ESC-Rules: Explainable, Semantically Constrained Rule Sets

08/26/2022
by   Martin Glauer, et al.
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We describe a novel approach to explainable prediction of a continuous variable based on learning fuzzy weighted rules. Our model trains a set of weighted rules to maximise prediction accuracy and minimise an ontology-based 'semantic loss' function including user-specified constraints on the rules that should be learned in order to maximise the explainability of the resulting rule set from a user perspective. This system fuses quantitative sub-symbolic learning with symbolic learning and constraints based on domain knowledge. We illustrate our system on a case study in predicting the outcomes of behavioural interventions for smoking cessation, and show that it outperforms other interpretable approaches, achieving performance close to that of a deep learning model, while offering transparent explainability that is an essential requirement for decision-makers in the health domain.

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