3 papers
stat.ME2026
Efficient Log-Rank Updates for Random Survival Forests
Erik Sverdrup, James Yang, Michael LeBlanc
Random survival forests are widely used for estimating covariate-conditional survival functions under right-censoring. Their standard log-rank splitting criterion is typically reco…
stat.ME2026
Diversifying Conformal Selections
Yash Nair, Ying Jin, James Yang +1
When selecting from a list of potential candidates, it is important to ensure not only that the selected items are of high quality, but also that they are sufficiently dissimilar s…
stat.CO2024
A Fast Coordinate Descent Method for High-Dimensional Non-Negative Least Squares using a Unified Sparse Regression Framework
James Yang, Trevor Hastie
We develop theoretical results that establish a connection across various regression methods such as the non-negative least squares, bounded variable least squares, simplex constra…