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ArticlePatterns (New York, N.Y.)2026

RobustiPy: An efficient next-generation multiversal library with model selection, averaging, resampling, and explainable AI.

Daniel Valdenegro, Jiani Yan, Duiyi Dai, Charles Rahal

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Article in Patterns (New York, N.Y.), 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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Daniel ValdenegroLeverhulme Centre for Demographic Science, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK.
Jiani YanLeverhulme Centre for Demographic Science, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK.
Duiyi DaiLeverhulme Centre for Demographic Science, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK.
Charles RahalLeverhulme Centre for Demographic Science, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Scientific inference is undermined by the vast but rarely explored "multiverse" of defensible modeling choices, which can generate results as variable as the phenomena under study. We introduce RobustiPy, an open-source Python library that systematizes multiverse analysis and model uncertainty quantification at scale. RobustiPy unifies bootstrap-based inference, combinatorial specification search, model selection and averaging, joint inference routines, and explainable AI methods within a modular, reproducible framework. Beyond exhaustive specification curves, it supports rigorous out-of-sample validation and provides feature-level explanations for the full-specification predictive model. We demonstrate utility across five simulations and ten high-profile replications spanning economics, sociology, psychology, and medicine, including a re-analysis of widely cited findings with documented discrepancies. Benchmarking on ∼672 million simulated regressions shows that RobustiPy delivers state-of-the-art computational efficiency while expanding transparency. By standardizing and accelerating methods for robustness, RobustiPy transforms how researchers interrogate sensitivity across the analytical multiverse, offering a foundation for reproducible and interpretable computational science.

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Bayesian model averagingbootstrap resamplingexplainable AI/SHAPjoint inferencemodel selectionmodel uncertainty quantificationmultiverse analysisout-of-sample validationrobustness analysisspecification curve analysis

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PMID42630847
PMCPMC13494627

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