Machine learning methods have grown significantly, but their practical use in critical domains is hindered by their opacity.
Counterfactual explanations (CFEs) offer insights into altering decisions made by ML models, yet existing methods often require access to the model's training dataset.
A novel model-agnostic CFE method, NTD-CFE, based on reinforcement learning, is introduced to generate explanations without needing the training dataset.
NTD-CFE is designed for static and multivariate time-series datasets, reducing the search space and making CFEs more actionable by requiring fewer and smaller changes.