XAI Approaches to Improve the Interpretability of Deep Decision Trees through Visualization and Class Decomposition Strategies: Systematic Mapping

Autores:: Álvarez-Castro, Astrid
Ordoñez-Erazo, Hugo-Armando
Cobos-Lozada, Carlos-Alberto

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Fecha de publicación:: 2026

Institución:: Universidad Pedagógica y Tecnológica de Colombia

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title	XAI Approaches to Improve the Interpretability of Deep Decision Trees through Visualization and Class Decomposition Strategies: Systematic Mapping
spellingShingle	XAI Approaches to Improve the Interpretability of Deep Decision Trees through Visualization and Class Decomposition Strategies: Systematic Mapping Deep decision trees Explainable Artificial Intelligence (XAI) Interpretability Machine learning Multiclass classification Visualization Aprendizaje automático Árboles de decisión profundos Clasificación multiclase Inteligencia artificial explicable Interpretabilidad Visualización
title_short	XAI Approaches to Improve the Interpretability of Deep Decision Trees through Visualization and Class Decomposition Strategies: Systematic Mapping
title_full	XAI Approaches to Improve the Interpretability of Deep Decision Trees through Visualization and Class Decomposition Strategies: Systematic Mapping
title_fullStr	XAI Approaches to Improve the Interpretability of Deep Decision Trees through Visualization and Class Decomposition Strategies: Systematic Mapping
title_full_unstemmed	XAI Approaches to Improve the Interpretability of Deep Decision Trees through Visualization and Class Decomposition Strategies: Systematic Mapping
title_sort	XAI Approaches to Improve the Interpretability of Deep Decision Trees through Visualization and Class Decomposition Strategies: Systematic Mapping
dc.creator.fl_str_mv	Álvarez-Castro, Astrid Ordoñez-Erazo, Hugo-Armando Cobos-Lozada, Carlos-Alberto
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dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv	Deep decision trees Explainable Artificial Intelligence (XAI) Interpretability Machine learning Multiclass classification Visualization Aprendizaje automático Árboles de decisión profundos Clasificación multiclase Inteligencia artificial explicable Interpretabilidad Visualización
topic	Deep decision trees Explainable Artificial Intelligence (XAI) Interpretability Machine learning Multiclass classification Visualization Aprendizaje automático Árboles de decisión profundos Clasificación multiclase Inteligencia artificial explicable Interpretabilidad Visualización
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spelling	Álvarez-Castro, AstridOrdoñez-Erazo, Hugo-ArmandoCobos-Lozada, Carlos-Alberto2026-04-02 07:26:142026-04-16T17:47:52Z2026-04-02 07:26:142026-04-020121-1129https://repositorio.uptc.edu.co/handle/001/2161910.19053/uptc.01211129.v35.n75.2026.205462357-5328https://doi.org/10.19053/uptc.01211129.v35.n75.2026.20546application/pdfUniversidad Pedagógica y Tecnológica de ColombiaAstrid Álvarez-Castro, Hugo-Armando Ordoñez-Erazo, Carlos-Alberto Cobos-Lozada - 2026https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessThis work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.http://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_abf2https://revistas.uptc.edu.co/index.php/ingenieria/article/view/20546Deep decision treesExplainable Artificial Intelligence (XAI)InterpretabilityMachine learningMulticlass classificationVisualizationAprendizaje automáticoÁrboles de decisión profundosClasificación multiclaseInteligencia artificial explicableInterpretabilidadVisualizaciónXAI Approaches to Improve the Interpretability of Deep Decision Trees through Visualization and Class Decomposition Strategies: Systematic MappingArtículo de revistahttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_6501http://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_2df8fbb1info:eu-repo/semantics/articleJournal articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionTexthttp://purl.org/coar/version/c_970fb48d4fbd8a85P. 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