FADEx: Feature Attribution and Distortion-based Explanation of Dimensionality Reduction

תקציר מקורי באנגליתarXiv:2607.27463v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Dimensionality Reduction (DR) is a fundamental tool for high-dimensional data exploration, reducing the complexity of latent spaces of machine learning models, and assisting in the explanation of complex opaque models. However, non-linear DR techniques often function as opaque transformations themselves, making it challenging to understand how individual features influence instance positioning in the reduced space. This lack of transparency complicates the analysis and interpretation of structural patterns, hindering the ability to reason about the organization of high-dimensional data based on the projected layout. In order to address this challenge, dimensionality reduction explanation methods have shown promise in improving the understandi