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An Efficient Stochastic Search for Bayesian Variable Selection with High-Dimensional Correlated Predictors.

Deukwoo Kwon1, Maria Teresa Landi, Marina Vannucci

  • 1Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, Rockville, Maryland 20852, U.S.A.

Computational Statistics & Data Analysis
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This study introduces a new Bayesian variable selection method that accounts for predictor correlations, outperforming existing methods in identifying true predictors and reducing errors for high-dimensional data.

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Selecting Multiple Biomarker Subsets with Similarly Effective Binary Classification Performances

Published on: October 11, 2018

Area of Science:

  • Statistics
  • Bioinformatics
  • Machine Learning

Background:

  • High-dimensional data presents challenges for variable selection.
  • Existing methods often ignore predictor correlations, impacting accuracy.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To develop a Bayesian variable selection method that incorporates predictor correlations.
  • To improve model performance in high-dimensional settings.

Main Methods:

  • Introduced the correlation-based stochastic search (CBS) algorithm, extending Stochastic Search Variable Selection (SSVS).
  • Developed the hybrid-CBS algorithm to accommodate predictor correlations during model space exploration.
  • Applied the method to continuous, binary, ordinal, and count outcome data.

Main Results:

  • The hybrid-CBS algorithm demonstrated lower prediction errors compared to SSVS.
  • Hybrid-CBS showed superior performance in identifying true outcome-associated predictors, especially with moderately to highly correlated predictors.
  • Simulation studies assessed the impact of prior distributions and hyper-parameters.

Conclusions:

  • The hybrid-CBS method offers improved variable selection and prediction accuracy for high-dimensional datasets with correlated predictors.
  • The approach is applicable across various data types.
  • Demonstrated utility in a melanoma proteomic profiling study.