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48 results for individual-level constraints

New method finds balanced clusters in graphs using auxiliary information.

problem Finding balanced clusters in graphs with population-level constraints.
method Proposes individual-level balancing constraint and develops spectral clustering algorithms.
result Establishes first statistical consistency result for constrained spectral clustering.

Consistent spectral clustering with fairness constraints on representation graphs.

problem Finding balanced clusters in similarity graphs with fairness constraints.
method Developed variants of unnormalized and normalized spectral clustering for fair planted partitions.
result Consistency results for constrained spectral clustering under fair planted partitions.

A neural framework corrects bias in estimating individual treatment effects.

problem Estimating individual treatment effects from observational data.
method An anchored neural architecture and precision-corrected intersection-bound inference.
result Corrected bias and maintained nominal coverage in high-dimensional settings.

Unified theory for semiparametric data fusion with individual-level data.

problem Handling data fusion problems, especially in settings with diverse data sources and designs.
method Extending a comprehensive theory to handle conditional and marginal distribution alignments, providing universal results for influence functions and efficient influence functions.
result Paves the way for machine-learning debiased, semiparametric efficient estimation.

Study off-policy evaluation and learning in dynamic pricing with context.

problem Dynamic personalized pricing and operations management problems with high-dimensional user types.
method Formalize causal structure, leverage single time-step evaluation, estimate marginal MDP.
result Improved out-of-sample policy performance in dynamic and capacitated pricing.

Proposes a deep learning method for modeling dynamic individual-level latent trajectories with changing parameters.

problem Modeling longitudinal data with changing individual-level dynamics parameters.
method Combines deep learning for dimensionality reduction and differential equations for dynamic modeling, allowing different parameters for sub-periods.
result Successfully identifies dynamic parameters and predictors of resilience.

New diagnostics detect variability in individual risk estimates from machine learning models in healthcare.

problem Variability in individual risk estimates from machine learning models in healthcare, leading to unreliable treatment decisions.
method Proposed evaluation framework using empirical prediction interval width and empirical decision flip rate diagnostics.
result Randomness in optimization and initialization can lead to substantial individual-level variability in risk estimates, affecting clinical decisions.

In many contexts, we have access to aggregate data, but individual level data is unavailable. For example, medical studies sometimes report only aggregate statistics about disease prevalence because of privacy concerns. Even so, many a time it is desirable, and in fact could be necessary to infer individual level chara…

2018-09-16abs ↗pdf ↗

We present a new modeling technique for solving the problem of ecological inference, in which individual-level associations are inferred from labeled data available only at the aggregate level. We model aggregate count data as arising from the Poisson binomial, the distribution of the sum of independent but not identic…

2018-02-04abs ↗pdf ↗

Learning nonlinear dynamics from diffusion data is a challenging problem since the individuals observed may be different at different time points, generally following an aggregate behaviour. Existing work cannot handle the tasks well since they model such dynamics either directly on observations or enforce the availabi…

2018-07-22abs ↗pdf ↗

Databases in domains such as healthcare are routinely released to the public in aggregated form. Unfortunately, naive modeling with aggregated data may significantly diminish the accuracy of inferences at the individual level. This paper addresses the scenario where features are provided at the individual level, but th…

2016-05-14abs ↗pdf ↗

In critical decision-making scenarios, optimizing accuracy can lead to a biased classifier, hence past work recommends enforcing group-based fairness metrics in addition to maximizing accuracy. However, doing so exposes the classifier to another kind of bias called infra-marginality. This refers to individual-level bia…

2019-09-03abs ↗pdf ↗

SYNC generates synthetic data from aggregated sources using Gaussian copulas.

problem Creating synthetic datasets from aggregated sources.
method SYNC uses Gaussian copula models to infer high-resolution data from low-resolution sources.
result SYNC successfully merges sampled subsets into a single synthetic dataset.

The causal effect of a treatment can vary from person to person based on their individual characteristics and predispositions. Mining for patterns of individual-level effect differences, a problem known as heterogeneous treatment effect estimation, has many important applications, from precision medicine to recommender…

2019-01-31abs ↗pdf ↗

A new method for deep learning imbalance or noise, ABSGD, improves efficiency and effectiveness.

problem Data imbalance or label noise in deep learning.
method A modification of momentum SGD with individual-level weights proportional to loss values.
result Guaranteed convergence to stationary points of DRO problems, capturing class diversity.

New fairness criteria for algorithmic recourse actions that consider causal relationships.

problem Fairness of recourse actions in algorithmic classification.
method Proposes two new fairness criteria at group and individual levels, explicitly accounting for causal relationships.
result Fairness of recourse is complementary to fairness of prediction, and can be enforced by altering the classifier.

Proposes a method to use external machine-learning predictions in multinomial logistic regression.

problem Improving statistical inference using summary-level external machine-learning predictions.
method Empirical-likelihood framework incorporating moment constraints from external nonparametric machine-learning predictions.
result Fused estimator achieves strict efficiency gain over primary-only estimator under mild conditions.

Bridges uplift modeling and sequential decision-making with online budget allocation.

problem Treatment allocation under budget constraints in digital advertising.
method Budget-Constrained Causal Bandits (BCCB) integrates learning, exploration, and budget pacing.
result Data-efficiency crossover: BCCB operates effectively from the first user, 3-5x lower performance variance.

Predictive models are being increasingly used to support consequential decision making at the individual level in contexts such as pretrial bail and loan approval. As a result, there is increasing social and legal pressure to provide explanations that help the affected individuals not only to understand why a predictio…

2019-05-27abs ↗pdf ↗

New method handles uncertainty in causal effect estimation for better decision-making.

problem Handling uncertainty in causal effect estimation, especially in high-dimensional data and covariate shift.
method Integrates uncertainty estimation into neural network methods for individual-level causal estimates.
result Uncertainty-aware methods improve decision-making by alerting when predictions are not reliable.

New framework identifies worst-case shifts for predictive resource allocation models.

problem Identifying harmful shifts in predictive models for resource allocation.
method Hierarchical model structure and submodular optimization for worst-case loss.
result Empirical evidence shows divergent worst-case shifts identified by different metrics.

Study examines cryptocurrency volatility factors using high-frequency data.

problem Understanding factors affecting cryptocurrency volatility.
method High-frequency panel data analysis of 2020-2022, comparing to equity benchmarks.
result Positive market returns and volatility drivers impact cryptocurrency volatility.

Symbolic data analysis (SDA) is an emerging area of statistics concerned with understanding and modelling data that takes distributional form (i.e. symbols), such as random lists, intervals and histograms. It was developed under the premise that the statistical unit of interest is the symbol, and that inference is requ…

2018-09-11abs ↗pdf ↗

New method refines prediction intervals for individual treatment effects using cross-world correlation.

problem Uncertainty in individual treatment effects for high-stakes decisions.
method Introduces cross-world correlation parameter ρ to refine prediction intervals for individual treatment effects.
result Achieves more stable and accurate coverage of prediction intervals for individual treatment effects.

The increasing availability of individual-level data has led to numerous applications of individualized (or personalized) treatment rules (ITRs). Policy makers often wish to empirically evaluate ITRs and compare their relative performance before implementing them in a target population. We propose a new evaluation metr…

2019-05-14abs ↗pdf ↗

We study how language on social media is linked to diseases such as atherosclerotic heart disease (AHD), diabetes and various types of cancer. Our proposed model leverages state-of-the-art sentence embeddings, followed by a regression model and clustering, without the need of additional labelled data. It allows to pred…

2019-06-13abs ↗pdf ↗

Time series models such as dynamical systems are frequently fitted to a cohort of data, ignoring variation between individual entities such as patients. In this paper we show how these models can be personalised to an individual level while retaining statistical power, via use of multi-task learning (MTL). To our knowl…

2019-03-21abs ↗pdf ↗

In many practical tasks it is needed to estimate an effect of treatment on individual level. For example, in medicine it is essential to determine the patients that would benefit from a certain medicament. In marketing, knowing the persons that are likely to buy a new product would reduce the amount of spam. In this ch…

2019-02-27abs ↗pdf ↗

Enhances disease progression modeling using LLMs for complex brain connectivity.

problem Inaccurate predictions of disease spread due to oversimplified brain connectivity models.
method Uses LLMs to synthesize multi-modal relationships and learn disease trajectories from longitudinal data.
result Superior prediction accuracy and interpretability compared to traditional methods.

Develops a method to estimate personalized treatment regimes from summary statistics.

problem Estimating optimal treatment regimes for a target population when individual-level data is unavailable.
method A weighting framework that tailors a treatment regime for the target population using summary statistics.
result Consistent and asymptotically normal estimator for optimal treatment regimes.

Study improves motor insurance claim prediction using geographic data.

problem Limited location identifiers in public actuarial datasets.
method Zone-level modeling framework with environmental and orthoimagery data.
result Geographic information improves MTPL claim prediction accuracy.