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.
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Estimating heterogeneous treatment effects with right-censored data via causal survival forestsstat.ME
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.
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.
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 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.
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.
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.
CDVI improves variational inference for survival analysis by considering censoring mechanisms.
problem Challenges in applying variational methods to survival data, especially the dependence on censoring.
method Censor-dependent variational inference (CDVI) tailored for latent variable models in survival analysis.
result Significant improvements in estimating individual survival distributions.
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.
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.
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.
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.
HACSurv: A Hierarchical Copula-Based Approach for Survival Analysis with Dependent Competing Risksstat.ML
HACSurv models dependencies between competing risks and censoring for improved survival analysis.
problem Inaccurate survival predictions due to ignoring dependencies between competing risks and censoring.
method HACSurv uses hierarchical Archimedean copulas to model dependencies and cause-specific survival functions.
result HACSurv improves accuracy in survival predictions and captures complex risk interactions.
New metric reduces estimation error in survival model evaluation.
problem Dependent censoring complicates survival model evaluation.
method Dependent Brier score based on Archimedean copula and Copula-Graphic estimator.
result Reduces estimation error by 12-16% on average.
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.
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.
SurvFM-RMST converts survival outcomes into pseudo-observation targets for tabular models.
problem Right-censored follow-up prevents direct use of survival labels in tabular patient data.
method SurvFM-RMST framework that converts survival outcomes into jackknife pseudo-observation targets for restricted mean survival time.
result SurvFM-RMST accurately recovered restricted event-free time in simulations and outperformed naive targets in static datasets.
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 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.
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.
Study improves risk evaluation timing with right-censored reporting delays.
problem Improving risk evaluation under short observation windows due to administrative censoring.
method Jointly models parametric hazards for event and reporting processes, uses Monte Carlo expectation-maximization algorithm, and proposes transfer-learning procedure.
result Improves accuracy of timely risk evaluation under administrative censoring.
SurvivalPFN simplifies survival analysis through amortized Bayesian inference.
problem Selecting appropriate survival analysis methods requires expertise and can be time-consuming.
method SurvivalPFN uses a prior-data fitted network for in-context Bayesian inference.
result SurvivalPFN achieves strong predictive performance across diverse datasets.
Research uses deep learning and copulas to predict multivariate survival data.
problem Handling right-censored and correlated multivariate survival data.
method Integrates deep learning, copula functions, and survival analysis. Uses copula-based activation functions to model nonlinear dependencies.
result Enhanced prediction accuracy for multivariate survival responses.
SurvHTE-Bench benchmarks HTE estimation in survival analysis with diverse datasets.
problem Challenges in estimating HTEs from right-censored survival data.
method Modular synthetic datasets, semi-synthetic datasets, and real-world datasets.
result First rigorous comparison of survival HTE methods under diverse conditions.
Orthogonal Survival Learners for Estimating Heterogeneous Treatment Effects from Time-to-Event Datacs.LG
New survival learners estimate heterogeneous treatment effects from time-to-event data.
problem Estimating HTEs from time-to-event data with censoring outcomes.
method Orthogonal survival learners with theoretical guarantees and custom weighting functions.
result Orthogonal survival learners provide robust and model-agnostic HTE estimation.
Introduces neural network for interval-censored survival analysis.
problem Lack of non-linear regression algorithms for interval-censored data.
method Sparse neural network architecture for feature selection and AFT model for prediction.
result Outperforms traditional AFT algorithms in non-linear scenarios.
SDPM models survival analysis without parametric assumptions, achieving competitive performance.
problem Estimating survival distributions from censored data with flexibility and accuracy.
method Generative model using denoising diffusion, avoiding parametric assumptions and discretization.
result SDPM achieves competitive predictive performance across various metrics.
Improves survival analysis across multiple domains with machine learning.
problem Adapting survival analysis to new or rare illness types with limited labeled data.
method Introduces a new survival metric and discrepancy measure for censored data, enabling domain adaptation.
result Superb performance on target domains, better treatment recommendations, and interpretable weight matrix.
Optimal Survival Trees improve accuracy in medical data analysis.
problem Analyzing censored outcomes in medical data.
method Mixed-integer optimization and local search techniques.
result Improves accuracy in large datasets compared to existing methods.
SurvCORN predicts survival curves using conditional ordinal ranking networks.
problem Challenges in survival analysis with censored data.
method SurvCORN: Conditional Ordinal Ranking Neural Network.
result SurvCORN improves accuracy in predicting time-to-event outcomes.
Paper decomposes C-index to analyze survival prediction model performance.
problem Evaluating the performance of survival prediction models.
method Decomposes C-index into two weighted quantities: ranking observed vs. other events and observed vs. censored cases.
result Deep learning models outperform classical models in ranking observed events, leading to better C-index stability.
Paper proposes inference method for high-dimensional censored quantile regression.
problem Identifying heterogeneous effects of high-dimensional genetic biomarkers on survival outcomes.
method Combines low-dimensional model estimates based on multi-sample splittings and variable selection.
result Proposed estimator is consistent and asymptotically follows a Gaussian process.
Survival regression method improves log-likelihood scores.
problem Improper scoring rules in survival regression models.
method SurvivalMonotonic-net (SuMo-net) with monotonic neural networks.
result SuMo-net achieves state-of-the-art log-likelihood scores.
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.
Paper tackles survival data analysis with positive and unlabeled observations.
problem Traditional survival analysis yields biased results with positive-unlabeled data.
method Developed parametric, nonparametric, and machine learning models for positive and unlabeled survival data.
result Proposed estimation method provides valid results for positive-unlabeled survival data.
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.
New method uses neural networks for estimating survival functions from censored data.
problem Estimating conditional survival functions from censored time-to-event data with complex predictors.
method Generative adversarial networks leveraging self-consistent equations, without parametric assumptions.
result Established the convergence rate of the proposed estimator.
This paper addresses issues with the Brier score in administrative censoring scenarios.
problem Problems with the Brier score in administrative censoring scenarios.
method Proposes an alternative Brier score for administratively censored data.
result The administrative Brier score is valid even when censoring times can be identified from covariates.
Unified framework for counterfactual survival analysis improves treatment effect estimation.
problem Limited methods for counterfactual inference with survival outcomes.
method Unified framework for survival outcomes, nonparametric hazard ratio metric.
result Significantly outperforms alternatives in survival-outcome prediction and treatment-effect estimation.
Proposes isotonic regression for calibrating Deep Cox models' survival probabilities.
problem Poor calibration of Deep Cox models' survival probabilities.
method Isotonic regression for post hoc calibration of Deep Cox models.
result Establishes favorable theoretical guarantees and demonstrates empirical effectiveness.
SAVAE uses deep learning for survival analysis, improving model performance and interpretability.
problem Complex medical data with censoring and covariate interactions.
method SAVAE is a Variational Autoencoder tailored for survival analysis, using a novel ELBO formulation.
result SAVAE outperforms state-of-the-art techniques in various datasets, demonstrating robustness and interpretability.
A new model avoids the PH assumption for right-censored survival data.
problem Inflexibility of Cox model when PH assumption fails.
method Deep partially linear transformation model (DPLTM) for right-censored data.
result The DPLTM avoids the curse of dimensionality and retains interpretability.
Develops new methods to estimate treatment effects in survival data with competing risks.
problem Estimating treatment effects in survival data with competing risks.
method Censoring Unbiased Transformations (CUTs) for survival outcomes with and without competing risks.
result Consistent estimates of heterogeneous cumulative incidence effects and total effects using HTE learners.
TripleSurv improves survival analysis by ranking samples with time-adaptive adjustments.
problem Modeling censored time-to-event data with high accuracy and robustness.
method Introduces a time-adaptive coordinate loss function to rank samples and calibrate robustness.
result TripleSurv outperforms state-of-the-art methods on various survival datasets.
Paper develops a neural network method for censored survival analysis.
problem Distribution-free quantile prediction for censored survival data.
method Develops a novel neural network algorithm for simultaneous quantile optimization.
result The algorithm produces better calibrated quantiles on real datasets.
Survival analysis is a type of semi-supervised ranking task where the target output (the survival time) is often right-censored. Utilizing this information is a challenge because it is not obvious how to correctly incorporate these censored examples into a model. We study how three categories of loss functions, namely …
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.
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.