Journal article
Simultaneous regression shrinkage, variable selection, and supervised clustering of predictors with OSCAR
Howard D Bondell, Brian J Reich
BIOMETRICS | BLACKWELL PUBLISHING | Published : 2008
Abstract
Variable selection can be challenging, particularly in situations with a large number of predictors with possibly high correlations, such as gene expression data. In this article, a new method called the OSCAR (octagonal shrinkage and clustering algorithm for regression) is proposed to simultaneously select variables while grouping them into predictive clusters. In addition to improving prediction accuracy and interpretation, these resulting groups can then be investigated further to discover what contributes to the group having a similar behavior. The technique is based on penalized least squares with a geometrically intuitive penalty function that shrinks some coefficients to exactly zero...
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