Missing data imputation can help improve the performance of prediction models in situations where missing data hide useful information. This paper compares methods for imputing missing categorical data for supervised classification tasks. We experiment on two machine learning benchmark datasets with missing categorical…
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IFGAN uses feature-specific GANs for missing value imputation.
problem Missing value imputation in data mining.
method Feature-specific Generative Adversarial Networks (GAN).
result IFGAN outperforms state-of-the-art algorithms in various missing conditions.
GANs improve missing data imputation for ranking tasks.
problem Missing data in ranking datasets violates standard assumptions.
method Conditional Imputation GAN for Extended Missing At Random and Extended Always Missing At Random mechanisms.
result Optimal GAN imputation for EMAR and EAMAR mechanisms.
Proposes CBMI for missing data imputation using labels and input.
problem Missing data in practical data science settings.
method CBMI: imputes labels and input simultaneously; IUL: stacks label into input.
result CBMI improves classification accuracy, especially for imbalanced and categorical data.
A new imputation method MissARF uses adversarial random forests for fast and accurate missing value imputation.
problem Handling missing values in biostatistical analyses.
method Adversarial Random Forests (ARF) for density estimation and data synthesis.
result MissARF performs comparably to state-of-the-art methods in imputation quality and runtime.
A new PCA-based imputation method for high-dimensional data.
problem Missing data in high-dimensional datasets.
method Principal Component Analysis Imputation (PCAI) framework.
result PCAI significantly speeds up imputation and maintains high accuracy.
Imputation-free method learns tabular data with missing values using transformer.
problem Machine learning on tabular data with missing values often leads to unreliable outcomes due to synthetic imputation.
method Incremental attention learning (IFIAL) using transformer with attention masks.
result IFIAL outperforms state-of-the-art methods in 17 diverse tabular data sets.
VAEs struggle with missing data imputation, especially for extreme values.
problem Imputation of missing data in complex, non-linear relationships.
method Investigated variational autoencoders (VAEs) for multiple imputation and improved with β-VAEs.
result β-VAEs provide better uncertainty calibration and avoid false discoveries.
A new method for imputing missing data using graphical models.
problem Missing data in graphs and its impact on analysis.
method MMG framework based on conditional independence and PAI principle.
result Valid and efficient method for imputing missing data.
Paper proposes methods to handle missing data in online RL, improving efficiency and uncertainty capture.
problem Missing data in online RL poses challenges due to the need to impute and act at each time step.
method Proposes fully online imputation ensembles and multiple imputation pathways to balance uncertainty and efficiency.
result Preliminary evidence suggests multiple imputation pathways can be a useful framework for simple and efficient online missing data RL methods.
New algorithms handle missing data to improve fairness in machine learning.
problem Missing values in data can lead to unfair outcomes in machine learning models.
method Developed scalable and adaptive algorithms to handle missing values while preserving predictive information.
result Our adaptive algorithms consistently achieve higher fairness and accuracy than standard impute-then-classify methods.
RDIS fills missing values in time series data explicitly.
problem Missing values in time series data.
method Random Drop Imputation with Self-training.
result RDIS achieves competitive results on real-world datasets.
DeepIFSAC uses attention mechanisms and contrastive learning to impute missing values in tabular data.
problem Missing values in tabular data, especially when high and not random.
method Row and column attention in a contrastive learning framework with CutMix data augmentation.
result Proposed method outperforms state-of-the-art methods for missing rates between 10% and 90% and various missing value types.
Paper introduces metrics to evaluate missing data imputation without ground truth.
problem Handling missing data in time series without ground truth.
method Introduces Wasserstein distance (WD) and Jensen-Shannon divergence (JSD) as metrics to evaluate imputation quality.
result WD and JSD are effective metrics for assessing missing data imputation quality.
New method for imputing missing data in multi-view data.
problem Large missing data sets in multi-view data.
method Stacked penalized logistic regression (StaPLR) in a dimension-reduced space.
result New method performs competitively with lower computational cost.
Autoencoder improves imputation across various missing data types.
problem Efficiently impute missing data in diverse datasets.
method Developed a deep autoencoder framework for consistent training and imputation.
result Autoencoder outperformed state-of-the-art methods in all experiments.
Gaussian Processes improve missing value imputation in datasets.
problem Handling missing values in large datasets.
method Sparse Gaussian Processes combined with stochastic variational inference.
result MGP significantly outperforms other imputation methods.
Random forest (RF) missing data algorithms are an attractive approach for dealing with missing data. They have the desirable properties of being able to handle mixed types of missing data, they are adaptive to interactions and nonlinearity, and they have the potential to scale to big data settings. Currently there are …
MissBGM uses AI and Bayesian modeling for better missing data imputation.
problem Missing data imputation in data science, especially with uncertainty quantification.
method AI-powered Bayesian generative modeling with explicit modeling of missingness mechanisms.
result MissBGM provides principled posterior uncertainty over imputations and superior performance.
Imputation method respects manifold structure for missing data.
problem Missing data imputation in high-dimensional data.
method Model-based imputation using mixture variational autoencoders and sampling-importance-resampling (SIR).
result Competitive performance and uncertainty quantification in imputations.
In many applications requiring multiple inputs to obtain a desired output, if any of the input data is missing, it often introduces large amounts of bias. Although many techniques have been developed for imputing missing data, the image imputation is still difficult due to complicated nature of natural images. To addre…
This paper compares imputation and direct parameter estimation methods for missing data in correlation matrix visualization.
problem Missing data challenges in estimating correlation coefficients for accurate visualization.
method Comparison of imputation and direct parameter estimation methods for handling missing data.
result Direct parameter estimation (DPER) outperforms imputation for accurate correlation matrix visualization.
Generative imputation network improves missing value estimation.
problem Missing data in statistical analysis.
method Integrates generative networks with chained equations for robust multiple imputation.
result GCMI outperforms other imputation techniques in simulations and real data.
Researchers improve imputation of missing data using diffusion transformers, quantifying uncertainty.
problem Enhancing the quality of time-series data with missing values.
method Conditional diffusion transformers for imputation, with statistical sample complexity bounds and uncertainty quantification.
result Theoretical insights into the efficiency and accuracy of imputation, influenced by missing patterns.
New research shows imputation and regression together can predict better than separate steps.
problem Predicting with data missing values without strong assumptions.
method Proposes a joint imputation and regression approach using NeuMiss neural network.
result Joint imputation and regression outperforms separate imputation and regression methods.
Double autoencoder improves missing value imputation in recommender systems.
problem Imputing missing values in tables using row-row and column-column relationships.
method Simultaneously uses row-row and column-column relationships through a double autoencoder.
result outperforms state-of-the-art models in recommender systems.
Paper proposes a new method for imputing missing biomedical data.
problem Missing values in biomedical data.
method Monte Carlo Dropout within Autoencoders.
result The method improves imputation error and predictive similarity.
End-to-end model for time series classification with missing data.
problem Time series classification with missing data.
method End-to-end neural network that unifies imputation and representation learning.
result Proposed model outperforms state-of-the-art approaches for incomplete time series classification.
Study examines parallel computing strategies for faster imputation of missing data.
problem Time-consuming iterative imputation methods for large datasets.
method Variable-wise and model-wise distributed parallel computing strategies in missForest.
result Variable-wise distributed strategy introduces additional biases in imputation results.
Imputation of missing data is a common application in various classification problems where the feature training matrix has missingness. A widely used solution to this imputation problem is based on the lazy learning technique, -nearest neighbor (kNN) approach. However, most of the previous work on missing data does…
A deep generative model improves imputation of MNAR data by treating missing and complete data equally.
problem Missing Not At Random (MNAR) data in analysis.
method A generative model-specific joint probability decomposition method (conjunction model) and a deep generative imputation model (GNR).
result GNR surpasses state-of-the-art MNAR baselines with significant margins in RMSE and better mask reconstruction.
PC-GAIN: Pseudo-label Conditional Generative Adversarial Imputation Networks for Incomplete Datacs.LG
PC-GAIN improves GAIN's imputation by incorporating category information.
problem Missing data in incomplete datasets.
method Pre-training with pseudo-labels and incorporating an auxiliary classifier into GAIN.
result Significantly improved imputation quality compared to GAIN.
Selective imputation improves treatment effect estimation from missing data.
problem Missing data complicates treatment effect estimation, especially with treatment variables.
method Introduced mixed confounded missingness (MCM) and selective imputation.
result Selective imputation provides unbiased treatment effect estimates.
Framework improves PV forecasting by accounting for missing data uncertainty.
problem Uncertainty from missing data in PV power data.
method Combines stochastic multiple imputation with Rubin's rule.
result Improves prediction interval calibration without sacrificing point prediction accuracy.
CFMI improves missing data imputation across various data types and dimensions.
problem Imputing missing data in complex, high-dimensional datasets.
method Combines normalising flows, flow-matching, and shared conditional modelling.
result Outperforms traditional and modern imputation methods across multiple metrics.
Can humans impute missing data with similar proficiency as machines? This is the question we aim to answer in this paper. We present a novel idea of converting observations with missing data in to a survey questionnaire, which is presented to crowdworkers for completion. We replicate a multiple imputation framework by …
Kernel ridge regression imputation with consistent variance estimation for handling missing data.
problem Handling missing data in statistical analysis.
method Kernel ridge regression imputation combined with entropy method for variance estimation.
result Root-n consistency of the imputation estimator in a Sobolev space setting.
Model handles missing data in partial blackouts for multivariate time series.
problem Missing values in multivariate time series data.
method Two-stage imputation process using self-attention and diffusion processes.
result Model effectively handles missing data during training and outperforms state-of-the-art.
Missing Data Imputation and Acquisition with Deep Hierarchical Models and Hamiltonian Monte Carlocs.LG
HH-VAEM improves imputation and acquisition of missing data using hierarchical models and Hamiltonian Monte Carlo.
problem Imputation and acquisition of missing heterogeneous data.
method Hierarchical VAE model with Hamiltonian Monte Carlo and automatic hyper-parameter tuning.
result HH-VAEM outperforms existing methods in imputation and supervised learning tasks.
The paper compares theoretical and empirical performance of imputation methods for missing data.
problem Missing data in real-world datasets.
method Contrast of theoretical and empirical imputation methods for prediction.
result Mean-imputation is asymptotically optimal for prediction, while mode-imputation is sub-optimal.
Implements SSSD for missing value imputation and forecasting in time series data.
problem Missing values in time series data.
method Structured state space models combined with conditional diffusion models.
result SSSD outperforms state-of-the-art methods on various data sets and missingness scenarios.
New online imputation method for mixed data improves accuracy and speed.
problem Missing value imputation in online settings for mixed data types.
method Online Gaussian copula model for imputation and change point detection.
result The model improves accuracy and speed, especially on large datasets.
Bayesian Recurrent Framework for Missing Data Imputation and Prediction with Clinical Time Seriescs.LG
Real-world clinical time series data sets exhibit a high prevalence of missing values. Hence, there is an increasing interest in missing data imputation. Traditional statistical approaches impose constraints on the data-generating process and decouple imputation from prediction. Recent works propose recurrent neural ne…
Latent diffusion improves robustness in missing data imputation.
problem Missing data imputation under MCAR corruption.
method Two-stage framework: VAE for latent feature learning, diffusion model in latent space.
result Latent diffusion maintains high quality and stability up to 50% missingness.
Paper proposes a novel method to reduce mutual information for missing data imputation.
problem Missing data imputation in datasets with missingness patterns.
method Iterative minimization of KL divergence between imputed data and missingness mask, using rectified flow training objective.
result The proposed method achieves superior imputation performance on synthetic and real-world datasets.
DIVE learns video representations even with missing data.
problem Missing data in video sequences.
method Disentangled Imputed Video autoEncoder (DIVE) with missingness latent variable.
result DIVE outperforms state-of-the-art baselines in imputing and predicting missing video frames.
A new algorithm for missing data imputation with low RMSE and explainability.
problem Missing data in various domains, especially in critical applications requiring low RMSE and explainability.
method DIMV algorithm that uses conditional distribution of features based on fully observed features.
result DIMV provides low RMSE, scalability, and explainability for imputed values.
Bayesian method for imputing missing values in tensor data.
problem Missing data in multi-way arrays (tensors) in biomedical studies.
method Flexible Bayesian framework with conjugate priors for CP factorization.
result Accurately captures uncertainty in microbiome profiles at missing timepoints.