Summary of Optimal Survival Trees: a Dynamic Programming Approach, by Tim Huisman et al.
Optimal Survival Trees: A Dynamic Programming Approach
by Tim Huisman, Jacobus G. M. van der Linden, Emir Demirović
First submitted to arxiv on: 9 Jan 2024
Categories
- Main: Machine Learning (cs.LG)
- Secondary: Artificial Intelligence (cs.AI); Data Structures and Algorithms (cs.DS)
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| High | Paper authors | High Difficulty Summary Read the original abstract here |
| Medium | GrooveSquid.com (original content) | Medium Difficulty Summary Survival analysis is a machine learning technique used to predict the time of death or other singular events. The traditional approach uses historical data, but assumes that the true event time for some instances is unknown. To overcome this limitation, researchers have developed survival trees, which discover complex nonlinear relationships by recursively splitting the population and predicting distinct survival distributions in each leaf node. A new method has been proposed to ensure optimality guarantees using dynamic programming, allowing the assessment of heuristic optimality gaps. The approach has improved scalability through a specialized algorithm for computing trees up to depth two. Experimental results show that this method outperforms some heuristics in terms of runtime while achieving similar out-of-sample performance as state-of-the-art methods. |
| Low | GrooveSquid.com (original content) | Low Difficulty Summary Imagine trying to predict when someone will die or have another important event happen, based on past information. This is called survival analysis. It’s hard because sometimes we don’t know the exact time for some people. To make this job easier, scientists created a tool called a survival tree. It breaks down big problems into smaller parts and predicts what might happen in each group. A new way to build these trees has been developed, which makes sure it’s doing the best job possible. This method is fast and works well even when looking at a lot of data. |
Keywords
* Artificial intelligence * Machine learning
