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48 results for outcome highly adaptive lasso

Proposes a new method for estimating treatment effects using outcome highly adaptive lasso.

problem Estimating treatment effects using flexible techniques like machine learning.
method Outcome highly adaptive lasso, a penalized regression technique for estimating propensity scores.
result Confidence intervals based on the proposed estimator offer benefits over popular approaches.

New nonparametric estimators improve causal effect estimation.

problem Estimation of causal effects with selection bias.
method Undersmoothing of the highly adaptive lasso for estimating the weighting mechanism.
result Asymptotic efficiency and convergence to nonparametric efficiency bound.

Proposes a new method for estimating non-pathwise differentiable functional parameters.

problem Estimating dose-response curves for continuous exposure.
method Targeted Highly Adaptive Lasso (HAL) for non-pathwise differentiable functional parameters.
result The Targeted HAL-MLE achieves dimension-free rates up to log(n) factors and outperforms other methods in simulations.

Paper proposes ASCCA for sparse CCA with trace Lasso regularization.

problem Sparse CCA in high-dimensional settings with correlated variables.
method Trace Lasso regularization, reformulated to Riemannian manifolds, inexact augmented Lagrangian method.
result Improved stability and interpretation of sparse CCA.

We study the distribution of the adaptive LASSO estimator (Zou (2006)) in finite samples as well as in the large-sample limit. The large-sample distributions are derived both for the case where the adaptive LASSO estimator is tuned to perform conservative model selection as well as for the case where the tuning results…

2008-01-30abs ↗pdf ↗

MT-HAL learns features and task associations for multiple tasks with a shared sparse structure.

problem Learning features and task associations for multiple tasks with shared structure.
method Fully nonparametric approach that learns features, samples, and task associations with a shared sparse structure.
result MT-HAL achieves a powerful convergence rate and outperforms other methods across various simulation settings.

Paper proposes a method to model health outcomes using varying-coefficients and KNN-based LASSO.

problem Modeling health outcomes like BMI and cholesterol levels with varying age effects.
method Varying-coefficients regional quantile regression via KNN fused LASSO, with ADMM algorithm.
result Efficacy in capturing complex age-dependent associations between health outcomes and risk factors.

We consider the problem of predicting an outcome variable using pp covariates that are measured on nn independent observations, in the setting in which flexible and interpretable fits are desirable. We propose the fused lasso additive model (FLAM), in which each additive function is estimated to be piecewise constant…

2014-09-18abs ↗pdf ↗

TMLE improves causal effect estimation in missing data scenarios with various positivity violations.

problem Estimating causal effects in studies with missing data and positivity violations.
method Targeted Maximum Likelihood Estimation (TMLE) with various missing data methods.
result Complete cases with TMLE incorporating an outcome-missingness model exhibit lower bias and greater robustness against positivity violations.

The paper examines Adaptive Lasso and Transfer Lasso, highlighting their differences and proposing a new method.

problem Comparing and contrasting Adaptive Lasso and Transfer Lasso.
method Theoretical analysis of asymptotic properties and introduction of a new method.
result The Transfer Lasso method reduces non-asymptotic estimation errors compared to Adaptive Lasso.

DFR reduces the computational cost of sparse-group lasso and adaptive sparse-group lasso.

problem Sparse-group lasso's computational expense and need for tuning.
method Dual Feature Reduction (DFR) using strong screening rules and dual norms.
result DFR drastically reduces computational cost without affecting solution optimality.

Using the 1\ell_1-norm to regularize the estimation of the parameter vector of a linear model leads to an unstable estimator when covariates are highly correlated. In this paper, we introduce a new penalty function which takes into account the correlation of the design matrix to stabilize the estimation. This norm, ca…

2011-09-09abs ↗pdf ↗

Paper analyzes adaptive Lasso for high-dimensional diffusion processes, improving support recovery and bias.

problem Support recovery for high-dimensional diffusion processes under sparsity constraints.
method Adaptive Lasso estimator for d-dimensional ergodic diffusion process, focusing on linear models.
result Adaptive Lasso achieves support recovery and asymptotic normality for drift parameter under certain conditions.

Study improves statistical inference for CATEs using Lasso and DML.

problem Estimating and inferring CATEs in high-dimensional settings.
method Doubly robust estimator, Lasso regularization, debiased Lasso, DML.
result TDL (triple/debiased Lasso) achieves n\sqrt{n}-consistency and confidence intervals.

LUQ-Learning adapts Q-learning for healthcare decisions considering patient preferences.

problem Optimizing treatment decisions for multivariate outcomes based on individual preferences.
method Latent Utility Q-Learning (LUQ-Learning) framework that adapts Q-learning for composite outcomes.
result LUQ-Learning achieves highly competitive performance compared to alternative methods in simulations.

Paper proposes a method to efficiently estimate structural breaks in cointegrating regressions.

problem Estimating structural breaks in cointegrating regressions is challenging due to inconsistency of group lasso.
method Adaptive group lasso procedure using a first step group lasso estimation of diverging breakpoint candidates to produce weights for a second estimation.
result The adaptive group lasso estimator delivers consistent parameter changes and oracle properties.

Exponential Lasso improves Lasso's robustness to outliers and heavy-tailed noise.

problem Lasso's sensitivity to outliers and heavy-tailed noise in high-dimensional statistics.
method Integrates an exponential-type loss function into the Lasso framework.
result Achieves strong statistical convergence rates robust to heavy-tailed contamination.

Network Lasso improves semi-supervised regression on network data.

problem Improving regression accuracy on network data with limited labeled examples.
method Applying network Lasso to semi-supervised regression problems, leveraging message passing over an empirical graph.
result Network Lasso's accuracy is linked to the existence of large network flows over the empirical graph.

Proposes a novel framework for unsupervised domain adaptation using causal representations.

problem Transferability of deep model representations across domains is limited.
method Integrates causal inference into deep learning pipeline for domain-invariant feature learning.
result Demonstrates superior performance in unsupervised domain adaptation using causal representations.

LARGE adapts regularization for better graph estimation in high-dimensional data.

problem Challenges in selecting optimal regularization parameters for graph estimation.
method Locally Adaptive Regularization for Graph Estimation (LARGE) that adapts nodewise penalties.
result LARGE consistently outperforms benchmark methods in graph recovery and estimation accuracy.

Random forests and LASSO methods improve small area estimation using auxiliary data.

problem Estimating household consumption in small areas with limited sampled data.
method Model-based small area estimation using random forests and LASSO with auxiliary information.
result Bayesian shrinkage performed best in terms of bias, MSE, and prediction interval coverages.

Network Lasso classifies partially labeled data with high-dimensional features.

problem Classifying data points with limited labeled data and high-dimensional features.
method Logistic Network Lasso using total variation regularization and primal-dual splitting.
result Accurate classification achieved from limited labeled data via network structure.

Proposes online debiasing to correct bias in adaptive data collection for high-dimensional linear regression.

problem Bias in adaptive data collection for high-dimensional linear regression.
method Online debiasing procedure for LASSO and other estimators.
result Optimal debiasing of LASSO estimator in specific sparsity regime.

Exclusive Group Lasso improves feature selection in correlated biological data.

problem Correlated features hinder Lasso performance in biological classification problems.
method Proposes and solves the exclusive group Lasso, combining stability selection and random group allocation.
result Exclusive Group Lasso outperforms Lasso in comprehensive selection of informative features.

Although the Lasso has been extensively studied, the relationship between its prediction performance and the correlations of the covariates is not fully understood. In this paper, we give new insights into this relationship in the context of multiple linear regression. We show, in particular, that the incorporation of …

2014-02-07abs ↗pdf ↗

Estimates CATEs using high-dimensional linear regression models.

problem Estimating individualized causal effects (CATEs) in two treatments.
method Proposes a Lasso regression method for consistently estimating CATEs under high-dimensional and non-sparse parameters, leveraging the assumption of implicit sparsity.
result The proposed method is consistent for estimating CATEs.

Study evaluates scikit-learn regularization frameworks for machine learning models.

problem Choosing the right regularization framework for applied machine learning models.
method Empirical evaluation of four canonical frameworks (Ridge, Lasso, ElasticNet, Post-Lasso OLS) across 134,400 simulations.
result Lasso recall is highly fragile under multicollinearity; at high condition numbers (kappa) and low SNR, Lasso recall collapses to 0.18 while ElasticNet maintains 0.93.