SmoothGrad and SmoothGrad$\times$Input

SmoothGrad was introduced by D. Smilkov et al. (2017) and is an extension to the classical Vanilla Gradient method. It takes the mean of the gradients for n perturbations of each data point, i.e., with $\epsilon \sim N(0,\sigma)$ $$1/n \sum_n d f(x+ \epsilon)_j / d x_j.$$ Analogous to the Gradient$\times$Input method, you can also use the argument times_input to multiply the gradients by the inputs before taking the average (SmoothGrad$\times$Input).

The R6 class can also be initialized using the run_smoothgrad function as a helper function so that no prior knowledge of R6 classes is required.

References

D. Smilkov et al. (2017) SmoothGrad: removing noise by adding noise. CoRR, abs/1706.03825

Super classes

innsight::InterpretingMethod -> innsight::GradientBased -> SmoothGrad

Public fields

n: (integer(1))
Number of perturbations of the input data (default: $50$).
noise_level: (numeric(1))
The standard deviation of the Gaussian perturbation, i.e., $\sigma = (max(x) - min(x)) *$ noise_level.

Methods

Inherited methods

Method `new()`

Create a new instance of the SmoothGrad R6 class. When initialized, the method SmoothGrad or SmoothGrad$\times$Input is applied to the given data and the results are stored in the field result.

Usage

SmoothGrad$new(
  converter,
  data,
  channels_first = TRUE,
  output_idx = NULL,
  output_label = NULL,
  ignore_last_act = TRUE,
  times_input = FALSE,
  n = 50,
  noise_level = 0.1,
  verbose = interactive(),
  dtype = "float"
)

Arguments

converter

(Converter)
An instance of the Converter class that includes the torch-converted model and some other model-specific attributes. See Converter for details.

data

(array, data.frame, torch_tensor or list)
The data to which the method is to be applied. These must have the same format as the input data of the passed model to the converter object. This means either

an array, data.frame, torch_tensor or array-like format of size (batch_size, dim_in), if e.g., the model has only one input layer, or
a list with the corresponding input data (according to the upper point) for each of the input layers.

channels_first

(logical(1))
The channel position of the given data (argument data). If TRUE, the channel axis is placed at the second position between the batch size and the rest of the input axes, e.g., c(10,3,32,32) for a batch of ten images with three channels and a height and width of 32 pixels. Otherwise (FALSE), the channel axis is at the last position, i.e., c(10,32,32,3). If the data has no channel axis, use the default value TRUE.

output_idx

(integer, list or NULL)
These indices specify the output nodes for which the method is to be applied. In order to allow models with multiple output layers, there are the following possibilities to select the indices of the output nodes in the individual output layers:

An integer vector of indices: If the model has only one output layer, the values correspond to the indices of the output nodes, e.g., c(1,3,4) for the first, third and fourth output node. If there are multiple output layers, the indices of the output nodes from the first output layer are considered.
A list of integer vectors of indices: If the method is to be applied to output nodes from different layers, a list can be passed that specifies the desired indices of the output nodes for each output layer. Unwanted output layers have the entry NULL instead of a vector of indices, e.g., list(NULL, c(1,3)) for the first and third output node in the second output layer.
NULL (default): The method is applied to all output nodes in the first output layer but is limited to the first ten as the calculations become more computationally expensive for more output nodes.

output_label

(character, factor, list or NULL)
These values specify the output nodes for which the method is to be applied. Only values that were previously passed with the argument output_names in the converter can be used. In order to allow models with multiple output layers, there are the following possibilities to select the names of the output nodes in the individual output layers:

A character vector or factor of labels: If the model has only one output layer, the values correspond to the labels of the output nodes named in the passed Converter object, e.g., c("a", "c", "d") for the first, third and fourth output node if the output names are c("a", "b", "c", "d"). If there are multiple output layers, the names of the output nodes from the first output layer are considered.
A list of charactor/factor vectors of labels: If the method is to be applied to output nodes from different layers, a list can be passed that specifies the desired labels of the output nodes for each output layer. Unwanted output layers have the entry NULL instead of a vector of labels, e.g., list(NULL, c("a", "c")) for the first and third output node in the second output layer.
NULL (default): The method is applied to all output nodes in the first output layer but is limited to the first ten as the calculations become more computationally expensive for more output nodes.

ignore_last_act

(logical(1))
Set this logical value to include the last activation functions for each output layer, or not (default: TRUE). In practice, the last activation (especially for softmax activation) is often omitted.

times_input

(logical(1)
Multiplies the gradients with the input features. This method is called SmoothGrad$\times$Input.

n

(integer(1))
Number of perturbations of the input data (default: $50$).

noise_level

(numeric(1))
Determines the standard deviation of the Gaussian perturbation, i.e., $\sigma = (max(x) - min(x)) *$ noise_level.

verbose

(logical(1))
This logical argument determines whether a progress bar is displayed for the calculation of the method or not. The default value is the output of the primitive R function interactive().

dtype

(character(1))
The data type for the calculations. Use either 'float' for torch_float or 'double' for torch_double.

Method `clone()`

The objects of this class are cloneable with this method.

Usage

SmoothGrad$clone(deep = FALSE)

Arguments

deep: Whether to make a deep clone.

Examples

# ------------------------- Example 1: Torch -------------------------------
library(torch)

# Create nn_sequential model and data
model <- nn_sequential(
  nn_linear(5, 10),
  nn_relu(),
  nn_linear(10, 2),
  nn_sigmoid()
)
data <- torch_randn(25, 5)

# Create Converter
converter <- convert(model, input_dim = c(5))

# Calculate the smoothed Gradients
smoothgrad <- SmoothGrad$new(converter, data)

# You can also use the helper function `run_smoothgrad` for initializing
# an R6 SmoothGrad object
smoothgrad <- run_smoothgrad(converter, data)

# Print the result as a data.frame for first 5 rows
head(get_result(smoothgrad, "data.frame"), 5)
#>     data model_input model_output feature output_node       value      pred
#> 1 data_1     Input_1     Output_1      X1          Y1  0.07527412 0.6016443
#> 2 data_2     Input_1     Output_1      X1          Y1  0.02443361 0.5961083
#> 3 data_3     Input_1     Output_1      X1          Y1  0.02494310 0.6162397
#> 4 data_4     Input_1     Output_1      X1          Y1  0.09630632 0.6364036
#> 5 data_5     Input_1     Output_1      X1          Y1 -0.04847851 0.5773661
#>    decomp_sum decomp_goal input_dimension
#> 1 -0.05964340   0.4123209               1
#> 2 -0.05971592   0.3892754               1
#> 3 -0.21266545   0.4736177               1
#> 4 -0.04296483   0.5597886               1
#> 5 -0.06627831   0.3119700               1

# Plot the result for both classes
plot(smoothgrad, output_idx = 1:2)


# Plot the boxplot of all datapoints
boxplot(smoothgrad, output_idx = 1:2)


# ------------------------- Example 2: Neuralnet ---------------------------
if (require("neuralnet")) {
  library(neuralnet)
  data(iris)

  # Train a neural network
  nn <- neuralnet(Species ~ ., iris,
    linear.output = FALSE,
    hidden = c(10, 5),
    act.fct = "logistic",
    rep = 1
  )

  # Convert the trained model
  converter <- convert(nn)

  # Calculate the smoothed gradients
  smoothgrad <- run_smoothgrad(converter, iris[, -5], times_input = FALSE)

  # Plot the result for the first and 60th data point and all classes
  plot(smoothgrad, data_idx = c(1, 60), output_idx = 1:3)

  # Calculate SmoothGrad x Input and do not ignore the last activation
  smoothgrad <- run_smoothgrad(converter, iris[, -5], ignore_last_act = FALSE)

  # Plot the result again
  plot(smoothgrad, data_idx = c(1, 60), output_idx = 1:3)
}

# ------------------------- Example 3: Keras -------------------------------
if (require("keras") & keras::is_keras_available()) {
  library(keras)

  # Make sure keras is installed properly
  is_keras_available()

  data <- array(rnorm(64 * 60 * 3), dim = c(64, 60, 3))

  model <- keras_model_sequential()
  model %>%
    layer_conv_1d(
      input_shape = c(60, 3), kernel_size = 8, filters = 8,
      activation = "softplus", padding = "valid") %>%
    layer_conv_1d(
      kernel_size = 8, filters = 4, activation = "tanh",
      padding = "same") %>%
    layer_conv_1d(
      kernel_size = 4, filters = 2, activation = "relu",
      padding = "valid") %>%
    layer_flatten() %>%
    layer_dense(units = 64, activation = "relu") %>%
    layer_dense(units = 16, activation = "relu") %>%
    layer_dense(units = 3, activation = "softmax")

  # Convert the model
  converter <- convert(model)

  # Apply the SmoothGrad method
  smoothgrad <- run_smoothgrad(converter, data, channels_first = FALSE)

  # Plot the result for the first datapoint and all classes
  plot(smoothgrad, output_idx = 1:3)

  # Plot the result as boxplots for first two classes
  boxplot(smoothgrad, output_idx = 1:2)
}

#------------------------- Plotly plots ------------------------------------
if (require("plotly")) {
  # You can also create an interactive plot with plotly.
  # This is a suggested package, so make sure that it is installed
  library(plotly)

  # Result as boxplots
  boxplot(smoothgrad, as_plotly = TRUE)

  # Result of the second data point
  plot(smoothgrad, data_idx = 2, as_plotly = TRUE)
}

SmoothGrad and SmoothGrad\(\times\)Input

References

See also

Super classes

Public fields

Methods

Public methods

Method `new()`

Usage

Arguments

Method `clone()`

Usage

Arguments

Examples

SmoothGrad and SmoothGrad\(\times\)Input

References

See also

Super classes

Public fields

Methods

Public methods

Method new()

Usage

Arguments

Method clone()

Usage

Arguments

Examples

Method `new()`

Method `clone()`