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Christoph Molnar

Independent researcher and book author
Verified email at christophmolnar.com
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[BOOK][B] Interpretable machine learning

C Molnar - 2020 - books.google.com
This book is about making machine learning models and their decisions interpretable. After
exploring the concepts of interpretability, you will learn about simple, interpretable models …

Interpretable machine learning–a brief history, state-of-the-art and challenges

C Molnar, G Casalicchio, B Bischl - Joint European conference on …, 2020 - Springer
We present a brief history of the field of interpretable machine learning (IML), give an
overview of state-of-the-art interpretation methods and discuss challenges. Research in IML …

[HTML][HTML] Multi-objective counterfactual explanations

S Dandl, C Molnar, M Binder, B Bischl - International Conference on …, 2020 - Springer
Counterfactual explanations are one of the most popular methods to make predictions of
black box machine learning models interpretable by providing explanations in the form of …

Explainable AI methods-a brief overview

A Holzinger, A Saranti, C Molnar, P Biecek… - … workshop on extending …, 2022 - Springer
Abstract Explainable Artificial Intelligence (xAI) is an established field with a vibrant
community that has developed a variety of very successful approaches to explain and …

[PDF][PDF] iml: An R package for interpretable machine learning

C Molnar, G Casalicchio, B Bischl - Journal of Open Source Software, 2018 - joss.theoj.org
Complex, non-parametric models, which are typically used in machine learning, have
proven to be successful in many prediction tasks. But these models usually operate as black …

TNF blockers inhibit spinal radiographic progression in ankylosing spondylitis by reducing disease activity: results from the Swiss Clinical Quality Management cohort

C Molnar, A Scherer, X Baraliakos… - Annals of the …, 2018 - ard.bmj.com
Objectives To analyse the impact of tumour necrosis factor inhibitors (TNFis) on spinal
radiographic progression in ankylosing spondylitis (AS). Methods Patients with AS in the …

Visualizing the feature importance for black box models

G Casalicchio, C Molnar, B Bischl - … 10–14, 2018, Proceedings, Part I 18, 2019 - Springer
In recent years, a large amount of model-agnostic methods to improve the transparency,
trustability, and interpretability of machine learning models have been developed. Based on …

[HTML][HTML] General pitfalls of model-agnostic interpretation methods for machine learning models

C Molnar, G König, J Herbinger, T Freiesleben… - … Workshop on Extending …, 2020 - Springer
An increasing number of model-agnostic interpretation techniques for machine learning
(ML) models such as partial dependence plots (PDP), permutation feature importance (PFI) …

[HTML][HTML] Model-agnostic feature importance and effects with dependent features: a conditional subgroup approach

C Molnar, G König, B Bischl, G Casalicchio - Data Mining and Knowledge …, 2023 - Springer
The interpretation of feature importance in machine learning models is challenging when
features are dependent. Permutation feature importance (PFI) ignores such dependencies …

[HTML][HTML] Relating the partial dependence plot and permutation feature importance to the data generating process

C Molnar, T Freiesleben, G König, J Herbinger… - World Conference on …, 2023 - Springer
Scientists and practitioners increasingly rely on machine learning to model data and draw
conclusions. Compared to statistical modeling approaches, machine learning makes fewer …