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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 07, 2026
Filed:
Jun. 23, 2022
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Vikas C. Raykar, Bangalore, IN;
Sumanta Mukherjee, Bangalore, IN;
Nupur Aggarwal, Bangalore, IN;
Bhanukiran Vinzamuri, Long Island City, NY (US);
Arindam Jati, Bengaluru, IN;
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
A method, system, and computer program product for an interpretable, feature-based post-hoc black box explainer for univariate time series forecasters are provided. The method receives a set of time series forecasting predictions. The set of time series forecasting predictions are generated from a set of black-box models trained with an initial data set. The method generates a set of features based on at least a portion of the initial data set. A set of surrogate models are trained based on the set of time series forecasting predictions and at least a portion of the set of features. A subset of surrogate models is selected. Based on the subset of surrogate models, the method generates one or more explanation outputs for time series forecasting predictions of the set of black-box models.