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Captum (PyTorch) — model interpretability and feature attribution. Integrated Gradients, DeepLIFT, SmoothGrad, Occlusion, SHAP approximation, and Layer-wise Relevance Propagation. For vision and text models.

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Overview

Captum (Comprehension in PyTorch) provides model interpretability for PyTorch models. Implements Integrated Gradients, Gradient SHAP, DeepLIFT, Occlusion, Feature Ablation, and Layer Conductance. Supports computer vision, NLP, and tabular models.

Installation

uv pip install captum

Integrated Gradients

import torch
import torch.nn as nn
from captum.attr import IntegratedGradients

model = nn.Linear(10, 2)
input = torch.randn(1, 10)
baseline = torch.zeros(1, 10)

ig = IntegratedGradients(model)
attrs = ig.attribute(input, baseline, target=0)
print(f"Feature attributions: {attrs}")

Occlusion

from captum.attr import Occlusion

occ = Occlusion(model)
attrs = occ.attribute(input, target=0, sliding_window_shapes=(1,))  # 1D
print(attrs)

Visualization

from captum.attr import visualization as viz

_ = viz.visualize_image_attr(
    attrs.squeeze().numpy(),
    original_image=input.squeeze().numpy(),
    method="heat_map",
    sign="absolute_value",
    show_colorbar=True,
)

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