A comparison of hyperparameter tuning procedures for clinical prediction models: A simulation study

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Hauptverfasser: Zoë S. Dunias, Ben Van Calster, Dirk Timmerman, Anne‐Laure Boulesteix, Maarten van Smeden
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author Zoë S. Dunias
Ben Van Calster
Dirk Timmerman
Anne‐Laure Boulesteix
Maarten van Smeden
author_facet Zoë S. Dunias
Ben Van Calster
Dirk Timmerman
Anne‐Laure Boulesteix
Maarten van Smeden
Zoë S. Dunias
Ben Van Calster
Dirk Timmerman
Anne‐Laure Boulesteix
Maarten van Smeden
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contents A comparison of hyperparameter tuning procedures for clinical prediction models: A simulation study Zoë S. Dunias Ben Van Calster Dirk Timmerman Anne‐Laure Boulesteix Maarten van Smeden Statistics in Medicine Tuning hyperparameters, such as the regularization parameter in Ridge or Lasso regression, is often aimed at improving the predictive performance of risk prediction models. In this study, various hyperparameter tuning procedures for clinical prediction models were systematically compared and evaluated in low‐dimensional data. The focus was on out‐of‐sample predictive performance (discrimination, calibration, and overall prediction error) of risk prediction models developed using Ridge, Lasso, Elastic Net, or Random Forest. The influence of sample size, number of predictors and events fraction on performance of the hyperparameter tuning procedures was studied using extensive simulations. The results indicate important differences between tuning procedures in calibration performance, while generally showing similar discriminative performance. The one‐standard‐error rule for tuning applied to cross‐validation (1SE CV) often resulted in severe miscalibration. Standard non‐repeated and repeated cross‐validation (both 5‐fold and 10‐fold) performed similarly well and outperformed the other tuning procedures. Bootstrap showed a slight tendency to more severe miscalibration than standard cross‐validation‐based tuning procedures. Differences between tuning procedures were larger for smaller sample sizes, lower events fractions and fewer predictors. These results imply that the choice of tuning procedure can have a profound influence on the predictive performance of prediction models. The results support the application of standard 5‐fold or 10‐fold cross‐validation that minimizes out‐of‐sample prediction error. Despite an increased computational burden, we found no clear benefit of repeated over non‐repeated cross‐validation for hyperparameter tuning. We warn against the potentially detrimental effects on model calibration of the popular 1SE CV rule for tuning prediction models in low‐dimensional settings. 10.1002/sim.9932 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/
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spellingShingle A comparison of hyperparameter tuning procedures for clinical prediction models: A simulation study
Zoë S. Dunias
Ben Van Calster
Dirk Timmerman
Anne‐Laure Boulesteix
Maarten van Smeden
Statistics in Medicine
A comparison of hyperparameter tuning procedures for clinical prediction models: A simulation study Zoë S. Dunias Ben Van Calster Dirk Timmerman Anne‐Laure Boulesteix Maarten van Smeden Statistics in Medicine Tuning hyperparameters, such as the regularization parameter in Ridge or Lasso regression, is often aimed at improving the predictive performance of risk prediction models. In this study, various hyperparameter tuning procedures for clinical prediction models were systematically compared and evaluated in low‐dimensional data. The focus was on out‐of‐sample predictive performance (discrimination, calibration, and overall prediction error) of risk prediction models developed using Ridge, Lasso, Elastic Net, or Random Forest. The influence of sample size, number of predictors and events fraction on performance of the hyperparameter tuning procedures was studied using extensive simulations. The results indicate important differences between tuning procedures in calibration performance, while generally showing similar discriminative performance. The one‐standard‐error rule for tuning applied to cross‐validation (1SE CV) often resulted in severe miscalibration. Standard non‐repeated and repeated cross‐validation (both 5‐fold and 10‐fold) performed similarly well and outperformed the other tuning procedures. Bootstrap showed a slight tendency to more severe miscalibration than standard cross‐validation‐based tuning procedures. Differences between tuning procedures were larger for smaller sample sizes, lower events fractions and fewer predictors. These results imply that the choice of tuning procedure can have a profound influence on the predictive performance of prediction models. The results support the application of standard 5‐fold or 10‐fold cross‐validation that minimizes out‐of‐sample prediction error. Despite an increased computational burden, we found no clear benefit of repeated over non‐repeated cross‐validation for hyperparameter tuning. We warn against the potentially detrimental effects on model calibration of the popular 1SE CV rule for tuning prediction models in low‐dimensional settings. 10.1002/sim.9932 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/
title A comparison of hyperparameter tuning procedures for clinical prediction models: A simulation study
topic Statistics in Medicine
url https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/sim.9932