Sparse encoding for more-interpretable feature-selecting representations in probabilistic matrix factorization
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| author | Chang, Joshua C. Fletcher, Patrick Han, Jungmin Chang, Ted L. Vattikuti, Shashaank Desmet, Bart Zirikly, Ayah Chow, Carson C. |
| author_facet | Chang, Joshua C. Fletcher, Patrick Han, Jungmin Chang, Ted L. Vattikuti, Shashaank Desmet, Bart Zirikly, Ayah Chow, Carson C. |
| contents | Dimensionality reduction methods for count data are critical to a wide range of applications in medical informatics and other fields where model interpretability is paramount. For such data, hierarchical Poisson matrix factorization (HPF) and other sparse probabilistic non-negative matrix factorization (NMF) methods are considered to be interpretable generative models. They consist of sparse transformations for decoding their learned representations into predictions. However, sparsity in representation decoding does not necessarily imply sparsity in the encoding of representations from the original data features. HPF is often incorrectly interpreted in the literature as if it possesses encoder sparsity. The distinction between decoder sparsity and encoder sparsity is subtle but important. Due to the lack of encoder sparsity, HPF does not possess the column-clustering property of classical NMF -- the factor loading matrix does not sufficiently define how each factor is formed from the original features. We address this deficiency by self-consistently enforcing encoder sparsity, using a generalized additive model (GAM), thereby allowing one to relate each representation coordinate to a subset of the original data features. In doing so, the method also gains the ability to perform feature selection. We demonstrate our method on simulated data and give an example of how encoder sparsity is of practical use in a concrete application of representing inpatient comorbidities in Medicare patients. |
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| spellingShingle | Sparse encoding for more-interpretable feature-selecting representations in probabilistic matrix factorization Chang, Joshua C. Fletcher, Patrick Han, Jungmin Chang, Ted L. Vattikuti, Shashaank Desmet, Bart Zirikly, Ayah Chow, Carson C. Machine Learning Quantitative Methods Dimensionality reduction methods for count data are critical to a wide range of applications in medical informatics and other fields where model interpretability is paramount. For such data, hierarchical Poisson matrix factorization (HPF) and other sparse probabilistic non-negative matrix factorization (NMF) methods are considered to be interpretable generative models. They consist of sparse transformations for decoding their learned representations into predictions. However, sparsity in representation decoding does not necessarily imply sparsity in the encoding of representations from the original data features. HPF is often incorrectly interpreted in the literature as if it possesses encoder sparsity. The distinction between decoder sparsity and encoder sparsity is subtle but important. Due to the lack of encoder sparsity, HPF does not possess the column-clustering property of classical NMF -- the factor loading matrix does not sufficiently define how each factor is formed from the original features. We address this deficiency by self-consistently enforcing encoder sparsity, using a generalized additive model (GAM), thereby allowing one to relate each representation coordinate to a subset of the original data features. In doing so, the method also gains the ability to perform feature selection. We demonstrate our method on simulated data and give an example of how encoder sparsity is of practical use in a concrete application of representing inpatient comorbidities in Medicare patients. |
| title | Sparse encoding for more-interpretable feature-selecting representations in probabilistic matrix factorization |
| topic | Machine Learning Quantitative Methods |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2012.04171 |