AI engineering glossary · AI ethics law product
What is local explanation?
Local explanation: An explanation of why a model made one specific prediction for one specific input, for example which features drove this particular customer's score. It contrasts with global explanations, which summarise the model's behaviour overall.
Local explanation: an example
For one rejected loan applicant, a local explanation says that a recent missed payment lowered the score the most.
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Where you learn it
Local explanation is part of the AI Engineering Program, which teaches it with notes, a hands-on lab and an exam. The first lesson is free.