superpc.decorrelate {superpc}R Documentation

Decorrelate features with respect to competing predictors

Description

Fits a linear model to the features as a function of some competing predictors. Replaces the features by the residual from this fit. These "decorrelated" features are then used in the superpc model building process, to explicitly look for predictors that are independent of the competing predictors. Useful for example, when the competing predictors are clinical predictors like stage, grade etc.

Usage

superpc.decorrelate(x, competing.predictors) 

Arguments

x matrix of features. Different features in different rows, one observation per column
competing.predictors List of one or more competing predictors. Discrete predictors should be factors

Value

Returns lm (linear model) fit of rows of x on compeiting predictors

Note

~~further notes~~

Author(s)

Eric Bair and Robert Tibshirani

References

~put references to the literature/web site here ~

Examples

set.seed(332)
#generate some data

x<-matrix(rnorm(1000*20),ncol=20)
y<-10+svd(x[1:30,])$v[,1]+ .1*rnorm(20)
ytest<-10+svd(x[1:30,])$v[,1]+ .1*rnorm(20)
censoring.status<- sample(c(rep(1,17),rep(0,3)))
censoring.status.test<- sample(c(rep(1,17),rep(0,3)))
competing.predictors=list(pred1=rnorm(20), pred2=as.factor(sample(c(1,2),replace=TRUE,size=20)))
featurenames <- paste("feature",as.character(1:1000),sep="")

# decorrelate x
foo<-superpc.decorrelate(x,competing.predictors)

xnew<-t(foo$res)

# now use xnew in superpc

data<-list(x=xnew,y=y, censoring.status=censoring.status, featurenames=featurenames)

a<- superpc.train(data, type="survival")

# etc. Remember to decorrelate test data in the same way, before making predictions.

[Package superpc version 1.05 Index]