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Optimal Sparse Survival Trees.

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Zhang, R; Xin, R; Seltzer, M; Rudin, C
Published in: Proceedings of machine learning research
May 2024

Interpretability is crucial for doctors, hospitals, pharmaceutical companies and biotechnology corporations to analyze and make decisions for high stakes problems that involve human health. Tree-based methods have been widely adopted for survival analysis due to their appealing interpretablility and their ability to capture complex relationships. However, most existing methods to produce survival trees rely on heuristic (or greedy) algorithms, which risk producing sub-optimal models. We present a dynamic-programming-with-bounds approach that finds provably-optimal sparse survival tree models, frequently in only a few seconds.

Duke Scholars

Published In

Proceedings of machine learning research

EISSN

2640-3498

ISSN

2640-3498

Publication Date

May 2024

Volume

238

Start / End Page

352 / 360
 

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Zhang, R., Xin, R., Seltzer, M., & Rudin, C. (2024). Optimal Sparse Survival Trees. In Proceedings of machine learning research (Vol. 238, pp. 352–360).
Zhang, Rui, Rui Xin, Margo Seltzer, and Cynthia Rudin. “Optimal Sparse Survival Trees.” In Proceedings of Machine Learning Research, 238:352–60, 2024.
Zhang R, Xin R, Seltzer M, Rudin C. Optimal Sparse Survival Trees. In: Proceedings of machine learning research. 2024. p. 352–60.
Zhang, Rui, et al. “Optimal Sparse Survival Trees.Proceedings of Machine Learning Research, vol. 238, 2024, pp. 352–60.
Zhang R, Xin R, Seltzer M, Rudin C. Optimal Sparse Survival Trees. Proceedings of machine learning research. 2024. p. 352–360.

Published In

Proceedings of machine learning research

EISSN

2640-3498

ISSN

2640-3498

Publication Date

May 2024

Volume

238

Start / End Page

352 / 360