DecomCAM: Advancing Beyond Saliency Maps through Decomposition and Integration

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2405.18882v1
• Date: Wed, 29 May 2024 08:40:11 GMT
• Title: DecomCAM: Advancing Beyond Saliency Maps through Decomposition and Integration
• Authors: Yuguang Yang, Runtang Guo, Sheng Wu, Yimi Wang, Linlin Yang, Bo Fan, Jilong Zhong, Juan Zhang, Baochang Zhang,
• Abstract summary: Class Activation Map (CAM) methods highlight regions revealing the model's decision-making basis but lack clear saliency maps and detailed interpretability. We propose DecomCAM, a novel decomposition-and-integration method that distills shared patterns from channel activation maps. Experiments reveal that DecomCAM not only excels in locating accuracy but also achieves an optimizing balance between interpretability and computational efficiency.
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• License: http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/
• Abstract: Interpreting complex deep networks, notably pre-trained vision-language models (VLMs), is a formidable challenge. Current Class Activation Map (CAM) methods highlight regions revealing the model's decision-making basis but lack clear saliency maps and detailed interpretability. To bridge this gap, we propose DecomCAM, a novel decomposition-and-integration method that distills shared patterns from channel activation maps. Utilizing singular value decomposition, DecomCAM decomposes class-discriminative activation maps into orthogonal sub-saliency maps (OSSMs), which are then integrated together based on their contribution to the target concept. Extensive experiments on six benchmarks reveal that DecomCAM not only excels in locating accuracy but also achieves an optimizing balance between interpretability and computational efficiency. Further analysis unveils that OSSMs correlate with discernible object components, facilitating a granular understanding of the model's reasoning. This positions DecomCAM as a potential tool for fine-grained interpretation of advanced deep learning models. The code is avaible at https://github.com/CapricornGuang/DecomCAM.

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