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Selecting important features that have substantial effects on the response with provable type-I error rate control is a fundamental concern in statistics, with wide-ranging practical applications. Existing knockoff filters, although shown…

Methodology · Statistics 2024-02-29 Jiaqi Gu , Zihuai He

A concept-based classifier can explain the decision process of a deep learning model by human-understandable concepts in image classification problems. However, sometimes concept-based explanations may cause false positives, which…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2024-01-23 Kaiwen Xu , Kazuto Fukuchi , Youhei Akimoto , Jun Sakuma

Predictive modeling often uses black box machine learning methods, such as deep neural networks, to achieve state-of-the-art performance. In scientific domains, the scientist often wishes to discover which features are actually important…

Machine Learning · Statistics 2020-08-03 Mukund Sudarshan , Wesley Tansey , Rajesh Ranganath

We introduce DiffKnock, a diffusion-based knockoff framework for high-dimensional feature selection with finite-sample false discovery rate (FDR) control. DiffKnock addresses two key limitations of existing knockoff methods: preserving…

Methodology · Statistics 2025-10-03 Heng Ge , Qing Lu

Knockoffs is a new framework for controlling the false discovery rate (FDR) in multiple hypothesis testing problems involving complex statistical models. While there has been great emphasis on Type-I error control, Type-II errors have been…

Methodology · Statistics 2017-12-19 Asaf Weinstein , Rina Barber , Emmanuel Candes

This paper introduces an innovative method for conducting conditional independence testing in high-dimensional data, facilitating the automated discovery of significant associations within distinct subgroups of a population, all while…

Methodology · Statistics 2023-09-19 Matteo Sesia , Tianshu Sun

Controlling the false discovery rate (FDR) in high-dimensional variable selection requires balancing rigorous error control with statistical power. Existing methods with provable guarantees are often overly conservative, creating a…

Methodology · Statistics 2026-02-06 Arnau Vilella , Jasin Machkour , Michael Muma , Daniel P. Palomar

Large-scale hypothesis testing is central to modern science, where controlling the False Discovery Rate (FDR) has become the standard approach to managing false positives across many simultaneous tests. Hypotheses rarely exist in isolation;…

Methodology · Statistics 2026-05-19 Binyamin Perets , Shie Mannor

Controlling the false discovery rate (FDR) is a powerful approach to multiple testing. In many applications, the tested hypotheses have an inherent hierarchical structure. In this paper, we focus on the fixed sequence structure where the…

Methodology · Statistics 2016-11-11 Gavin Lynch , Wenge Guo , Sanat K. Sarkar , Helmut Finner

In many scientific problems, researchers try to relate a response variable $Y$ to a set of potential explanatory variables $X = (X_1,\dots,X_p)$, and start by trying to identify variables that contribute to this relationship. In statistical…

Statistics Theory · Mathematics 2020-10-07 Wenshuo Wang , Lucas Janson

Testing multiple hypotheses of conditional independence with provable error rate control is a fundamental problem with various applications. To infer conditional independence with family-wise error rate (FWER) control when only summary…

Methodology · Statistics 2023-10-17 Catherine Xinrui Yu , Jiaqi Gu , Zhaomeng Chen , Zihuai He

Consider a case-control study in which we have a random sample, constructed in such a way that the proportion of cases in our sample is different from that in the general population---for instance, the sample is constructed to achieve a…

Methodology · Statistics 2019-01-01 Rina Foygel Barber , Emmanuel Candes

Controlling false discovery rate (FDR) while leveraging the side information of multiple hypothesis testing is an emerging research topic in modern data science. Existing methods rely on the test-level covariates while ignoring possible…

Machine Learning · Statistics 2021-01-26 Lin Qiu , Nils Murrugarra-Llerena , Vítor Silva , Lin Lin , Vernon M. Chinchilli

Variable selection plays a crucial role in enhancing modeling effectiveness across diverse fields, addressing the challenges posed by high-dimensional datasets of correlated variables. This work introduces a novel approach namely Knockoff…

Machine Learning · Statistics 2025-01-31 Xiaochen Zhang , Yunfeng Cai , Haoyi Xiong

Genomics biobanks are information treasure troves with thousands of phenotypes (e.g., diseases, traits) and millions of single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs). The development of methodologies that provide reproducible discoveries is…

Methodology · Statistics 2024-10-08 Jasin Machkour , Michael Muma , Daniel P. Palomar

We propose the Terminating-Random Experiments (T-Rex) selector, a fast variable selection method for high-dimensional data. The T-Rex selector controls a user-defined target false discovery rate (FDR) while maximizing the number of selected…

Methodology · Statistics 2024-03-14 Jasin Machkour , Michael Muma , Daniel P. Palomar

We develop a new class of distribution--free multiple testing rules for false discovery rate (FDR) control under general dependence. A key element in our proposal is a symmetrized data aggregation (SDA) approach to incorporating the…

Methodology · Statistics 2021-05-27 Lilun Du , Xu Guo , Wenguang Sun , Changliang Zou

Feature selection prepares the AI-readiness of data by eliminating redundant features. Prior research falls into two primary categories: i) Supervised Feature Selection, which identifies the optimal feature subset based on their relevance…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2024-03-08 Xinyuan Wang , Dongjie Wang , Wangyang Ying , Rui Xie , Haifeng Chen , Yanjie Fu

We address challenges in variable selection with highly correlated data that are frequently present in finance, economics, but also in complex natural systems as e.g. weather. We develop a robustified version of the knockoff framework,…

Econometrics · Economics 2022-06-14 Konstantin Görgen , Abdolreza Nazemi , Melanie Schienle

Controlling the false discovery rate (FDR) in variable selection becomes challenging when predictors are correlated, as existing methods often exclude all members of correlated groups and consequently perform poorly for prediction. We…

Methodology · Statistics 2026-03-03 Sarah Organ , Toby Kenney , Hong Gu