A survey and taxonomy of methods interpreting random forest models

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2407.12759v1
• Date: Wed, 17 Jul 2024 17:33:32 GMT
• Title: A survey and taxonomy of methods interpreting random forest models
• Authors: Maissae Haddouchi, Abdelaziz Berrado,
• Abstract summary: The interpretability of random forest (RF) models is a research topic of growing interest in the machine learning (ML) community. RF resulting model is regarded as a "black box" because of its numerous deep decision trees. This paper aims to provide an extensive review of methods used in the literature to interpret RF resulting models.
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• Abstract: The interpretability of random forest (RF) models is a research topic of growing interest in the machine learning (ML) community. In the state of the art, RF is considered a powerful learning ensemble given its predictive performance, flexibility, and ease of use. Furthermore, the inner process of the RF model is understandable because it uses an intuitive and intelligible approach for building the RF decision tree ensemble. However, the RF resulting model is regarded as a "black box" because of its numerous deep decision trees. Gaining visibility over the entire process that induces the final decisions by exploring each decision tree is complicated, if not impossible. This complexity limits the acceptance and implementation of RF models in several fields of application. Several papers have tackled the interpretation of RF models. This paper aims to provide an extensive review of methods used in the literature to interpret RF resulting models. We have analyzed these methods and classified them based on different axes. Although this review is not exhaustive, it provides a taxonomy of various techniques that should guide users in choosing the most appropriate tools for interpreting RF models, depending on the interpretability aspects sought. It should also be valuable for researchers who aim to focus their work on the interpretability of RF or ML black boxes in general.

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