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Hauptverfasser: Hou, Bojian, Li, Hongming, Jiao, Zhicheng, Zhou, Zhen, Zheng, Hao, Fan, Yong
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Veröffentlicht: 2023
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Online-Zugang:https://arxiv.org/abs/2301.11826
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author Hou, Bojian
Li, Hongming
Jiao, Zhicheng
Zhou, Zhen
Zheng, Hao
Fan, Yong
author_facet Hou, Bojian
Li, Hongming
Jiao, Zhicheng
Zhou, Zhen
Zheng, Hao
Fan, Yong
contents Conventional survival analysis methods are typically ineffective to characterize heterogeneity in the population while such information can be used to assist predictive modeling. In this study, we propose a hybrid survival analysis method, referred to as deep clustering survival machines, that combines the discriminative and generative mechanisms. Similar to the mixture models, we assume that the timing information of survival data is generatively described by a mixture of certain numbers of parametric distributions, i.e., expert distributions. We learn weights of the expert distributions for individual instances according to their features discriminatively such that each instance's survival information can be characterized by a weighted combination of the learned constant expert distributions. This method also facilitates interpretable subgrouping/clustering of all instances according to their associated expert distributions. Extensive experiments on both real and synthetic datasets have demonstrated that the method is capable of obtaining promising clustering results and competitive time-to-event predicting performance.
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spellingShingle Deep Clustering Survival Machines with Interpretable Expert Distributions
Hou, Bojian
Li, Hongming
Jiao, Zhicheng
Zhou, Zhen
Zheng, Hao
Fan, Yong
Machine Learning
Artificial Intelligence
Conventional survival analysis methods are typically ineffective to characterize heterogeneity in the population while such information can be used to assist predictive modeling. In this study, we propose a hybrid survival analysis method, referred to as deep clustering survival machines, that combines the discriminative and generative mechanisms. Similar to the mixture models, we assume that the timing information of survival data is generatively described by a mixture of certain numbers of parametric distributions, i.e., expert distributions. We learn weights of the expert distributions for individual instances according to their features discriminatively such that each instance's survival information can be characterized by a weighted combination of the learned constant expert distributions. This method also facilitates interpretable subgrouping/clustering of all instances according to their associated expert distributions. Extensive experiments on both real and synthetic datasets have demonstrated that the method is capable of obtaining promising clustering results and competitive time-to-event predicting performance.
title Deep Clustering Survival Machines with Interpretable Expert Distributions
topic Machine Learning
Artificial Intelligence
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2301.11826