提出GNN全局特征解释框架,揭示模型依赖的关键输入属性。
GRAFT: Auditing Graph Neural Networks via Global Feature Attribution

- 通过示例选择与梯度归因结合,生成每类别的特征重要性画像。
- 在多数据集上验证可捕捉关键特征,支持偏差分析与高效迁移学习。
- 用大模型生成自然语言规则,提升解释结果的人类可读性。
图神经网络(GNN)在节点分类任务中表现优异,但其决策过程难以解释,尤其是哪些输入特征驱动了预测结果。现有全局解释方法主要关注结构层面的子图模式,缺乏对输入节点属性层面的全局解释。本文提出GRAFT,一种后处理的全局解释框架,能够为每个类别构建特征重要性分布。该方法结合多样性引导的示例选择、基于积分梯度的归因和聚合策略,形成每类别的全局特征影响视图,并进一步利用大语言模型进行自优化,生成简洁的自然语言规则。我们在多个数据集、模型架构和实验设置下评估GRAFT,结果表明其能有效捕捉模型相关特征,支持偏差分析,并实现特征高效的迁移学习。此外,我们设计了一套结构化的人类评估协议,从准确性与实用性等维度评估生成规则的可解释性。结果表明,GRAFT为GNN的特征级行为分析提供了一种实用且可理解的方法,实现了量化归因与人类可读解释的桥梁。
原文摘要 · Abstract (English)
Graph Neural Networks (GNNs) achieve strong performance on node classification tasks but remain difficult to interpret, particularly with respect to which input features drive their predictions. Existing global GNN explainers operate at the structural level identifying recurring subgraph motifs, but none explain model behaviour globally at the level of input node attributes. We propose GRAFT, a posthoc global explanation framework that identifies class-level feature importance profiles for GNNs. The method combines diversity-guided exemplar selection, Integrated Gradients-based attribution, and aggregation to construct a global view of feature influence for each class, which can be further expressed as concise natural language rules using a large language model with self-refinement. We evaluate GRAFT across multiple datasets, architectures, and experimental settings, demonstrating its effectiveness in capturing model-relevant features, supporting bias analysis, and enabling feature-efficient transfer learning. In addition, we introduce a structured human evaluation protocol to assess the interpretability of generated rules along dimensions such as accuracy and usefulness. Our results suggest that GRAFT provides a practical and interpretable approach for analysing feature-level behaviour in GNNs, bridging quantitative attribution with human-understandable explanations.
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