Data from: Comparing regression-based approaches for identifying microbial functional groups

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Auteurs principaux: Yu, Fang, Tikhonov, Mikhail
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author Yu, Fang
Tikhonov, Mikhail
author_facet Yu, Fang
Tikhonov, Mikhail
contents <p>Microbial communities are composed of functionally integrated taxa, and identifying which taxa contribute to a given ecosystem function is essential for predicting community behaviors. This study compares the effectiveness of a previously proposed method for identifying ``functional taxa,'' Ensemble Quotient Optimization (EQO), to a potentially simpler approach based on the Least Absolute Shrinkage and Selection Operator (LASSO). In contrast to LASSO, EQO uses a binary prior on coefficients, assuming uniform contribution strength across taxa. Using synthetic datasets with increasingly realistic structure, we demonstrate that EQO's strong prior enables it to perform better in low-data regime. However, LASSO's flexibility and efficiency can make it preferable as data complexity increases. Our results detail the favorable conditions for EQO and emphasize LASSO as a viable alternative.</p>
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spellingShingle Data from: Comparing regression-based approaches for identifying microbial functional groups
Yu, Fang
Tikhonov, Mikhail
Microbial Functional Groups
Functional Taxa Identification
Sparse Regression
Ensemble Quotient Optimization
Least Absolute Shrinkage and Selection Operator
EQO
LASSO
Data-Driven Inference
Phylogenetic Regularization
<p>Microbial communities are composed of functionally integrated taxa, and identifying which taxa contribute to a given ecosystem function is essential for predicting community behaviors. This study compares the effectiveness of a previously proposed method for identifying ``functional taxa,'' Ensemble Quotient Optimization (EQO), to a potentially simpler approach based on the Least Absolute Shrinkage and Selection Operator (LASSO). In contrast to LASSO, EQO uses a binary prior on coefficients, assuming uniform contribution strength across taxa. Using synthetic datasets with increasingly realistic structure, we demonstrate that EQO's strong prior enables it to perform better in low-data regime. However, LASSO's flexibility and efficiency can make it preferable as data complexity increases. Our results detail the favorable conditions for EQO and emphasize LASSO as a viable alternative.</p>
title Data from: Comparing regression-based approaches for identifying microbial functional groups
topic Microbial Functional Groups
Functional Taxa Identification
Sparse Regression
Ensemble Quotient Optimization
Least Absolute Shrinkage and Selection Operator
EQO
LASSO
Data-Driven Inference
Phylogenetic Regularization
url https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.14796851