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Variable selection using random forests

Relative importance of regressor variables is an old topic that still awaits a satisfactory solution. When interest is in attributing importance in linear regression, averaging over orderings methods for decomposing R2 are among the state-of-the-art methods, although the mechanism behind their behavior is not (yet) completely understood. Random forests—a machine-learning tool for classification and regression proposed a few years ago—have an inherent procedure of producing variable importances. This article compares the two approaches (linear model on the one hand and two versions of random forests on the other hand) and finds both striking similarities and differences, some of which can be explained whereas others remain a challenge. The investigation improves understanding of the nature of variable importance in random forests. This article has supplementary material online.

https://www.jstor.org/stable/info/25652309

Variable Importance Assessment in Regression: Linear Regression versus Random Forest

Sensitivity analysis plays an important role in building energy analysis. It can be used to identify the key variables affecting building thermal performance from both energy simulation models and observational study. This paper is focused on the application of sensitivity analysis in the field of building performance analysis. First, the typical steps of implementation of sensitivity analysis in building analysis are described. A number of practical issues in applying sensitivity analysis are also discussed, such as the determination of input variations, the choice of building energy programs, how to reduce computational time for energy models. Second, the sensitivity analysis methods used in building performance analysis are reviewed. These methods can be categorized into local and global sensitivity analysis. The global methods can be further divided into four approaches: regression, screening-based, variance-based, and meta-model sensitivity analysis. Recent research has been concentrated on global methods because they can explore the whole input space and most of them allow the self-verification, i.e., how much variance of the model output (building energy consumption) has been explained by the method used in the analysis. Third, we discuss several important topics, which are often overlooked in the domain of building performance analysis. These topics include the application of sensitivity analysis in observational study, how to deal with correlated inputs, the computation of the variations of sensitivity index, and the software issues. Lastly, the practical guidance is given based on the advantages and disadvantaged of different sensitivity analysis methods in assessing building thermal performance. The recommendations for further research in the future are made to provide more robust analysis in assessing building energy performance.

A review of sensitivity analysis methods in building energy analysis

Political scientists are often called upon to estimate models in which the standard assumption that the data are conditionally independent can be called into question I review the method of generalized estimating equations (GEE) for dealing with such correlated data The GEE approach offers a number of advantages to researchers interested in modeling correlated data, including applicability to data in which the outcome variable takes on a wide range of forms In addition, GEE models allow for substantial flexibility in specifying the correlation structure within cases and offer the potential for valuable substantive insights into the nature of that correlation Moreover, GEE models are estimable with many currently available software packages, and the interpretation of model estimates is identical to that for commonly used models for uncorrelated data (eg, logit and probit) I discuss practical issues relating to the use of GEE models and illustrate their usefulness for analyzing correlated data through three applications in political science mpirical political science is most often interested in estimating the effect of some set of explanatory covariates on an outcome variable of interest At the same time, in many cases, the data on which we observe the phenomena of interest are likely to be correlated The most common instances of correlated data are those involving repeated observations over time, either in the form of panel studies or time-series of crosssections1 Correlated data can also arise in other ways, including dyadic studies (eg, Oneal and Russett 1997; Hojnacki and Kimball 1998; Huckfeldt, Sprague, and Levine 2000) and examinations of individual decisions in a collegial context, for example, voting decisions in a legislature (eg, Levitt 1996; Snyder and Groseclose 2000) or a court (eg, Traut and Emmert 1998) While issues relating to temporal correlation have recently received a good deal of attention among political scientists (Beck and Katz 1995; Beck, Katz, and Tucker 1998; Box-Steffensmeier and Jones 1997; see also Stimson 1985), the latter form of correlation often goes unaddressed Moreover, few of the methods for dealing with correlation over time are appropriate for use with data where the interdependence is not of a temporal nature, and fewer still are capable of dealing with noncontinuous dependent variables (for example, dichotomous variables or event counts) In this article, I review a general method for dealing with correlated data: the technique of generalized estimating equations (GEEs)2 GEEs of-

Generalized Estimating Equation Models for Correlated Data: A Review with Applications

Assigning shares of “relative importance” to each of a set of regressors is one of the key goals of researchers applying linear regression, particularly in sciences that work with observational data. Although the topic is quite old, advances in computational capabilities have led to increased applications of computer-intensive methods like averaging over orderings that enable a reasonable decomposition of the model variance. This article serves two purposes: to reconcile the large and somewhat fragmented body of recent literature on relative importance and to investigate the theoretical and empirical properties of the key competitors for decomposition of model variance.

Estimators of Relative Importance in Linear Regression Based on Variance Decomposition

Regression analysis is one of the most-used statistical methods. Often part of the research question is the identification of the most important regressors or an importance ranking of the regressors. Most regression models are not specifically suited for answering the variable importance question, so that many different proposals have been made. This article reviews in detail the various variable importance metrics for the linear model, particularly emphasizing variance decomposition metrics. All linear model metrics are illustrated by an example analysis. For nonlinear parametric models, several principles from linear models have been adapted, and machine-learning methods have their own set of variable importance methods. These are also briefly covered. Although there are many variable importance metrics, there is still no convincing theoretical basis for them, and they all have a heuristic touch. Nevertheless, some metrics are considered useful for a crude assessment in the absence of a good subject matter theory. WIREs Comput Stat 2015, 7:137-152. doi: 10.1002/wics.1346

Variable importance in regression models

The Generalised Estimating Equations (GEE) proposed by Liang and Zeger (1986) and Zeger and Liang (1986) have found considerable attention in the last decade (for an overview see e.g. Ziegler, and Blettner, 1998). Several self-made programs for solving the GEE are available. This paper presents a comparison of three GEE procedures that are already available in SAS PROC GENMOD, STATA procedure XTGEE and SUDAAN PROC MULTILOG. We show that the estimation results may be quite distinct due to different implementations. Summing up, it is pleasant that GEE is becoming established in commercial software packages. However, some aspects of the implementations should be improved.



Die Generalised Estimating Equations (GEE), die zuerst von Liang und Zeger (1986) sowie Zeger und Liang (1986) vorgeschlagen wurden, fanden in den vergangenen zehn Jahren grose Beachtung (fur eine Ubersicht s. z. B. Ziegler, Kastner und Blettner, 1998). Verschiedene selbst entwickelte Programme zum Losen der GEE stehen zur Verfugung. In dieser Arbeit werden drei GEE Prozeduren miteinander verglichen, die in SAS PROC GENMOD, STATA Prozedur XTGEE und SUDAAN PROC MULTILOG implementiert sind. Es wird gezeigt, das die Schatzergebnisse aufgrund unterschiedlicher Implementierungen sehr verschieden sein konnen. Daher ist es zwar zu begrusen, das die GEE inzwischen in kommerziellen Softwarepaketen zur Verfugung stehen. Doch sollten verschiedene Aspekte der derzeitigen Implementierung verbessert werden.

The Generalised Estimating Equations: A Comparison of Procedures Available in Commercial Statistical Software Packages

We have developed a strategy for the optimization of plant cell suspension culture media using a combination of fractional factorial designs (FFDs) and response surface methodology (RSM). This sequential approach was applied to transformed tobacco BY-2 cells secreting a human antibody (M12) into the culture medium, in an effort to maximize yields. We found that the nutrients KNO₃, NH₄NO₃ and CaCl₂ and the hormones 2,4-dichlorophenoxyacetic acid (2,4-D) and 6-benzylaminopurine (BAP) had the most significant impact on antibody accumulation. The factorial screening revealed strong interactions within the nutrients group (KNO₃, NH₄NO₃ and CaCl₂) and also individually between 2,4-D and three other components (KNO₃, NH₄NO₃ and BAP). The RSM design resulted in a fivefold increase in the antibody concentration after 5 days and a twofold reduction in the packed cell volume (PCV). Longer cultivation in the optimized medium led to the further accumulation of antibody M12 in the culture medium (up to 107 μg/mL, day 10). Because the packed cell volume was reduced in the optimized medium, this enhanced the overall yield by 20-fold (day 7) and 31-fold (day 10) compared to the conventional MS medium.

https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1111/pbi.12079

Optimization of BY‐2 cell suspension culture medium for the production of a human antibody using a combination of fractional factorial designs and the response surface method

Ulrike Grömping

Papers

Variable Importance Assessment in Regression: Linear Regression versus Random Forest

Estimators of Relative Importance in Linear Regression Based on Variance Decomposition

Variable importance in regression models

The Generalised Estimating Equations: A Comparison of Procedures Available in Commercial Statistical Software Packages

Optimization of BY‐2 cell suspension culture medium for the production of a human antibody using a combination of fractional factorial designs and the response surface method