Enhancing Interpretability for Vision Models via Shapley Value Optimization

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2512.14354v1
• Date: Tue, 16 Dec 2025 12:33:04 GMT
• Title: Enhancing Interpretability for Vision Models via Shapley Value Optimization
• Authors: Kanglong Fan, Yunqiao Yang, Chen Ma,
• Abstract summary: Self-explaining neural networks sacrifice performance and compatibility due to their specialized architectural designs.<n>We propose a novel self-explaining framework that integrates Shapley value estimation as an auxiliary task during training.<n>Our method achieves state-of-the-art interpretability.
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• License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
• Abstract: Deep neural networks have demonstrated remarkable performance across various domains, yet their decision-making processes remain opaque. Although many explanation methods are dedicated to bringing the obscurity of DNNs to light, they exhibit significant limitations: post-hoc explanation methods often struggle to faithfully reflect model behaviors, while self-explaining neural networks sacrifice performance and compatibility due to their specialized architectural designs. To address these challenges, we propose a novel self-explaining framework that integrates Shapley value estimation as an auxiliary task during training, which achieves two key advancements: 1) a fair allocation of the model prediction scores to image patches, ensuring explanations inherently align with the model's decision logic, and 2) enhanced interpretability with minor structural modifications, preserving model performance and compatibility. Extensive experiments on multiple benchmarks demonstrate that our method achieves state-of-the-art interpretability.

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