The paper introduces MissARF, a new imputation technique that uses adversarial random forests (ARF) for density estimation and data synthesis. MissARF can perform both single and multiple imputations by sampling from the conditional distribution estimated by ARF, conditioned on observed values. Experiments show that MissARF achieves imputation quality comparable to leading methods while offering faster runtimes and no extra cost for multiple imputations.
arXiv:2607. 07767v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: Missing values undermine statistical inference and machine learning pipelines, yet most imputation methods rely on heuristics or restrictive parametric assumptions that ignore the joint data distribution.
Missing data are a fundamental challenge in statistical analysis and machine learning, as the choice of imputation method substantially impacts downstream inference. In this work, we propose two hybri...
The paper introduces two hybrid imputation methods, NuclearForest and SoftForest, that combine a low‑rank initialization (using Singular Value Thresholding or SoftImpute) with a single Random Forest refinement. These methods capture global covariance patterns and local nonlinear dependencies, respectively, and are benchmarked against seven existing techniques across MCAR, MAR, and MNAR scenarios. Results show comparable or superior imputation accuracy to state‑of‑the‑art iterative methods while achieving significant speedups of roughly 5.8× and 9.5× over MissForest.
Probabilistic Regression Trees (PRTrees) are a smooth and consistent alternative to classical regression trees, producing continuous predictions through probabilistic split assignments. This paper extends the PRTree framework to accommodate missing predictor values directly during tree construction, eliminating the need for prior imputation.
arXiv:2608. 06195v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: Probabilistic Regression Trees (PRTrees) are a smooth and consistent alternative to classical regression trees, producing continuous predictions through probabilistic split assignments.
The paper introduces SCR-MF, a two‑stage workflow for single‑cell RNA sequencing imputation that first detects dropout events with scRecover and then imputes missing values using the non‑parametric missForest algorithm. Benchmarking on public and simulated datasets shows that SCR‑MF delivers robust, interpretable results that match or surpass existing methods while maintaining biological fidelity. Runtime analysis indicates that SCR‑MF balances accuracy with computational efficiency, making it well suited for mid‑scale single‑cell studies.
The paper introduces a pre‑training pipeline that creates transformer‑based imputation specialists for tabular data with specific missingness patterns. By featurizing entries, generating synthetic data with configurable missingness modules, and fitting on millions of synthetic tables, the pipeline produces pattern‑specific models that outperform dedicated methods for each missingness pattern. A default model trained only on MCAR data, TabImpute, remains robust across all tested patterns, and the authors release the pipeline, models, and a new benchmark of 42 datasets and 11 missingness patterns.
arXiv:2508.15162v4 Announce Type: replace-cross Abstract: Predictions from machine learning (ML) models are increasingly used to impute missing data, but their naive use risks biased inference. Exist...
arXiv:2609.37632v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: Time series imputation has progressed from statistical and deep learning approaches to diffusion-based models, which have shown strong recent perform...
arXiv:2610.20342v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Missing data is a pervasive challenge in machine learning, often degrading predictive performance and complicating model deployment. Most existing appr...
arXiv:2607. 06930v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: Missing data is prevalent in practical applications, making effective imputation an essential preprocessing step for downstream analysis.
arXiv:2504. 15388v3 Announce Type: replace-cross Abstract: In the context of multivariate nonparametric regression with missing covariates, we propose Pattern Embedded Neural Networks (PENNs), which can be applied in conjunction with any existing imputation technique.