xplaineff: Decomposing Global Feature Effects Based on Feature Interactions

Implements the GADGET (Generalized Additive Decomposition of Global EffecTs) algorithm for interpretable machine learning. The package recursively partitions the feature space to minimize heterogeneity of feature effects (e.g., Accumulated Local Effects or Partial Dependence), producing a tree of regions where effects are more stable. It supports both ALE and PD strategies, works with 'mlr3' learners and provides visualization of the interaction tree and regional effect plots. The method is described in Herbinger, J., Wright, M. N., Nagler, T., Bischl, B., and Casalicchio, G. (2024), "Decomposing Global Feature Effects Based on Feature Interactions" <https://jmlr.org/papers/volume25/23-0699/23-0699.pdf>.

Version: 0.1.0
Depends: R (≥ 4.3.0)
Imports: checkmate (≥ 2.3.2), cli (≥ 3.0.0), data.table (≥ 1.14.0), ggplot2 (≥ 3.5.2), ggraph (≥ 2.2.1), igraph (≥ 2.1.4), mlr3misc (≥ 0.14.0), patchwork (≥ 1.3.0), R6 (≥ 2.6.1), Rcpp (≥ 1.0.0)
LinkingTo: Rcpp, RcppArmadillo
Suggests: testthat (≥ 3.0.0), iml (≥ 0.11.4), mlr3, mlr3learners, ranger, ISLR2, rpart, withr, xgboost
Published: 2026-09-14
DOI: 10.32614/CRAN.package.xplaineff (may not be active yet)
Author: Zizheng Zhang [aut, cre]
Maintainer: Zizheng Zhang <Zizheng.Zhang at stat.uni-muenchen.de>
BugReports: https://github.com/mlr-org/xplaineff/issues
License: MIT + file LICENSE
URL: https://github.com/mlr-org/xplaineff
NeedsCompilation: yes
Materials: README, NEWS
CRAN checks: xplaineff results

Documentation:

Reference manual: xplaineff.html , xplaineff.pdf

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Package source: xplaineff_0.1.0.tar.gz
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