4 papers
On the use of cross-validation for the calibration of the adaptive lasso
Ballout Nadim, Etievant Lola, Viallon Vivian
The adaptive lasso refers to a class of methods that use weighted versions of the -norm penalty, with weights derived from an initial estimate of the parameter vector to be es…
On some limitations of probabilistic models for dimension-reduction: Illustration in the case of probabilistic formulations of partial least squares
Lola Etievant, Vivian Viallon
Partial Least Squares (PLS) refer to a class of dimension-reduction techniques aiming at the identification of two sets of components with maximal covariance, to model the relation…
Which practical interventions does the do-operator refer to in causal inference? Illustration on the example of obesity and cancer
Lola Etievant, Vivian Viallon
For exposures like obesity, no precise and unambiguous definition exists for the hypothetical intervention . This has raised concerns about the relevance of causal…
Causal inference under over-simplified longitudinal causal models
Lola Etievant, Vivian Viallon
Many causal models of interest in epidemiology involve longitudinal exposures, confounders and mediators. However, repeated measurements are not always available or used in practic…