arXiv:2508.13831stat.MLcs.LG2025-08中稿 · publication in The…被引 1

提出Smooth Flow Matching框架,生成高质量临床轨迹数据。

Smooth Flow Matching for Synthesizing Functional Data

  • 基于核函数构建平滑流,无需高斯或低秩假设。
  • 在MIMIC-IV数据上生成的模拟轨迹质量高且计算高效。
  • 适合隐私敏感场景下医疗数据的替代生成,如临床研究。

功能数据(即在连续域上观测的随机函数)在生物医学、健康信息学和流行病学等领域日益普及。然而,由于隐私限制、采样稀疏不规则、无限维性及非高斯结构等挑战,对功能数据的有效统计分析常受阻碍。为此,我们提出一种名为平滑流匹配(Smooth Flow Matching, SFM)的新框架,专为生成功能数据设计,可在不暴露真实敏感数据的前提下支持统计分析。SFM 在耦合分布框架下构建半参数平滑流,可生成无限维功能数据,无需高斯性或低秩假设。该方法计算高效,能处理不规则观测,并保证生成函数的光滑性,在现有深度生成方法不适用的场景中表现出实用性与灵活性。通过大量模拟研究,我们验证了SFM在合成数据质量与计算效率方面的优势。随后,我们将SFM应用于从MIMIC-IV患者电子健康记录(EHR)纵向数据库生成临床轨迹数据。分析表明,SFM能够生成高质量替代数据,适用于下游任务,凸显其提升EHR数据临床应用价值的潜力。

原文摘要 · Abstract (English)

Functional data, i.e., random functions observed over a continuous domain, are increasingly available in areas such as biomedical research, health informatics, and epidemiology. However, effective statistical analysis for functional data is often hindered by challenges such as privacy constraints, sparse and irregular sampling, infinite-dimensionality, and non-Gaussian structures. To address these challenges, we introduce a novel framework named Smooth Flow Matching (SFM), tailored for generative modeling of functional data that enables statistical analysis without exposing sensitive real data. Under a copula framework, SFM constructs a semiparametric smooth flow to generate infinite-dimensional functional data, free of Gaussianity and low-rank assumptions. It is computationally efficient, handles irregular observations, and guarantees the smoothness of the generated functions, offering a practical and flexible solution in scenarios where existing deep generative methods are not applicable. Through extensive simulation studies, we demonstrate the advantages of SFM in terms of both synthetic data quality and computational efficiency. We then apply SFM to generate clinical trajectory data from the MIMIC-IV patient electronic health records (EHR) longitudinal database. Our analysis showcases the ability of SFM to produce high-quality surrogate data for downstream tasks, highlighting its potential to boost the utility of EHR data for clinical applications.

生成模型功能数据医疗数据隐私保护

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