arXiv:2605.20088cs.LGcs.AI2026-05中稿 · IJCAI

为每条时间序列定制可解释的特征模式,提升分类准确率与可理解性。

INSHAPE: Instance-Level Shapelets for Interpretable Time-Series Classification

论文配图:INSHAPE: Instance-Level Shapelets for Interpretable Time-Series Classification
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  • 针对每条数据独立发现可变长度的时间模式
  • 在128个UCR和30个UEA数据集上性能领先
  • 兼顾个体解释性与全局模式提炼,适合需要透明决策的场景

发现时间序列中的判别性时序模式(shapelets)已被广泛研究,以应对时间序列分类(TSC)的内在复杂性并增强模型决策的可解释性。然而,现有方法主要关注在整个数据集上优化的群体级shapelets,导致两个根本局限:(i) 群体级模式常与实例特异性特征错位,造成性能不佳且解释误导;(ii) 多数方法将shapelets视为独立单元,忽略了多个模式间的时序依赖与交互。为此,我们提出INSHAPE——一种可解释的时间序列分类框架,能为每条时间序列发现非重叠、可变长度的判别性时序模式,并建模其时序依赖关系,实现清晰的实例级解释同时保持强预测性能。此外,INSHAPE通过自下而上的方式连接局部与全局可解释性,将实例级shapelets聚合为原型(群体级)shapelets。在128个UCR和30个UEA基准数据集上的大量实验表明,INSHAPE持续优于当前最先进的基于shapelet的方法,同时提供更直观、可解释的洞察。

原文摘要 · Abstract (English)

Discovering shapelets -- i.e., discriminative temporal patterns within time series -- has been widely studied to address the inherent complexity of time-series classification (TSC) and to make model decision-making processes more transparent. However, existing methods primarily focus on population-level shapelets optimized across the entire dataset, which leads to two fundamental limitations: (i) population-level patterns often misalign with instance-specific features, resulting in suboptimal performance and potentially misleading interpretations, and (ii) most methods treat shapelets as independent entities, overlooking important temporal dependencies and interactions among multiple patterns. To address these limitations, we propose INSHAPE, an interpretable TSC framework that discovers variable-length, discriminative temporal patterns specific to each time series. INSHAPE identifies these patterns as non-overlapping segments and models their temporal dependencies, thereby providing clear instance-level interpretations while achieving strong predictive performance. Furthermore, INSHAPE bridges local and global interpretability through a bottom-up approach, aggregating instance-level shapelets into prototypical (population-level) shapelets. Extensive experiments on 128 UCR and 30 UEA benchmark datasets show that INSHAPE consistently outperforms state-of-the-art shapelet-based methods while providing more intuitive and interpretable insights.

时间序列可解释性shapelet模式发现

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