Stub entry: single definition derived from the NIST trustworthy-AI glossary; sector-specific readings not yet documented — contributions welcome.
Post-hoc explainability targets models that are not readily interpretable by design by resorting to diverse means to enhance their interpretability, such as text explanations, visual explanations, local explanations, explanations by example, explanations by simplification and feature relevance explanations techniques. Each of these techniques covers one of the most common ways humans explain systems and processes by themselves.
NIST AIRC, The Language of Trustworthy AI glossary (public-domain compilation), entry 'post-hoc explanation', definition attributed to NISTIR_8312_Full