The inadequacy of Shapley values for explainability

X Huang, J Marques-Silva - arxiv preprint arxiv:2302.08160, 2023 - arxiv.org
This paper develops a rigorous argument for why the use of Shapley values in explainable
AI (XAI) will necessarily yield provably misleading information about the relative importance …

On the failings of Shapley values for explainability

X Huang, J Marques-Silva - International Journal of Approximate …, 2024 - Elsevier
Abstract Explainable Artificial Intelligence (XAI) is widely considered to be critical for building
trust into the deployment of systems that integrate the use of machine learning (ML) models …

Predicting terrorist attacks in the United States using localized news data

SJ Krieg, CW Smith, R Chatterjee, NV Chawla - PloS one, 2022 - journals.plos.org
Terrorism is a major problem worldwide, causing thousands of fatalities and billions of
dollars in damage every year. To address this threat, we propose a novel feature …

Marburg virus outbreak and a new conspiracy theory: findings from a comprehensive analysis and forecasting of web behavior

N Thakur, S Cui, KA Patel, N Azizi, V Knieling, C Han… - Computation, 2023 - mdpi.com
During virus outbreaks in the recent past, web behavior mining, modeling, and analysis
have served as means to examine, explore, interpret, assess, and forecast the worldwide …

Local turn in knowledge production about post-conflict societies: the case of the Balkan peace index

N Džuverović - Journal of Intervention and Statebuilding, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
The notion that peace can be measured has been heavily criticised in peace and conflict
studies. The critique has even produced an alternative approach based on local voices and …

Word differences in news media of lower and higher peace countries revealed by natural language processing and machine learning

LS Liebovitch, W Powers, L Shi, A Chen-Carrel… - PLoS one, 2023 - journals.plos.org
Language is both a cause and a consequence of the social processes that lead to conflict or
peace.“Hate speech” can mobilize violence and destruction. What are the characteristics of …

Spatiotemporal evolution of hedging effects in Asia-Pacific countries amid Sino-US competition: Insights from massive event data

Q Hu, L Yuan, B Liu - PloS one, 2025 - journals.plos.org
Facing the pressure of Sino-US strategic competition, countries in the Asia-Pacific region
often adopt hedging strategies to minimize risk and protect their interests. If implemented …

A refutation of shapley values for explainability

X Huang, J Marques-Silva - arxiv preprint arxiv:2309.03041, 2023 - arxiv.org
Recent work demonstrated the existence of Boolean functions for which Shapley values
provide misleading information about the relative importance of features in rule-based …

Well-being and relative deprivation in a digital era

Z Hatami, S Yi, M Hall - Heliyon, 2022 - cell.com
Social unrest is a feature of the early 21st century, yet relatively little research binds
theoretical aspects with empirical validation of the drivers of protests and revolutions. This …

Does Green Overseas Investment Improve Public Perception in Host Countries? Evidence from Chinese Energy Engagement in 32 African Countries

C Nedopil, M Yue - Sustainability, 2024 - mdpi.com
This study examines whether and how green overseas economic engagement impacts
public perception in host countries as a form of soft power. We build an extensive country …