Conditional expectation estimation through attributable components

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A general methodology is proposed for the explanation of variability in a quantity of interest x in terms of covariates z = (z1, ., zL). It provides the conditional mean x(z) as a sum of components, where each component is represented as a product of non-parametric one-dimensional functions of each covariate zl that are computed through an alternating projection procedure. Both x and the zl can be real or categorical variables; in addition, some or all values of each zl can be unknown, providing a general framework for multi-clustering, classification and covariate imputation in the presence of confounding factors. The procedure can be considered as a preconditioning step for the more general determination of the full conditional distribution ρ(x|z) through a data-driven optimal-transport barycenter problem. In particular, just iterating the procedure once yields the second order structure (i.e. the covariance) of ρ(x|z). The methodology is illustrated through examples that include the explanation of variability of ground temperature across the continental United States and the prediction of book preference among potential readers.

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Tabak, E. G., & Trigila, G. (2018). Conditional expectation estimation through attributable components. Information and Inference, 7(4), 727–754. https://doi.org/10.1093/imaiai/iax023

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