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Deep learning models benefit from rich (e.g., multi-modal) input features. However, multimodal models might be challenging to deploy, because some inputs may be missing at inference. Current popular solutions include marginalization,…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2025-07-22 Minh Nguyen , Batuhan K. Karaman , Heejong Kim , Alan Q. Wang , Fengbei Liu , Mert R. Sabuncu

The recently proposed fixed-X knockoff is a powerful variable selection procedure that controls the false discovery rate (FDR) in any finite-sample setting, yet its theoretical insights are difficult to show beyond Gaussian linear models.…

Methodology · Statistics 2023-11-28 Han Su , Panxu Yuan , Qingyang Sun , Mengxi Yi , Gaorong Li

The fixed-X knockoff filter is a flexible framework for variable selection with false discovery rate (FDR) control in linear models with arbitrary design matrices (of full column rank) and it allows for finite-sample selective inference via…

Statistics Theory · Mathematics 2023-11-28 Mehrdad Pournaderi , Yu Xiang

Knockoffs provide a general framework for controlling the false discovery rate when performing variable selection. Much of the Knockoffs literature focuses on theoretical challenges and we recognize a need for bringing some of the current…

The knockoff filter of Barber and Candes (arXiv:1404.5609) is a flexible framework for multiple testing in supervised learning models, based on introducing synthetic predictor variables to control the false discovery rate (FDR). Using the…

Methodology · Statistics 2024-11-26 Yixiang Luo , William Fithian , Lihua Lei

Continuous improvement in medical imaging techniques allows the acquisition of higher-resolution images. When these are used in a predictive setting, a greater number of explanatory variables are potentially related to the dependent…

Statistics Theory · Mathematics 2019-03-13 Tuan-Binh Nguyen , Jérôme-Alexis Chevalier , Bertrand Thirion

Although there is a huge literature on feature selection for the Cox model, none of the existing approaches can control the false discovery rate (FDR) unless the sample size tends to infinity. In addition, there is no formal power analysis…

Methodology · Statistics 2023-08-02 Daoji Li , Jinzhao Yu , Hui Zhao

We investigate the robustness of the model-X knockoffs framework with respect to the misspecified or estimated feature distribution. We achieve such a goal by theoretically studying the feature selection performance of a practically…

Methodology · Statistics 2024-06-06 Yingying Fan , Lan Gao , Jinchi Lv

A noisy training set usually leads to the degradation of the generalization and robustness of neural networks. In this paper, we propose a novel theoretically guaranteed clean sample selection framework for learning with noisy labels.…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2023-11-30 Yikai Wang , Yanwei Fu , Xinwei Sun

The rapid generation of complex, highly skewed, and zero-inflated multi-source count data poses significant challenges for variable selection, particularly in biomedical domains like tumor development and metabolic dysregulation. To address…

Applications · Statistics 2025-11-11 Shan Tang , Shanjun Mao , Shourong Ma , Falong Tan

High-dimensional variable selection has emerged as one of the prevailing statistical challenges in the big data revolution. Many variable selection methods have been adapted for identifying single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) linked to…

Methodology · Statistics 2024-08-21 Justin J. Van Ee , Diana Gamba , Jesse R. Lasky , Megan L. Vahsen , Mevin B. Hooten

Multiple comparisons in hypothesis testing often encounter structural constraints in various applications. For instance, in structural Magnetic Resonance Imaging for Alzheimer's Disease, the focus extends beyond examining atrophic brain…

Methodology · Statistics 2023-11-08 Yang Cao , Xinwei Sun , Yuan Yao

We propose a new method for input variable selection in nonlinear regression. The method is embedded into a kernel regression machine that can model general nonlinear functions, not being a priori limited to additive models. This is the…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2018-09-05 Magda Gregorová , Jason Ramapuram , Alexandros Kalousis , Stéphane Marchand-Maillet

In many scientific fields, researchers are interested in discovering features with substantial effect on the response from a large number of features while controlling the proportion of false discoveries. By incorporating the knockoff…

Methodology · Statistics 2023-02-28 Jiaqi Gu , Guosheng Yin

Power and reproducibility are key to enabling refined scientific discoveries in contemporary big data applications with general high-dimensional nonlinear models. In this paper, we provide theoretical foundations on the power and robustness…

Statistics Theory · Mathematics 2017-09-04 Yingying Fan , Emre Demirkaya , Gaorong Li , Jinchi Lv

The knockoff filter, recently developed by Barber and Candes, is an effective procedure to perform variable selection with a controlled false discovery rate (FDR). We propose a private version of the knockoff filter by incorporating…

Machine Learning · Statistics 2022-02-01 Mehrdad Pournaderi , Yu Xiang

Identifying truly predictive covariates while strictly controlling false discoveries remains a fundamental challenge in nonlinear, highly correlated, and low signal-to-noise regimes, where deep learning based feature selection methods are…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2026-02-03 Bob Junyi Zou , Lu Tian

We propose the group knockoff filter, a method for false discovery rate control in a linear regression setting where the features are grouped, and we would like to select a set of relevant groups which have a nonzero effect on the response.…

Methodology · Statistics 2016-02-12 Ran Dai , Rina Foygel Barber

The recent paper Cand\`es et al. (2018) introduced model-X knockoffs, a method for variable selection that provably and non-asymptotically controls the false discovery rate with no restrictions or assumptions on the dimensionality of the…

Methodology · Statistics 2020-06-16 Dongming Huang , Lucas Janson

Selecting important features in high-dimensional survival analysis is critical for identifying confirmatory biomarkers while maintaining rigorous error control. In this paper, we propose a derandomized knockoffs procedure for Cox regression…

Methodology · Statistics 2025-12-15 Rui Liu , Nan Sun