Summary of Fast Nonparametric Feature Selection with Error Control Using Integrated Path Stability Selection, by Omar Melikechi et al.
Fast nonparametric feature selection with error control using integrated path stability selection
by Omar Melikechi, David B. Dunson, Jeffrey W. Miller
First submitted to arxiv on: 3 Oct 2024
Categories
- Main: Machine Learning (stat.ML)
- Secondary: Machine Learning (cs.LG); Applications (stat.AP); Methodology (stat.ME)
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| High | Paper authors | High Difficulty Summary Read the original abstract here |
| Medium | GrooveSquid.com (original content) | Medium Difficulty Summary This paper presents a novel feature selection method that addresses the limitations of existing nonparametric approaches. The proposed method, integrated path stability selection (IPSS), combines thresholding with q-value estimation to control false positives and the false discovery rate in high-dimensional data. Two special cases of IPSS are introduced: IPSS based on gradient boosting (IPSSGB) and random forests (IPSSRF). Extensive simulations using RNA sequencing data demonstrate that IPSSGB and IPSSRF outperform existing methods in terms of error control, true positive detection, and computational efficiency. |
| Low | GrooveSquid.com (original content) | Low Difficulty Summary This paper helps us pick the most important features for machine learning tasks. The old ways of doing this weren’t very good because they didn’t have a way to control mistakes. This new method, called integrated path stability selection (IPSS), uses two special tricks: controlling the amount of false positives and using q-values instead of p-values. Two versions of IPSS are tested on real data and show better results than other methods. |
Keywords
» Artificial intelligence » Boosting » Feature selection » Machine learning
