Exploring Kolmogorov Arnold Networks for Interpretable Mental Health Detection and Classification from Social Media Text

Ajay Surya Jampana, Mohitha Velagapudi, Neethu Mohan, Sachin Kumar S


Abstract
Mental health analysis from social media text demands both high accuracy and interpretability for responsible healthcare applications. This paper explores Kolmogorov Arnold Networks (KANs) for mental health detection and classification, demonstrating their superior performance compared to Multi-Layer Perceptrons (MLPs) in accuracy while requiring fewer parameters. To further enhance interpretability, we leverage the Local Interpretable Model Agnostic Explanations (LIME) method to identify key features, resulting in a simplified KAN model. This allows us to derive governing equations for each class, providing a deeper understanding of the relationships between texts and mental health conditions.
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2024.icon-1.23
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Proceedings of the 21st International Conference on Natural Language Processing (ICON)
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December
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2024
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AU-KBC Research Centre, Chennai, India
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Sobha Lalitha Devi, Karunesh Arora
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NLP Association of India (NLPAI)
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206–214
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Ajay Surya Jampana, Mohitha Velagapudi, Neethu Mohan, and Sachin Kumar S. 2024. Exploring Kolmogorov Arnold Networks for Interpretable Mental Health Detection and Classification from Social Media Text. In Proceedings of the 21st International Conference on Natural Language Processing (ICON), pages 206–214, AU-KBC Research Centre, Chennai, India. NLP Association of India (NLPAI).
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Exploring Kolmogorov Arnold Networks for Interpretable Mental Health Detection and Classification from Social Media Text (Jampana et al., ICON 2024)
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