A Survey of Post-Hoc XAI Methods From a Visualization Perspective: Challenges and Opportunities

XAI (eXplainable AI) has become a pivotal area of research with the advancement of deep learning (DL) technologies and applications. Post-hoc explanation methods interpret deep learning predictions by uncovering the significance of input features, while visualization tools can contribute to a deep u...

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Main Authors: Deepshikha Bhati, MD Amiruzzaman, Ye Zhao, Angela Guercio, Tram Le
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Ye Zhao
Angela Guercio
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description XAI (eXplainable AI) has become a pivotal area of research with the advancement of deep learning (DL) technologies and applications. Post-hoc explanation methods interpret deep learning predictions by uncovering the significance of input features, while visualization tools can contribute to a deep understanding of AI model reasoning based on these methods. In this paper, we survey a broad spectrum of post-hoc explanation methods and the visual analytics work based on them. First, we categorize the computational methods into four main types: perturbation-based, gradient-based, decomposition-based, and concept-based. While the first three focus on attributing the model’s output to specific regions of the input image, concept-based methods provide global explanations by mapping human-understandable concepts to high-level features. Then, we examine the methodologies, features, strengths, and limitations of each approach. Moreover, we review existing visualization-focused work based on these computational methods. Finally, we discuss further research challenges and opportunities for XAI visualization with post-hoc explanation.
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spelling doaj-art-dd8fe3aa6f214e8ebaaa1469263799862025-08-20T03:51:03ZengIEEEIEEE Access2169-35362025-01-011312078512080610.1109/ACCESS.2025.358113611039632A Survey of Post-Hoc XAI Methods From a Visualization Perspective: Challenges and OpportunitiesDeepshikha Bhati0https://orcid.org/0009-0002-0115-6026MD Amiruzzaman1https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2292-5798Ye Zhao2https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3877-0943Angela Guercio3Tram Le4https://orcid.org/0009-0002-6679-2584Department of Computer Science, Kent State University, Kent, OH, USADepartment of Computer Science, West Chester University, West Chester, PA, USADepartment of Computer Science, Kent State University, Kent, OH, USADepartment of Computer Science, Kent State University, Kent, OH, USADepartment of Computer Science, Kent State University, Kent, OH, USAXAI (eXplainable AI) has become a pivotal area of research with the advancement of deep learning (DL) technologies and applications. Post-hoc explanation methods interpret deep learning predictions by uncovering the significance of input features, while visualization tools can contribute to a deep understanding of AI model reasoning based on these methods. In this paper, we survey a broad spectrum of post-hoc explanation methods and the visual analytics work based on them. First, we categorize the computational methods into four main types: perturbation-based, gradient-based, decomposition-based, and concept-based. While the first three focus on attributing the model’s output to specific regions of the input image, concept-based methods provide global explanations by mapping human-understandable concepts to high-level features. Then, we examine the methodologies, features, strengths, and limitations of each approach. Moreover, we review existing visualization-focused work based on these computational methods. Finally, we discuss further research challenges and opportunities for XAI visualization with post-hoc explanation.https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/11039632/Deep learning visualizationexplainable AI (XAI)post-hoc explanationvisual analytics
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A Survey of Post-Hoc XAI Methods From a Visualization Perspective: Challenges and Opportunities
IEEE Access
Deep learning visualization
explainable AI (XAI)
post-hoc explanation
visual analytics
title A Survey of Post-Hoc XAI Methods From a Visualization Perspective: Challenges and Opportunities
title_full A Survey of Post-Hoc XAI Methods From a Visualization Perspective: Challenges and Opportunities
title_fullStr A Survey of Post-Hoc XAI Methods From a Visualization Perspective: Challenges and Opportunities
title_full_unstemmed A Survey of Post-Hoc XAI Methods From a Visualization Perspective: Challenges and Opportunities
title_short A Survey of Post-Hoc XAI Methods From a Visualization Perspective: Challenges and Opportunities
title_sort survey of post hoc xai methods from a visualization perspective challenges and opportunities
topic Deep learning visualization
explainable AI (XAI)
post-hoc explanation
visual analytics
url https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/11039632/
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