文提出一种面向多通道地理空间数据的原型式可解释方法,每个通道代表特定物理环境变量或光谱波段。该方法能从多个训练样本中识别出独立的通道特异性原型,揭示各特征如何单独及联合影响预测结果,并保持与标准神经网络相当的性能。通过两个案例验证:(1)使用多变量气候数据分类莫恩德尔-朱利安振荡相位;(2)基于多光谱卫星影像进行土地利用分类。该方法生成实例级与模型级双重解释,提升对通道特征重要性的洞察力。通过显式引入通道原型,显著增强地理科学学习任务中模型的透明性与可信度。

原文摘要 · Abstract (English)

Explainable AI (XAI) is essential for understanding machine learning (ML) decision-making and ensuring model trustworthiness in scientific applications. Prototype-based XAI methods offer an intrinsically interpretable alternative to post-hoc approaches which often yield inconsistent explanations. Prototype-based XAI methods make predictions based on the similarity between inputs and learned prototypes that represent typical characteristics of target classes. However, existing prototype-based models are primarily designed for standard RGB image data and are not optimized for the distinct, variable-specific channels commonly found in geoscientific image and raster datasets. In this study, we develop a prototype-based XAI approach tailored for multi-channel geospatial data, where each channel represents a distinct physical environmental variable or spectral channel. Our approach enables the model to identify separate, channel-specific prototypical characteristics sourced from multiple distinct training examples that inform how these features individually and in combination influence model prediction while achieving comparable performance to standard neural networks. We demonstrate this method through two geoscientific case studies: (1) classification of Madden Julian Oscillation phases using multi-variable climate data and (2) land-use classification from multispectral satellite imagery. This approach produces both local (instance-level) and global (model-level) explanations for providing insights into feature-relevance across channels. By explicitly incorporating channel-prototypes into the prediction process, we discuss how this approach enhances the transparency and trustworthiness of ML models for geoscientific learning tasks.

可解释AI地理空间原型网络

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