Contextualizing support vector machine predictions

Abstract

Classification in artificial intelligence is usually understood as a process whereby several objects are evaluated to predict the class(es) those objects belong to. Aiming to improve the interpretability of predictions resulting from a support vector machine classification process, we explore the use of augmented appraisal degrees to put those predictions in context. A use case, in which the classes of handwritten digits are predicted, illustrates how the interpretability of such predictions is benefitted from their contextualization.