3 papers
cs.LG2026
Births are difficult to predict even with rich survey and full-population register data
Elizaveta Sivak, Emily M. Cantrell, Thomas Emery +109
Major life events have proven difficult to predict. Does this reflect limits of theory, data, and algorithms, or the large role of chance? We examine one outcome - having a child w…
stat.ML2024
A density ratio framework for evaluating the utility of synthetic data
Thom Benjamin Volker, Peter-Paul de Wolf, Erik-Jan van Kesteren
Synthetic data generation is a promising technique to facilitate the use of sensitive data while mitigating the risk of privacy breaches. However, for synthetic data to be useful i…
stat.ME2023
Combining support for hypotheses over heterogeneous studies with Bayesian Evidence Synthesis: A simulation study
Thom Benjamin Volker, Irene Klugkist
Scientific claims gain credibility by replicability, especially if replication under different circumstances and varying designs yields equivalent results. Aggregating results over…