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ArticlePloS one2025

Comparing variable and feature selection strategies for prediction - protocol of a simulation study in low-dimensional transplantation data.

Linard Hoessly, Jaromil Frossard, Simon Schwab, Frédérique Chammartin, Alexander Leichtle, Peter Werner Schreiber, Dionysios Neofytos, Michael Koller, with the Swiss Transplant Cohort Study (STCS)

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Linard HoesslyData Center of the Swiss Transplant Cohort Study, University Hospital Basel, Basel, Switzerland.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2745-2141
Jaromil FrossardData Center of the Swiss Transplant Cohort Study, University Hospital Basel, Basel, Switzerland.
Simon SchwabSwisstransplant, Bern, Switzerland.
Frédérique ChammartinDepartment of Clinical Research, University Hospital Basel, Basel, Switzerland.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8959-2724
Alexander LeichtleCantonal Hospital Baden, Baden, Switzerland.
Peter Werner SchreiberDepartment of Infectious Diseases and Hospital Epidemiology, University Hospital Zurich and University Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8123-2601
Dionysios NeofytosTransplant Infectious Diseases Unit, Service of Infectious Diseases, University Hospitals Geneva, University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland.
Michael KollerData Center of the Swiss Transplant Cohort Study, University Hospital Basel, Basel, Switzerland.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5574-2341
with the Swiss Transplant Cohort Study (STCS)

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Abstract

The integration of machine learning methodologies has become prevalent in the development of clinical prediction models, often suggesting superior performance compared to traditional statistical techniques. Within the scope of low-dimensional datasets, encompassing both classical and machine learning paradigms, we plan to undertake a comparison of variable selection methodologies through simulation-based analysis. The principal aim is the comparison of the variable selection strategies with respect to relative predictive accuracy and its variability, with a secondary aim the comparison of descriptive accuracy. We use six distinct statistical learning approaches across both data generation and model learning. The present manuscript is a protocol for the corresponding simulation study registration (Study registration Open Science Framework ID: k6c8f). We describe the planned steps through the Aims, Data, Estimands, Methods, and Performance framework for simulation study design and reporting.

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