3 papers
stat.ML2026
Feature Space Selection and Heterogeneous Effect Estimation for Blood-Brain Barrier Permeability: A Random Forest to the Generalized Random Forest Pipeline
Tshemollo Rapolai, Seite Makgai, Mohammad Arashi
Predicting blood-brain barrier (BBB) permeability is critical for central nervous system drug discovery. Using the MoleculeNet BBBP dataset (n = 2039), this study systematically ab…
stat.ME2026
A Contaminated Model for Overdispersed Multinomial Microbiome Count Data
Ockert van Heerden, Andriëtte Bekker, Seite Makgai +2
Multinomial count data, such as microbial composition profiles derived from sequencing studies, frequently contain anomalous observations that distort parameter estimates. The Diri…
math.ST2019
Developing multivariate distributions using Dirichlet generator
M. Arashi, A. Bekker, D. de Waal +1
There exist several endeavors proposing a new family of extended distributions using the beta-generating technique. This is a well-known mechanism in developing flexible distributi…