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48 results for time-dependent concordance index

Survival kernets scale deep kernel survival analysis to large datasets with interpretability and theoretical guarantees.

problem Scalable and interpretable deep kernel survival analysis for large datasets.
method Survival kernets use kernel netting for training set compression and XGBoost for warm-starting neural architecture search.
result Survival kernets achieve optimal time-dependent concordance index on various survival analysis datasets.

Ensemble model predicts AD progression from CN status with high accuracy.

problem Early prediction of clinical progression from cognitively normal to mild cognitive impairment or Alzheimer's disease.
method Ensemble survival analysis combining penalized Cox regression, advanced survival models, and aggregation techniques.
result Ensemble model achieved peak C-index of 0.907 and integrated time-dependent AUC of 0.904, outperforming baseline models.

A new concordance loss improves model performance and reliability in survival prediction.

problem Inconsistent evaluation of deep survival models using likelihood losses.
method Proposed a value-monotone concordance loss (SCL) to improve reliability and optimization.
result SCL achieves comparable discrimination and is the best or within one standard deviation of the best C-index across multiple datasets.

Paper compares different models for time-to-event analysis.

problem Comparing models for time-to-event analysis.
method Experimental comparison of semi-parametric, parametric, and machine learning models.
result Models' performance evaluated using concordance index.

The knot Floer complex together with the associated concordance invariant epsilon can be used to define a filtration on the smooth concordance group. We show that the indexing set of this filtration contains the natural numbers cross the integers as an ordered subset.

2012-10-15abs ↗pdf ↗

Researchers analyze the relationship between ML cost functions and the C-index in survival analysis.

problem Understanding the relationship between ML cost functions and the C-index in survival analysis.
method Provided C-index Fisher-consistency results and excess risk bounds for various cost functions in survival analysis.
result Identified conditions under which ML cost functions are consistent with the C-index.

This paper studies cobordism and concordance for virtual knots. We define the affine index polynomial, prove that it is a concordance invariant for knots and links (explaining when it is defined for links), show that it is also invariant under certain forms of labeled cobordism and study a number of examples in relatio…

2018-04-07abs ↗pdf ↗

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.

Survival analysis in the presence of multiple possible adverse events, i.e., competing risks, is a pervasive problem in many industries (healthcare, finance, etc.). Since only one event is typically observed, the incidence of an event of interest is often obscured by other related competing events. This nonidentifiabil…

2018-07-16abs ↗pdf ↗

We characterize the fractional Dehn twist coefficient of a braid in terms of a slope of the homogenization of the Upsilon function, where Upsilon is the function-valued concordance homomorphism defined by Ozsváth, Stipsicz, and Szabó. We use this characterization to prove that nn-braids with fractional Dehn twist coef…

2017-08-16abs ↗pdf ↗

The paper predicts survival functions using random survival trees and concordance maximization.

problem Predicting conditional survival functions in right-censored data.
method The approach combines regression strategies with random survival trees and maximizes concordance.
result The proposed weighted predictor outperforms the usual survival cobra in terms of concordance.

For all n > 0 there is a homomorphism from the smooth concordance group of knots in dimension 2n + 1 to an algebraically defined group called the rational algebraic concordance group. This algebraic concordance group splits as a direct sum of groups indexed by polynomials. For n > 1 the homomorphism is injective. This …

2019-11-19abs ↗pdf ↗

Study compares LSTM, Transformer, and Mamba for bladder cancer recurrence analysis.

problem Complex time-dependent data in bladder cancer recurrence analysis.
method Evaluation of LSTM, Transformer, and Mamba models using Cox proportional hazards model.
result LSTM-Cox model outperforms Transformer-Cox and Mamba-Cox models in prediction accuracy.

Short note on braid index and quasipositivity of certain pretzel knots.

problem Calculating braid index and identifying quasipositive status for specific pretzel knots.
method Used Morton-Franks-Williams inequalities and Khovanov-Rozansky concordance homomorphisms.
result Determined braid index and identified quasipositivity for knots with even crossings in one strand.

We review a resent {\em time-dependent} performance measure for economical time series -- the (optimal) investment horizon approach. For stock indices, the approach shows a pronounced gain-loss asymmetry that is {\em not} observed for the individual stocks that comprise the index. This difference may hint towards an sy…

2005-04-21abs ↗pdf ↗

This paper shows that only finitely many knots can be ribbon concordant to any given knot.

problem Understanding the relationship between ribbon concordance and fibered knots.
method Using knot Floer homology and bordered Heegaard Floer homology, the paper proves an inequality relating the knot Floer homology of a satellite knot and its companion.
result Every knot in S3S^3 has only finitely many fibered predecessors under ribbon concordance.

Milnor's μˉ\barμ-invariants of links in the 33-sphere S3S^3 vanish on any link concordant to a boundary link. In particular, they are trivial on any knot in S3S^3. Here we consider knots in thickened surfaces Σ×[0,1]Σ\times [0,1], where ΣΣ is closed and oriented. We construct new concordance invariants by adapting the Che…

2020-02-04abs ↗pdf ↗

Given a connected cobordism between two knots in the 3-sphere, our main result is an inequality involving torsion orders of the knot Floer homology of the knots, and the number of local maxima and the genus of the cobordism. This has several topological applications: The torsion order gives lower bounds on the bridge i…

2019-04-04abs ↗pdf ↗

SurvMixClust clusters survival data and predicts individual survival curves.

problem Integrating clustering into survival analysis for precision medicine.
method SurvMixClust learns latent representations for clustering and predicts survival functions using a mixture of non-parametric experts.
result SurvMixClust creates balanced clusters with distinct survival curves, outperforming clustering baselines and competing with non-clustering models in predictive accuracy.

This is an expository paper designed to introduce undergraduates to the Atiyah-Singer index theorem 50 years after its announcement. It includes motivation, a statement of the theorem, an outline of the easy part of the heat equation proof. It includes counting lattice points and knot concordance as applications.

2013-01-02abs ↗pdf ↗

We use Ozsváth, Stipsicz, and Szabó's Upsilon-invariant to provide bounds on cobordisms between knots that `contain full-twists'. In particular, we recover and generalize a classical consequence of the Morton-Franks-Williams inequality for knots: positive braids that contain a positive full-twist realize the braid inde…

2016-02-08abs ↗pdf ↗

In a recent work (Chattopadhyay, A. K. et al, Europhys. Lett. {\bf 91}, 58003, 2010) based on food consumption statistics, we showed how a stochastic agent based model could represent the time variation of the income distribution statistics in a developing economy, thereby defining an alternative \enquote{poverty index…

2016-08-18abs ↗pdf ↗

Kernel Induced Random Survival Forests (KIRSF) is a statistical learning algorithm which aims to improve prediction accuracy for survival data. As in Random Survival Forests (RSF), Cumulative Hazard Function is predicted for each individual in the test set. Prediction error is estimated using Harrell's concordance inde…

2010-08-24abs ↗pdf ↗

In an earlier work, we introduced a family of t-modified knot Floer homologies, defined by modifying the construction of knot Floer homology HFK-minus. The resulting groups were then used to define concordance homomorphisms indexed by t in [0,2]. In the present work we elaborate on the special case t=1, and call the co…

2015-08-13abs ↗pdf ↗

In 1997 Cochran-Orr-Teichner introduced a natural filtration, called the n-solvable filtration, of the smooth knot concordance group, C. Its terms {F_n} are indexed by half integers. We show that each associated graded abelian group G_n=F_n/F_{n.5}, n>1, contains infinite linearly independent sets of elements of order …

2009-07-27abs ↗pdf ↗

New surfaces in 3D manifolds are found that cannot be smoothly deformed into each other.

problem Finding surfaces in 3D manifolds that cannot be smoothly deformed into each other.
method Constructing infinite families of homotopic surfaces in closed genus-gg surfaces, showing they are not smoothly image-concordant.
result Closed surfaces with common framed dual sphere can be π1π_1-injective but not smoothly image-concordant.

We investigate the disparity between smooth and topological almost concordance of knots in general 3-manifolds Y. Almost concordance is defined by considering knots in Y modulo concordance in Yx[0,1] and the action of the concordance group of knots in the 3-sphere that ties in local knots. We prove that the trivial fre…

2017-07-04abs ↗pdf ↗

SurvFD and SurvSHAP-IQ provide interpretable survival models by analyzing feature interactions.

problem Non-additivity of hazard and survival functions limits standard additive explanation methods.
method SurvFD decomposes higher-order effects into time-dependent and time-independent components, extending Shapley interactions to time-indexed functions.
result SurvFD and SurvSHAP-IQ offer a new perspective on survival explanations, explicitly characterizing feature interactions.

The concordance genus of a knot is the least genus of any knot in its concordance class. It is bounded above by the genus of the knot, and bounded below by the slice genus, two well-studied invariants. In this paper we consider the concordance genus of 11--crossing prime knots. This analysis resolves the concordance ge…

2012-08-24abs ↗pdf ↗

We report an empirical study of the Ibovespa index of the Sao Paulo Stock Exchange in which we detect the existence of long-range correlations. To analyze our data we introduce a rescaled variant of the usual Detrended Fluctuation Analysis that allows us to obtain the Hurst exponent through a one-parameter fitting. We …

2003-02-17abs ↗pdf ↗

Persistence is studied in a financial context by mapping the time evolution of the values of the shares quoted on the London Financial Times Stock Exchange 100 index (FTSE 100) onto Ising spins. By following the time dependence of the spins, we find evidence for power law decay of the proportion of shares that remain e…

2005-10-04abs ↗pdf ↗