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  • Statistics
  • Biostatistics
  • Machine Learning

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  • Tree-based methods are widely used for survival data analysis with right-censoring.
  • Current methods often assume independence between event times and censoring times, which may not hold true.
  • Dependent censoring can lead to biased survival function estimation.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To propose novel survival forest methodologies for situations with suspected dependent censoring.
  • To introduce a new survival forest method, termed p-forest, applicable generally and for dependent censoring.
  • To enhance the accuracy of survival function estimation under dependent censoring.

Main Methods:

  • Developing survival forests using appropriate survival function estimators, such as the copula-graphic estimator, during tree aggregation.
  • Modifying splitting rules within survival trees to account for dependent censoring.
  • Introducing the p-forest method as a general survival forest approach and for dependent censoring scenarios.

Main Results:

  • Simulation studies demonstrate significant improvements in survival function estimation accuracy when using the proposed methods in the presence of dependent censoring.
  • The copula-graphic estimator effectively addresses dependent censoring when aggregating trees.
  • The p-forest method shows promise as a robust survival forest technique.

Conclusions:

  • The proposed modifications to survival forests effectively handle dependent censoring, leading to more reliable survival function estimates.
  • The p-forest method offers a valuable new tool for survival data analysis, particularly when dependent censoring is a concern.
  • These methods provide a framework for sensitivity analysis in real-world data with potential censoring issues.