Comparison of tree-based methods used in survival data


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YABACI TAK A., SIĞIRLI D.

Statistics in Transition New Series, cilt.23, sa.1, ss.21-28, 2022 (Scopus) identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 23 Sayı: 1
  • Basım Tarihi: 2022
  • Doi Numarası: 10.2478/stattrans-2022-0002
  • Dergi Adı: Statistics in Transition New Series
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Scopus, International Bibliography of Social Sciences, Central & Eastern European Academic Source (CEEAS), Directory of Open Access Journals
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.21-28
  • Anahtar Kelimeler: conditional inference forests, conditional inference trees, random survival forests, tree-based methods
  • Bursa Uludağ Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

© 2022 Glowny Urzad Statystyczny. All rights reserved.Survival trees and forests are popular non-parametric alternatives to parametric and semi-parametric survival models. Conditional inference trees (Ctree) form a non-parametric class of regression trees embedding tree-structured regression models into a well-defined theory of conditional inference procedures. The Ctree is applicable in a varietyof regression-related issues, involving nominal, ordinal, numeric, censored, as well as multivariate response variables and arbitrary measurement scales of covariates. Conditional inference forests (Cforest) consitute a survival forest method which combines a large number of Ctrees. The Cforest provides a unified and flexible framework for ensemble learning in the presence of censoring. The random survival forests (RSF) methodology extends the random forests method enabling the approximation of rich classes of functions while maintaining generalisation errors low. In the present study, the Ctree, Cforest and RSF methods are discussed in detail and the performances of the survival forest methods, namely the Cforest and RSF have been compared with a simulation study. The results of the simulation demonstrate that the RSF method with a log-rank score distinction criteria outperforms the Cforest and the RSF with log-rank distinction criteria.