Enhancing Neural Network Interpretability Through Conductance-Based Information Plane Analysis

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2408.14681v1
• Date: Mon, 26 Aug 2024 23:10:42 GMT
• Title: Enhancing Neural Network Interpretability Through Conductance-Based Information Plane Analysis
• Authors: Jaouad Dabounou, Amine Baazzouz,
• Abstract summary: The Information Plane is a conceptual framework used to analyze the flow of information in neural networks. This paper introduces a new approach that uses layer conductance, a measure of sensitivity to input features, to enhance the Information Plane analysis.
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• License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
• Abstract: The Information Plane is a conceptual framework used to analyze the flow of information in neural networks, but traditional methods based on activations may not fully capture the dynamics of information processing. This paper introduces a new approach that uses layer conductance, a measure of sensitivity to input features, to enhance the Information Plane analysis. By incorporating gradient-based contributions, we provide a more precise characterization of information dynamics within the network. The proposed conductance-based Information Plane and a new Information Transformation Efficiency (ITE) metric are evaluated on pretrained ResNet50 and VGG16 models using the ImageNet dataset. Our results demonstrate the ability to identify critical hidden layers that contribute significantly to model performance and interpretability, giving insights into information compression, preservation, and utilization across layers. The conductance-based approach offers a granular perspective on feature attribution, enhancing our understanding of the decision-making processes within neural networks. Furthermore, our empirical findings challenge certain theoretical predictions of the Information Bottleneck theory, highlighting the complexities of information dynamics in real-world data scenarios. The proposed method not only advances our understanding of information dynamics in neural networks but also has the potential to significantly impact the broader field of Artificial Intelligence by enabling the development of more interpretable, efficient, and robust models.

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