arXiv:2507.14023stat.MLcs.LG2025-07被引 2

为有界连续结果设计了更精准的回归预测区间方法。

Conformalized Regression for Continuous Bounded Outcomes

  • 基于变换回归模型构建适配有界数据的非一致性评分
  • 在有限样本下仍能保持有效覆盖,即使模型不准确
  • 适合医学、经济等需严格控制预测范围的领域

具有有界连续结果的回归问题在统计与机器学习中频繁出现,如比率和比例分析。现有方法多聚焦于点预测或依赖渐近近似的区间预测。本文在变换回归模型框架下,为有界结果开发了置信预测区间,涵盖广泛使用的贝塔回归和对数正态回归模型。通过构建与模型一致的残差非一致性得分,提出一种特别适用于有界数据的分位数残差评分,融合了归一化与分布型置信预测的优点。该评分同时考虑了数据固有的异方差性及响应空间边界附近的不对称性。理论证明了全样本与分割样本置信预测在模型误设下均具有边际有效性与渐近条件有效性。全面模拟研究证实两种方法在有限样本下均实现有效覆盖率,包括模型误设情形。真实数据应用显示其性能优于基于自助法的替代方法。

原文摘要 · Abstract (English)

Regression problems with bounded continuous outcomes frequently arise in statistical and machine learning applications, such as the analysis of rates and proportions. A central challenge in this setting is predicting the response at a new covariate value. Most of the existing literature has focused either on point prediction or on interval prediction based on asymptotic approximations. We develop conformal prediction intervals for bounded outcomes within the framework of transformation regression models, encompassing widely used models such as beta regression and logit-normal regression. We construct non-conformity scores based on model-aligned residuals and identify a quantile-residual score that is particularly well suited to bounded outcomes, bridging normalized conformal prediction and distributional conformal prediction. This score accounts for both the heteroscedasticity inherent in such data and the asymmetry that emerges near the boundaries of the response space. We establish marginal validity and asymptotic conditional validity for both full and split conformal prediction, holding under model misspecification. A comprehensive simulation study confirms that both methods empirically attain valid finite-sample coverage, including cases under model misspecification. A real-data application demonstrates their practical performance against bootstrap-based alternatives.

回归预测置信区间有界数据置信推断

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