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ArticleBMC bioinformatics2024

MinLinMo: a minimalist approach to variable selection and linear model prediction.

Jon Bohlin, Siri E Håberg, Per Magnus, Håkon K Gjessing

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Article in BMC bioinformatics, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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Jon BohlinDepartment of Method Development and Analytics, Section for modeling and bioinformatics, Norwegian Institute of Public Health, Oslo, Norway. Jon.Bohlin@fhi.no.
Siri E HåbergCentre for Fertility and Health, Norwegian Institute of Public Health, Oslo, Norway.
Per MagnusCentre for Fertility and Health, Norwegian Institute of Public Health, Oslo, Norway.
Håkon K GjessingCentre for Fertility and Health, Norwegian Institute of Public Health, Oslo, Norway.

Funding

The study was partly funded by The Norwegian Institute for Public Health and the Norwegian Research Council's Centre of Excellence funding Scheme (project no. 262700) project no. 262700
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Abstract

Generating prediction models from high dimensional data often result in large models with many predictors. Causal inference for such models can therefore be difficult or even impossible in practice. The stand-alone software package MinLinMo emphasizes small linear prediction models over highest possible predictability with a particular focus on including variables correlated with the outcome, minimal memory usage and speed. MinLinMo is demonstrated on large epigenetic datasets with prediction models for chronological age, gestational age, and birth weight comprising, respectively, 15, 14 and 10 predictors. The parsimonious MinLinMo models perform comparably to established prediction models requiring hundreds of predictors.

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SoftwareBirth WeightHumansLinear ModelsMachine learningParsimonious linear modelsVariable selection

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PMID39695947
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