arXiv Statistics ML By Anish Agarwal, Munther Dahleh, Devavrat Shah, Dennis Shen

Synthetic Nearest Neighbors: Extending Synthetic Controls for Matrix Completion with Missing Not at Random Data

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arXiv Machine Learning
Aug 18

Doubly robust nearest neighbors in factor models

arXiv:2211. 14297v4 Announce Type: replace-cross Abstract: We introduce and analyze an improved variant of nearest neighbors (NN) for estimation with missing data in latent factor models.

By Raaz Dwivedi, Sabina Tomkins, Predrag Klasnja, Susan Murphy, Devavrat Shah
arXiv Machine Learning
Sep 1

AI-Generated Measurements for Identification and Inference with Missing Data: A Weak Shadow Variable Approach

The paper introduces an assumption‑lean framework that uses AI‑generated measurements as weak shadow variables to identify and infer population quantities when data are missing not at random. Weak shadow variables are outcome‑informative proxies that are conditionally independent of missingness given the true outcome and covariates, and they do not need to predict missing outcomes accurately. The authors derive sharp bounds via linear programs and propose a localized penalized estimator with a subsampling algorithm for confidence intervals, demonstrating in semi‑synthetic experiments that the resulting intervals are substantially narrower and more accurate than classical MNAR methods.

By Hongyu Chen, David Simchi-Levi, Ruoxuan Xiong