Advancing malware imagery classification with explainable deep learning: A state-of-the-art approach using SHAP, LIME and Grad-CAM.
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@article{allodium:10.1371/journal.pone.0318542,
title = {Advancing malware imagery classification with explainable deep learning: A state-of-the-art approach using SHAP, LIME and Grad-CAM.},
author = {Nazim S and Alam MM and Rizvi SS and Mustapha JC and Hussain SS and Suud MM},
year = {2025},
journal = {PloS one},
doi = {10.1371/journal.pone.0318542},
url = {https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0318542}
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TY - JOUR TI - Advancing malware imagery classification with explainable deep learning: A state-of-the-art approach using SHAP, LIME and Grad-CAM. AU - Nazim S AU - Alam MM AU - Rizvi SS AU - Mustapha JC AU - Hussain SS AU - Suud MM PY - 2025 JO - PloS one DO - 10.1371/journal.pone.0318542 UR - https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0318542 ER -
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S, N., MM, A., SS, R., JC, M., SS, H., & MM, S. (2025). Advancing malware imagery classification with explainable deep learning: A state-of-the-art approach using SHAP, LIME and Grad-CAM.. PloS one. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0318542
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