New methods control false discoveries near the boundary in conformal novelty detection.
problem Over-optimistic assessments near the rejection threshold in conformal novelty detection.
method Support line (SL) correction and alternative procedures to control boundary false discovery rate (bFDR).
result New procedures control the boundary false discovery rate (bFDR) in the conformal setting.
New method controls false discoveries in financial asset pricing.
problem Controlling false discoveries in time series with unknown correlations.
method Double bootstrapping method to control false discovery rate.
result Superior statistical power and controlled false discovery rate.
Paper proposes knockoff-based methods to simplify deep neural networks by controlling false discovery rates.
problem High-dimensional deep neural networks with many irrelevant parameters and inputs.
method Knockoff methods combined with regularized neural networks for variable screening.
result Proposed algorithms show satisfactory performance in controlling false discovery rates.
Paper tackles MIAs vulnerability by controlling FDR, providing guarantees on false discoveries.
problem Vulnerability of deep learning models to membership inference attacks (MIAs).
method Designs a novel membership inference attack method that provides FDR guarantees.
result Demonstrates the effectiveness of the method in various settings.
In hypothesis testing, a false discovery occurs when a hypothesis is incorrectly rejected due to noise in the sample. When adaptively testing multiple hypotheses, the probability of a false discovery increases as more tests are performed. Thus the problem of False Discovery Rate (FDR) control is to find a procedure for…
New method controls false edge detections in Gaussian graphical models.
problem High false edge detections in well-established estimators.
method Nodewise variable selection approach to control false discovery rate.
result Significant gain in performance compared to competing methods.
Efron et al. (2001) proposed empirical Bayes formulation of the frequentist Benjamini and Hochbergs False Discovery Rate method (Benjamini and Hochberg,1995). This article attempts to unify the `two cultures' using concepts of comparison density and distribution function. We have also shown how almost all of the existi…
New method controls false discoveries in online testing with deadlines.
problem Controlling false discoveries in online hypothesis testing with decision deadlines.
method Benjamini-Hochberg-type procedure over a moving window of hypotheses with adaptive threshold parameters.
result Controls false discovery rate at every stage and adaptively chosen stopping times.
Finite resources limit false discovery rate control in structured hypothesis spaces.
problem Controlling false discovery rate in hypothesis testing with finite data and structured hypothesis spaces.
method Framework for exact FDR control and adaptive power maximization.
result Exact FDR control and adaptive power maximization.
The paper controls false discovery rate in link prediction using conformal inference.
problem Identifying true edges in a graph while controlling false discoveries.
method Proposes a novel method based on conformal inference to control false discovery rate (FDR) in link prediction.
result Empirically demonstrates FDR control for both simulated and real data.
Develops robust knockoffs for controlling false discoveries in financial data.
problem Challenges in variable selection with highly correlated data in finance and economics.
method Robustified knockoff framework addressing high dependence and time correlation.
result Identifies new important groups of factors on top of known drivers.
Enhances FDR control in variable selection using neural networks.
problem Balancing rigorous error control with statistical power in high-dimensional variable selection.
method Learning-augmented T-Rex Selector framework with a neural network trained on synthetic datasets.
result Achieves superior detection of true variables compared to existing approaches.
New algorithm for adaptive experimental design in scientific settings.
problem Identifying true positives while controlling false discoveries in adaptive experimental design.
method Provably sample efficient adaptive algorithm for FDR control.
result First provably sample efficient adaptive algorithm for adaptive experimental design.
Estimates target GGM using auxiliary studies with false discovery rate control.
problem Estimating high-dimensional GGMs from related studies.
method Transfer learning with Trans-CLIME and debiased Trans-CLIME estimators.
result Debiased Trans-CLIME estimator provides element-wise asymptotic normality and false discovery rate control.
New rules control false discoveries in online anomaly detection for time series data.
problem Controlling false discoveries in anomaly detection for time series data.
method Novel online false discovery rate control (FDRC) rules for time series anomaly detection.
result Ensures high power in detecting anomalies even when the alternative is rare and test statistics are serially dependent.
Calibration without labels in multiple testing
problem Interpretable error probabilities in large-scale hypothesis testing
method Constructing pseudo-labels from spacings of ordered p-values result Finding that q-value can be severely miscalibrated The paper optimizes A/B tests by balancing lift and cost in large-scale settings.
problem Balancing lift and cost in A/B tests for large-scale experimentation.
method Empirical Bayes approach using a greedy knapsack algorithm to rank experiments based on lift-to-cost ratio, incorporating local false discovery rate (lfdr).
result The proposed method maximizes expected profit while controlling false discovery rate, demonstrating superior performance in large-scale settings.
Decentralized detection avoids sharing data, controls false discoveries.
problem Global false discovery rate control in decentralized novelty detection.
method Quantized surrogate models for low-precision sharing, preserving exchangeability.
result Quantized composite scores maintain competitive statistical power with reduced communication.
DeepFDR uses deep learning for better FDR control in neuroimaging data.
problem Spatial dependence among voxel-based tests in neuroimaging data.
method DeepFDR leverages unsupervised deep learning-based image segmentation.
result DeepFDR outperforms existing methods in FDR control and computational efficiency.
Paper proposes a privacy-preserving method to control false discoveries.
problem Protecting individual information in hypothesis tests while controlling false discoveries.
method Differentially private adaptive FDR control method with privacy guarantee.
result The method controls the FDR metric exactly at a user-specified level with privacy.
Paper develops a framework to derive lower bounds on FDR and FNR in multiple testing.
problem Addressing the tradeoffs between FDR and FNR in multiple testing.
method Derandomization approach to derive lower bounds for various models.
result Meta-theorem providing a general recipe for obtaining lower bounds.
New method controls false discoveries in structured hypothesis spaces.
problem Controlling false discoveries in large-scale, interconnected hypothesis spaces.
method Reproducing Kernel Hilbert Space (RKHS) optimization for structured FDR control.
result Unified framework for continuous domains, graphs, and hierarchies.
CatNet controls FDR in LSTM models using SHAP feature importance and Gaussian mirrors.
problem Controlling False Discovery Rate (FDR) in LSTM models with feature selection.
method CatNet uses SHAP values for feature importance and Gaussian Mirror algorithm for FDR control. It introduces a kernel-based independence measure to handle feature correlations.
result CatNet reduces overfitting and improves model interpretability on simulated and real-world data.
Nonparametric IPSS selects features with false discovery control.
problem Feature selection in high-dimensional data with theoretical false discovery control.
method Integrated Path Stability Selection (IPSS) applied to nonparametric feature importance scores.
result IPSS accurately controls false discovery rate and detects more true positives than existing methods.
Private variable selection method controls FDR with simulations showing reasonable power.
problem Performing variable selection with privacy constraints.
method Private knockoff filter using Gaussian and Laplace mechanisms.
result Achieves controlled false discovery rate (FDR) in variable selection.
New findings control FDR for online testing methods under positive dependence.
problem Maintaining FDR control for online testing methods under positive dependence.
method Developed new methods to control FDR for online testing procedures under positive dependence.
result SAFFRON and LORD control FDR under positive dependence, not just conditional superuniformity.
In the online multiple testing problem, p-values corresponding to different null hypotheses are observed one by one, and the decision of whether or not to reject the current hypothesis must be made immediately, after which the next p-value is observed. Alpha-investing algorithms to control the false discovery rate (FDR…
The paper tackles noisy matrix completion by developing new statistics and controlling false discovery rate.
problem Testing multiple linear forms for noisy matrix completion with low-rank structure.
method Introducing new statistics with sharp asymptotics for individual tests, controlling FDR via data splitting and aggregation.
result Valid FDR control can be achieved with guaranteed power under nearly optimal sample size requirements.
Multiple hypothesis testing is a core problem in statistical inference and arises in almost every scientific field. Given a set of null hypotheses H(n)=(H1,…,Hn), Benjamini and Hochberg introduced the false discovery rate (FDR), which is the expected proportion of false positives among rejected nu…
Paper proposes AdaDetect for FDR-controlled novelty detection.
problem Semi-supervised novelty detection with probabilistic classification.
method Data-adaptive learning of transformation to control FDR.
result Control of false discovery rate on detected novelties.
AdaPT-GMM improves multiple testing power with covariates.
problem Powerful and robust multiple testing with covariates.
method Covariate-assisted Gaussian mixture model with adaptive thresholding.
result AdaPT-GMM delivers high power in various scenarios.
e-LOND algorithm controls FDR in online testing with arbitrary dependencies.
problem Online testing of hypotheses with unknown dependencies.
method e-LOND algorithm for FDR control under arbitrary dependence.
result e-LOND provides more power than existing methods through simulations.
Sparse PCA selects variables with FDR control for improved performance.
problem Sparse PCA selects irrelevant variables when maximizing explained variance.
method Proposes FDR-controlled selection using T-Rex selector.
result Significant performance improvement over traditional sparse PCA.
Simple bounds show most cross-sectional predictability findings are likely true.
problem Determining the validity of cross-sectional return predictability findings.
method Developed simple and intuitive bounds on the false discovery rate (FDR).
result Bounds show the FDR is small, indicating most findings are likely true.
Unified framework controls false discovery rate in bandit multiple testing.
problem Designing adaptive algorithms to identify true discoveries in multiple hypothesis testing.
method Unified modular framework using e-processes for FDR control in arbitrary settings.
result Unified framework ensures FDR control for dependent and simultaneous arm queries.
fcHMRF-LIS controls FDR in neuroimaging data, improving power and scalability.
problem Complex spatial dependencies and high variability in FDR control methods for neuroimaging data.
method fcHMRF-LIS integrates LIS-based testing with fcHMRF to model spatial structures efficiently.
result fcHMRF-LIS achieves accurate FDR control, lower FNR, and higher true positives compared to existing methods.
Traditional voxel-level multiple testing procedures in neuroimaging, mostly p-value based, often ignore the spatial correlations among neighboring voxels and thus suffer from substantial loss of power. We extend the local-significance-index based procedure originally developed for the hidden Markov chain models, whic…
With the rapid growth of crowdsourcing platforms it has become easy and relatively inexpensive to collect a dataset labeled by multiple annotators in a short time. However due to the lack of control over the quality of the annotators, some abnormal annotators may be affected by position bias which can potentially degra…
Boolean matrix factorization (BMF) is a popular and powerful technique for inferring knowledge from data. The mining result is the Boolean product of two matrices, approximating the input dataset. The Boolean product is a disjunction of rank-1 binary matrices, each describing a feature-relation, called pattern, for a g…
A new metric, Weighted Regret, unifies FDR and power evaluation in online multiple testing.
problem The asymmetric costs of false positives and false negatives in automated pipelines.
method Introducing Weighted Regret and Decoupled-OMT (DOMT) to unify FDR and power evaluation.
result DOMT achieves an order-optimal sublinear mitigation of threshold depletion in bursty environments.
The false discovery rate (FDR)---the expected fraction of spurious discoveries among all the discoveries---provides a popular statistical assessment of the reproducibility of scientific studies in various disciplines. In this work, we introduce a new method for controlling the FDR in meta-analysis of many decentralized…
PH-CS selects test inputs with reliability guarantees, adapting FDR to data.
problem Fixed FDR limits adaptability to downstream needs.
method Post-hoc conformal selection with e-variables, e-BH procedure.
result PH-CS provides reliable FDP estimates and competitive FDR control.
Bayesian approach controls FDR in high-dimensional models.
problem High-dimensional variable selection and inference.
method Adapted Mirror Statistic to Bayesian framework for FDR control.
result Effective FDR control without data splitting.
Diamond method controls FDR for trustworthy feature interaction discovery in ML models.
problem Limited interpretability of ML models due to black box nature.
method Diamond method integrates model-X knockoffs framework to control FDR for non-additive interactions.
result Diamond method ensures accurate discovery of feature interactions with FDR control.
Efficient knockoffs for large-scale feature selection.
problem Large-scale feature selection problems.
method Gaussian model-X knockoffs with efficient methods for solving semidefinite programs.
result Efficient knockoffs can be generated with linear complexity in the dimension.
We investigate the performance of dynamic portfolios constructed using more than 21,000 technical trading rules on 12 categorical and country-specific markets over the 2004-2015 study period, on rolling forward structures of different lengths. We also introduce a discrete false discovery rate (DFRD+/-) method for contr…
T-Rex selector selects variables fast and controls FDR in high-dimensional data.
problem Variable selection in high-dimensional data with FDR control.
method Fused solutions of early terminated random experiments.
result FDR control at target level with high variable selection power.
In science and medicine, model interpretations may be reported as discoveries of natural phenomena or used to guide patient treatments. In such high-stakes tasks, false discoveries may lead investigators astray. These applications would therefore benefit from control over the finite-sample error rate of interpretations…