
ABSTRACT This article introduces a Random Survival Forest (RSF) method for functional data. The focus is specifically on defining a new functional data structure, the Censored Functional Data (CFD), for addressing the challenge of accurately modelling time‐to‐event data in the presence of censoring and irregular temporal structures. Traditional survival models struggle to incorporate complex functional patterns, making the proposed approach particularly valuable for improving prediction and interpretation. This approach allows for precise modelling of functional survival trajectories, leading to improved interpretation and prediction of survival dynamics across different groups. A medical survival study on the benchmark Sequential Organ Failure Assessment (SOFA) dataset and an extensive simulation study are presented. Results show good performance of the proposed approach, particularly in ranking the importance of predicting variables.
FOS: Computer and information sciences, functional principal component analysis, Models, Statistical, Organ Dysfunction Scores, G.3, Machine Learning (stat.ML), Survival Analysis, random survival forest, Applications of statistics to biology and medical sciences; meta analysis, survival analysis, Methodology (stat.ME), 62R10, 62N02, 62P10, Functional data analysis, survival analysis, functional random survival forest., Statistics - Machine Learning, Data Interpretation, Statistical, functional data analysis; functional principal component analysis; functional random survival forest; random survival forest; survival analysis, Humans, Computer Simulation, functional random survival forest, Statistics - Methodology, functional data analysis
FOS: Computer and information sciences, functional principal component analysis, Models, Statistical, Organ Dysfunction Scores, G.3, Machine Learning (stat.ML), Survival Analysis, random survival forest, Applications of statistics to biology and medical sciences; meta analysis, survival analysis, Methodology (stat.ME), 62R10, 62N02, 62P10, Functional data analysis, survival analysis, functional random survival forest., Statistics - Machine Learning, Data Interpretation, Statistical, functional data analysis; functional principal component analysis; functional random survival forest; random survival forest; survival analysis, Humans, Computer Simulation, functional random survival forest, Statistics - Methodology, functional data analysis
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