DAERNN models censored data using neural networks with data augmentation.
problem Handling censored data in expectile regression.
method Data augmentation based Expectile Regression Neural Networks (ERNNs).
result DAERNN outperforms existing censored ERNNs methods and achieves comparable predictive performance to fully observed data.
A new boosting model handles dependent censoring in time-to-event data.
problem Independent censoring assumption leads to biased predictions in time-to-event analysis.
method Clayton-boost, a boosting approach using Clayton copula.
result Clayton-boost outperforms other methods in handling dependent censoring.
New method generates synthetic survival data by conditioning on event times and censoring indicators.
problem Generating accurate synthetic survival data with censored event times.
method Conditioning covariates on event times and censoring indicators using existing tabular data generation models.
result Our method consistently outperforms baselines and improves survival model performance.
This paper introduces a multi-output Gaussian process for censored data.
problem Modeling bias in censored data using correlations between multiple outputs.
method Heteroscedastic multi-output Gaussian process with input-dependent noise and variational inference.
result The model better estimates the true process under complex censoring dynamics.
The Brier score is commonly used for evaluating probability predictions. In survival analysis, with right-censored observations of the event times, this score can be weighted by the inverse probability of censoring (IPCW) to retain its original interpretation. It is common practice to estimate the censoring distributio…
Study learns Gaussian mixtures from censored data.
problem Learning Gaussian mixtures with incomplete data.
method Proposes an algorithm to estimate weights and means with minimal samples.
result Achieves accurate estimation with very few samples.
The paper benchmarks OS with RCTs, accounting for right-censoring.
problem Benchmarking observational studies with experimental data under censoring.
method Two cases: independent and dependent censoring. Censoring-doubly-robust signal for CATE.
result Effectiveness of censoring-aware tests verified via experiments and real data.
Boosting methods for interval-censored data improve predictive accuracy in survival analysis.
problem Handling interval-censored data in survival analysis and time-to-event studies.
method Nonparametric boosting methods using censoring unbiased transformations and functional gradient descent.
result Effective boosting methods for regression and classification with interval-censored data, offering robust performance.
RSF models censored functional data for better survival analysis.
problem Modeling survival trajectories with censored data.
method Random Survival Forest for Censored Functional Data (RSF).
result Good performance in predicting survival variables.
Deep learning improves quantile regression for censored survival data.
problem Predicting nonlinear patterns in censored survival data.
method Neural network with adjusted check function for inverse censoring distribution.
result Deep learning outperforms traditional quantile regression methods in prediction accuracy.
Paper addresses generalization error bounds for learning with censored feedback.
problem Impact of censored feedback on generalization error bounds.
method Derives an extension of DKW inequality for non-IID data due to censored feedback and uses it to bound generalization error.
result Existing generalization error bounds fail to account for censored feedback, necessitating new bounds.
Study on newsvendor problem with censored data, showing how much information is lost.
problem Minimizing costs in a newsvendor problem with limited historical demand data.
method Distributionally robust optimization framework, evaluating policies based on worst-case regret.
result Characterization of information loss due to demand censoring and development of a robust algorithm.
Survival forests estimate treatment effects with censored data.
problem Estimating treatment effects in survival analysis with censored data.
method Causal survival forests using orthogonal estimating equations.
result Survival forests perform well relative to baselines in treatment effect estimation.
New methods improve off-policy evaluation for survival outcomes with censoring.
problem Systematic underestimation of policy performance due to censoring bias in survival outcomes.
method Proposes IPCW-IPS and IPCW-DR to handle censoring bias in survival outcomes.
result The proposed methods are unbiased and achieve double robustness.
New estimator for survival function with missing not at random censoring indicators.
problem Estimating survival function with missing not at random censoring indicators.
method Proposes a new estimator based on a conditional copula model for the missingness mechanism.
result Provides a new method for estimating conditional survival function with MNAR censoring indicators.
The paper proposes a new model to better estimate demand from censored data.
problem Challenges in inferring true demand from aggregate, censored data.
method Combines Tobit likelihood with graph diffusion process in Gaussian Processes.
result The new model produces more accurate out-of-sample predictions.
Bayesian active learning method improved for censored regression data.
problem Challenges in estimating BALD for censored regression data.
method Derived entropy and mutual information for censored distributions, developed C-BALD objective, proposed novel modelling approach. result Demonstrated C-BALD outperforms other methods in censored regression. MISTR improves HTE estimation in survival data with heavy censoring and instrumental variables.
problem Estimating HTE in survival data with censoring and unobserved confounders.
method MISTR uses recursively imputed survival trees to handle censoring and instrumental variables.
result MISTR outperforms existing methods under heavy censoring and instrumental variable settings.
Efficient neural Bayes estimators for censored peaks-over-threshold models improve inference speed and accuracy.
problem Computational burden in inference with spatial extremal dependence models due to intractable or censored likelihoods.
method Developed neural Bayes estimators using data augmentation techniques to encode censoring information.
result Significant gains in computational and statistical efficiency compared to traditional methods.
Random forests are powerful non-parametric regression method but are severely limited in their usage in the presence of randomly censored observations, and naively applied can exhibit poor predictive performance due to the incurred biases. Based on a local adaptive representation of random forests, we develop its regre…
Random forests are powerful non-parametric regression method but are severely limited in their usage in the presence of randomly censored observations, and naively applied can exhibit poor predictive performance due to the incurred biases. Based on a local adaptive representation of random forests, we develop its regre…
The paper forecasts corporate distress using a novel MIDAS logistic regression method.
problem Forecasting corporate distress with right-censored data, high-dimensional predictors, and mixed-frequency data.
method The paper introduces a novel high-dimensional censored MIDAS logistic regression method that handles censoring through inverse probability weighting and employs a sparse-group penalty for mixed-frequency predictors.
result The method achieves accurate estimation and superior performance in predicting financial distress of Chinese-listed firms.
Bayesian optimization (BO) aims to minimize a given blackbox function using a model that is updated whenever new evidence about the function becomes available. Here, we address the problem of BO under partially right-censored response data, where in some evaluations we only obtain a lower bound on the function value. T…
Paper develops conformalized survival analysis method for better prediction.
problem Survival analysis models often misspecify and require strong assumptions.
method Uses conformal prediction to wrap around any survival prediction algorithm.
result Lower predictive bounds provide guaranteed coverage without strong assumptions.
This work tackles fitting Hawkes processes to interval-censored data.
problem Fitting Hawkes processes to aggregated event counts without exact times.
method Developed MBPP, IC-LL, exogenous functions, and approximation methods.
result Connected Hawkes Intensity Process (HIP) to MBPP.
Develops a Bayesian method for causal inference with partly censored time-to-event data.
problem Estimating causal effects with unobserved confounders and measurement errors in partly censored time-to-event data.
method Semiparametric Bayesian instrumental variable analysis using a two-stage Dirichlet process mixture model.
result The proposed method outperforms competing methods in simulations and real-world data analysis.
ICODEN models survival data with interval-censored times using neural networks and ODEs.
problem Predicting time-to-event outcomes with interval-censored data, especially when models require strong assumptions or cannot handle high-dimensional predictors.
method ICODEN uses ordinary differential equations and deep neural networks to model the hazard function and cumulative hazard without proportional hazards assumption.
result ICODEN achieves satisfactory predictive accuracy across various simulation and real-world applications, handling high-dimensional predictors robustly.
GCQRF predicts survival quantiles without linearity assumptions.
problem Survival analysis with right censoring and nonlinearity.
method Global Censored Quantile Random Forest (GCQRF) for complex relationships.
result GCQRF outperforms existing methods in predictive accuracy.
auton-survival simplifies survival analysis for healthcare data.
problem Handling censored time-to-event data in healthcare.
method Open-source package for survival regression, adjustment, counterfactual estimation, phenotyping, and treatment effects.
result Demonstrates auton-survival's ability to support complex health and epidemiological questions.
We develop a model to cluster time-series data with interval censoring, improving disease phenotyping.
problem Noise and interval censoring hinder clustering in disease phenotyping.
method Deep generative, continuous-time model that clusters time-series data while correcting for censorship.
result Our model corrects for interval censoring and recovers known clinical subtypes.
New method identifies subgroups in censored data.
problem Identifying meaningful patterns in heterogeneous populations.
method Combining inverse probability weighting, M-estimation, and concave pairwise fusion penalization.
result Robust approach for censored data under heterogeneous AFT models.
New method estimates survival risks without strong proportional hazard assumptions.
problem Time-to-event prediction with censored data and competing risks.
method Jointly learns deep nonlinear representations for fully parametric survival regression.
result Demonstrates benefits in real-world datasets with different censoring levels.
The paper proposes a neural network model for estimating conditional mixture Weibull distributions with right-censored data.
problem Survival analysis with right-censored data in predictive maintenance and health fields.
method A neural network architecture is developed to estimate two-parameter Weibull distributions conditionally to features, extending to a finite mixture of Weibull distributions.
result The model outperforms state-of-the-art methods on real-world datasets and can consider any survival time horizon.
Develops HCQRF for estimating heterogeneous treatment effects with censored data.
problem Estimating heterogeneous treatment effects on censored responses with high-dimensional variables.
method Hybrid Censored Quantile Regression Forest (HCQRF) combining random forests and censored quantile regression.
result Demonstrates the effectiveness and stability of HCQRF through simulation studies and real-world application.
Bayesian Tobit model tackles high-dimensional censored data with Horseshoe prior.
problem High-dimensional censored data with unknown bounds.
method Horseshoe prior for shrinkage, data augmentation for Gibbs sampling.
result Established posterior consistency and concentration rates for Bayesian Tobit models.
Proposes a deep learning framework for interval-censored survival data.
problem Lack of deep learning methods for interval-censored survival data.
method Partially linear transformation models with DNN approximations for nonlinear effects.
result DNN estimator achieves minimax-optimal convergence and superior performance.
Linear regression is arguably the most prominent among statistical inference methods, popular both for its simplicity as well as its broad applicability. On par with data-intensive applications, the sheer size of linear regression problems creates an ever growing demand for quick and cost efficient solvers. Fortunately…
Paper introduces novel survival models for handling censored data.
problem Complex data structures and heavy censoring in survival analysis.
method Combines imprecise probability theory with attention mechanisms.
result Proposed models, especially iSurvJ, outperform traditional methods.
Paper proposes kernelized Stein tests for time-to-event data with censoring.
problem Testing goodness-of-fit for time-to-event data with censoring.
method Combining Stein's method and kernelized discrepancies for non-parametric testing.
result Proposed kernelized Stein discrepancy tests perform better than existing methods.
Paper estimates spectral risk measures for insurance data with truncated and censored data.
problem Estimating spectral risk measures for insurance data with left truncation and right censoring.
method Proposes a non-parametric estimator using product limit estimator and establishes asymptotic normality.
result Proposed estimator outperforms existing methods for small k and small sample sizes.
Paper proposes robust methods for estimating optimal treatment rules with censored survival data.
problem Estimating optimal treatment rules for censored survival data.
method Developed two robust criteria and a sampling-based difference-of-convex algorithm for learning optimal treatment rules.
result Proposed methods show improved performance compared to existing methods in simulations and real data.
Study evaluates ML methods for two-sample testing with right-censored data.
problem Evaluating ML methods for two-sample testing with right-censored data.
method Developed and compared several ML-based methods with classical tests.
result Proposed methods outperform classical tests in terms of statistical power.
Develops adaptive framework for estimating survival effects with censoring.
problem Estimating causal effects in survival data with censoring.
method Derives semiparametric efficiency bound, proposes efficiency-optimal allocation policy, and develops Adaptive Survival Estimator (ASE).
result ASE achieves asymptotic normality via martingale central limit theorem and demonstrates efficiency gains over uniform randomization.
Diffsurv extends differentiable sorting to handle censored time-to-event data.
problem Handling censored time-to-event data in survival analysis.
method Extending differentiable sorting methods to account for censored samples.
result Diffsurv outperforms established baselines in various risk prediction scenarios.
New method handles dependent censoring without specifying copula.
problem Dependent censoring in survival analysis.
method Deep learning with flexible copula estimation.
result Significant reduction in survival estimation bias.
This paper develops robust confidence intervals in high-dimensional and left-censored regression. Type-I censored regression models are extremely common in practice, where a competing event makes the variable of interest unobservable. However, techniques developed for entirely observed data do not directly apply to the…
The paper addresses bias in survival analysis due to informative censoring.
problem Bias in treatment effect estimates due to informative censoring in survival analysis.
method Assumption-lean framework using partial identification to derive bounds on CATE.
result Proposes a meta-learner, SurvB-learner, to estimate bounds on CATE.
Paper proposes a new metric to evaluate survival models, especially for censored data.
problem Challenges in evaluating survival prediction models due to censored data.
method Developed a novel approach to estimate Mean Absolute Error (MAE) for survival datasets with censored data.
result The proposed MAE metric using pseudo-observations accurately ranks model performance and closely matches true MAE.