arXiv:2606.09404stat.MLcs.AI2026-06

提出SAILS框架,可解析机器学习模型中特征交互的函数形式。

SAILS: Surrogate-based Analysis of Interactions via Local Effect Smooths

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  • 用可解释的广义加性模型拟合黑箱模型局部效应,分析成对特征交互。
  • 通过平滑项显著性检验,检测并分类交互类型为线性、可分离或不可分离。
  • 适合需要理解交互机制的研究者,尤其关注特征间作用关系的场景。

特征交互驱动了机器学习模型的大部分预测能力,但现有解释方法仅能检测和量化交互,无法揭示其函数形式,或仅可视化受限的交互类型。我们提出基于代理模型的局部效应平滑分析(SAILS),一种模型无关框架,通过可解释的广义加性模型(GAM)代理拟合黑箱模型的局部效应,分析成对交互。对于感兴趣的特征区间,代理模型的平滑项在导数层面分离出交互成分,实现:(i) 基于平滑项显著性检验的交互检测;(ii) 将交互形式分为线性、乘积可分与非乘积可分三类;(iii) 针对每类交互提供定制化可解释可视化。通过受控模拟和真实任务实证验证,SAILS在成对交互分析中表现有效,但在强特征相关性和高阶交互下存在局限。SAILS填补了XAI工具箱中的重要空白,不仅检测交互,更揭示其函数形式。

原文摘要 · Abstract (English)

Feature interactions drive much of the predictive power of machine learning models, yet existing explanation methods only detect and quantify interactions without revealing their functional form, or visualize only restricted interaction types. We propose Surrogate-based Analysis of Interactions via Local effect Smooths (SAILS), a model-agnostic framework that analyzes pairwise interactions through interpretable generalized additive model (GAM) surrogates fitted to the local effects of a black-box model. For each interval of a feature of interest, the surrogate smooth terms isolate the interaction components on derivative level, enabling (i) interaction detection through a heuristic derived from significance tests on smooth terms, (ii) interaction form categorization into linear, product-separable, and non-product-separable types, and (iii) tailored, interpretable visualizations for each interaction type. We empirically validate the framework through controlled simulations and a real-world task, demonstrating its effectiveness for pairwise interactions, with limitations under strong feature correlations and higher-order interactions. SAILS fills a notable gap in the XAI toolbox, going beyond detection of interactions alone to characterizing their functional form.

可解释AI特征交互可视化GAM

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