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Advancements in deep learning have enabled highly accurate arrhythmia detection from electrocardiogram (ECG) signals, but limited interpretability remains a barrier to clinical adoption. This study investigates the application of…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2025-08-26 Joschka Beck , Arlene John

Explainable AI~(XAI) methods such as SHAP can help discover feature attributions in black-box models. If the method reveals a significant attribution from a ``protected feature'' (e.g., gender, race) on the model output, the model is…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2024-08-14 Jun Yuan , Aritra Dasgupta

Streaming anomaly detection refers to the problem of detecting anomalous data samples in streams of data. This problem poses challenges that classical and deep anomaly detection methods are not designed to cope with, such as conceptual…

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Analyzing spatially varying effects is pivotal in geographic analysis. However, accurately capturing and interpreting this variability is challenging due to the increasing complexity and non-linearity of geospatial data. Recent advancements…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2024-12-18 Lingbo Liu

This paper addresses the problem of detecting anomalous activity in traffic networks where the network is not directly observed. Given knowledge of what the node-to-node traffic in a network should be, any activity that differs…

Methodology · Statistics 2019-02-20 Elizabeth Hou , Yasin Yilmaz , Alfred Hero

Interpretable Machine Learning (IML) is expected to remove significant barriers for the application of Machine Learning (ML) algorithms in power systems. This letter first seeks to showcase the benefits of SHapley Additive exPlanations…

We evaluate methods for applying unsupervised anomaly detection to cybersecurity applications on computer network traffic data, or flow. We borrow from the natural language processing literature and conceptualize flow as a sort of…

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Agriculture is increasingly challenged by climate change, soil degradation, and resource depletion, and hence requires advanced data-driven crop classification and recommendation solutions. This work presents an explainable ensemble…

In this paper, we address the critical need for interpretable and uncertainty-aware machine learning models in the context of online learning for high-risk industries, particularly cyber-security. While deep learning and other complex…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2024-11-15 Benjamin Kolicic , Alberto Caron , Chris Hicks , Vasilios Mavroudis

With the rapid development of the Internet, various types of anomaly traffic are threatening network security. We consider the problem of anomaly network traffic detection and propose a three-stage anomaly detection framework using only…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2024-03-19 Zhangxuan Dang , Yu Zheng , Xinglin Lin , Chunlei Peng , Qiuyu Chen , Xinbo Gao

To reduce the heavy computational burden of reactive power optimization of distribution networks, machine learning models are receiving increasing attention. However, most machine learning models (e.g., neural networks) are usually…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2023-11-08 Wenlong Liao , Benjamin Schäfer , Dalin Qin , Gonghao Zhang , Zhixian Wang , Zhe Yang

Ensuring transparency and trust in artificial intelligence (AI) models is essential as they are increasingly deployed in safety-critical and high-stakes domains. Explainable AI (XAI) has emerged as a promising approach to address this…

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The interpretability of models has become a crucial issue in Machine Learning because of algorithmic decisions' growing impact on real-world applications. Tree ensemble methods, such as Random Forests or XgBoost, are powerful learning tools…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2024-01-19 Giulia Di Teodoro , Marta Monaci , Laura Palagi

With the increasing frequency and sophistication of Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attacks, it has become critical to develop more efficient and interpretable detection methods. Traditional detection systems often struggle with…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2025-11-07 Paul Badu Yakubu , Lesther Santana , Mohamed Rahouti , Yufeng Xin , Abdellah Chehri , Mohammed Aledhari

In this paper we describe an approach for anomaly detection and its explainability in multivariate functional data. The anomaly detection procedure consists of transforming the series into a vector of features and using an Isolation forest…

Machine Learning · Statistics 2022-05-09 Mathieu Cura , Katarina Firdova , Céline Labart , Arthur Martel

To address the issues of stability and fidelity in interpretable learning, a novel interpretable methodology, ensemble interpretation, is presented in this paper which integrates multi-perspective explanation of various interpretation…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2023-12-12 Chao Min , Guoyong Liao , Guoquan Wen , Yingjun Li , Xing Guo

BGP is the de facto inter-domain routing protocol to ensure global connectivity of the Internet. However, various reasons, such as deliberate attacks or misconfigurations, could cause BGP routing anomalies. Traditional methods for BGP…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2024-02-27 Yihao Chen , Qilei Yin , Qi Li , Zhuotao Liu , Ke Xu , Yi Xu , Mingwei Xu , Ziqian Liu , Jianping Wu

Explainable AI (XAI) has become critical as transformer-based models are deployed in high-stakes applications including healthcare, legal systems, and financial services, where opacity hinders trust and accountability. Transformers…

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The rapid proliferation of Internet of Medical Things (IoMT) devices in healthcare has introduced unique cybersecurity challenges, primarily due to the diverse communication protocols and critical nature of these devices This research aims…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2025-02-18 Prathamesh Chandekar , Mansi Mehta , Swet Chandan