Improving the within-node estimation of survival trees while retaining interpretability
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| Publié dans: | Journal of applied statistics. - 1991. - 52(2025), 13 vom: 18., Seite 2544-2558 |
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| Autres auteurs: | , |
| Format: | Article en ligne |
| Langue: | English |
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2025
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| Accès à la collection: | Journal of applied statistics |
| Sujets: | Journal Article 62-08 62P10 92B15 Survival analysis censored data decision trees interpretable machine learning nonparametric statistics |
| Résumé: | © 2025 Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group. In statistical learning for survival data, survival trees are favored for their capacity to detect complex relationships beyond parametric and semiparametric models. Despite this, their prediction accuracy is often suboptimal. In this paper, we propose a new method based on super learning to improve the within-node estimation and overall survival prediction accuracy, while preserving the interpretability of the survival tree. Simulation studies reveal the proposed method's superior finite sample performance compared to conventional approaches for within-node estimation in survival trees. Furthermore, we apply this method to analyze the North Central Cancer Treatment Group Lung Cancer Data, cardiovascular medical records from the Faisalabad Institute of Cardiology, and the integrated genomic data of ovarian carcinoma with The Cancer Genome Atlas project |
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| Description: | Date Completed 06.10.2025 Date Revised 06.10.2025 published: Electronic-eCollection Citation Status PubMed-not-MEDLINE |
| ISSN: | 0266-4763 |
| DOI: | 10.1080/02664763.2025.2473535 |