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ranger: Survival Analysis

library(mlexperiments)
library(mlsurvlrnrs)

See https://github.com/kapsner/mlsurvlrnrs/blob/main/R/learner_surv_ranger_cox.R for implementation details.

Preprocessing

Import and Prepare Data

dataset <- survival::colon |>
  data.table::as.data.table() |>
  na.omit()
dataset <- dataset[get("etype") == 2, ]

surv_cols <- c("status", "time", "rx")
feature_cols <- colnames(dataset)[3:(ncol(dataset) - 1)]
cat_vars <- c("sex", "obstruct", "perfor", "adhere", "differ", "extent",
              "surg", "node4", "rx")

General Configurations

seed <- 123
if (isTRUE(as.logical(Sys.getenv("_R_CHECK_LIMIT_CORES_")))) {
  # on cran
  ncores <- 2L
} else {
  ncores <- ifelse(
    test = parallel::detectCores() > 4,
    yes = 4L,
    no = ifelse(
      test = parallel::detectCores() < 2L,
      yes = 1L,
      no = parallel::detectCores()
    )
  )
}
options("mlexperiments.bayesian.max_init" = 10L)

Generate Training- and Test Data

split_vector <- splitTools::multi_strata(
  df = dataset[, .SD, .SDcols = surv_cols],
  strategy = "kmeans",
  k = 4
)

data_split <- splitTools::partition(
  y = split_vector,
  p = c(train = 0.7, test = 0.3),
  type = "stratified",
  seed = seed
)

train_x <- data.matrix(
  dataset[
    data_split$train, .SD, .SDcols = setdiff(feature_cols, surv_cols[1:2])
  ]
)
train_y <- survival::Surv(
  event = (dataset[data_split$train, get("status")] |>
             as.character() |>
             as.integer()),
  time = dataset[data_split$train, get("time")],
  type = "right"
)
split_vector_train <- splitTools::multi_strata(
  df = dataset[data_split$train, .SD, .SDcols = surv_cols],
  strategy = "kmeans",
  k = 4
)


test_x <- data.matrix(
  dataset[data_split$test, .SD, .SDcols = setdiff(feature_cols, surv_cols[1:2])]
)
test_y <- survival::Surv(
  event = (dataset[data_split$test, get("status")] |>
             as.character() |>
             as.integer()),
  time = dataset[data_split$test, get("time")],
  type = "right"
)

Generate Training Data Folds

fold_list <- splitTools::create_folds(
  y = split_vector_train,
  k = 3,
  type = "stratified",
  seed = seed
)

Experiments

Prepare Experiments

# required learner arguments, not optimized
learner_args <- NULL

# set arguments for predict function and performance metric,
# required for mlexperiments::MLCrossValidation and
# mlexperiments::MLNestedCV
predict_args <- NULL
performance_metric <- c_index
performance_metric_args <- NULL
return_models <- FALSE

# required for grid search and initialization of bayesian optimization
parameter_grid <- expand.grid(
  num.trees = seq(500, 1000, 500),
  mtry = seq(2, 6, 2),
  min.node.size = seq(1, 9, 4),
  max.depth = seq(1, 9, 4),
  sample.fraction = seq(0.5, 0.8, 0.3)
)
# reduce to a maximum of 10 rows
if (nrow(parameter_grid) > 10) {
  set.seed(123)
  sample_rows <- sample(seq_len(nrow(parameter_grid)), 10, FALSE)
  parameter_grid <- kdry::mlh_subset(parameter_grid, sample_rows)
}

# required for bayesian optimization
parameter_bounds <- list(
  num.trees = c(100L, 1000L),
  mtry = c(2L, 9L),
  min.node.size = c(1L, 20L),
  max.depth = c(1L, 40L),
  sample.fraction = c(0.3, 1.)
)
optim_args <- list(
  iters.n = ncores,
  kappa = 3.5,
  acq = "ucb"
)

Hyperparameter Tuning

Bayesian Optimization

tuner <- mlexperiments::MLTuneParameters$new(
  learner = LearnerSurvRangerCox$new(),
  strategy = "bayesian",
  ncores = ncores,
  seed = seed
)

tuner$parameter_grid <- parameter_grid
tuner$parameter_bounds <- parameter_bounds

tuner$learner_args <- learner_args
tuner$optim_args <- optim_args

tuner$split_type <- "stratified"
tuner$split_vector <- split_vector_train

tuner$set_data(
  x = train_x,
  y = train_y,
  cat_vars = cat_vars
)

tuner_results_bayesian <- tuner$execute(k = 3)
#> 
#> Registering parallel backend using 4 cores.

head(tuner_results_bayesian)
#>    Epoch setting_id num.trees mtry min.node.size max.depth sample.fraction gpUtility acqOptimum inBounds Elapsed     Score metric_optim_mean errorMessage
#> 1:     0          1       500    2             9         5             0.5        NA      FALSE     TRUE   6.461 0.6693199         0.6693199           NA
#> 2:     0          2       500    2             5         5             0.8        NA      FALSE     TRUE   7.056 0.6688048         0.6688048           NA
#> 3:     0          3       500    4             9         9             0.5        NA      FALSE     TRUE   7.871 0.6661409         0.6661409           NA
#> 4:     0          4      1000    2             9         1             0.5        NA      FALSE     TRUE  11.942 0.6663512         0.6663512           NA
#> 5:     0          5       500    2             9         1             0.8        NA      FALSE     TRUE   5.117 0.6654894         0.6654894           NA
#> 6:     0          6      1000    6             1         9             0.5        NA      FALSE     TRUE  15.607 0.6621016         0.6621016           NA

k-Fold Cross Validation

validator <- mlexperiments::MLCrossValidation$new(
  learner = LearnerSurvRangerCox$new(),
  fold_list = fold_list,
  ncores = ncores,
  seed = seed
)

validator$learner_args <- tuner$results$best.setting[-1]

validator$predict_args <- predict_args
validator$performance_metric <- performance_metric
validator$performance_metric_args <- performance_metric_args
validator$return_models <- return_models

validator$set_data(
  x = train_x,
  y = train_y,
  cat_vars = cat_vars
)

validator_results <- validator$execute()
#> 
#> CV fold: Fold1
#> 
#> CV fold: Fold2
#> CV progress [=================================================================================================>-------------------------------------------------] 2/3 ( 67%)
#> 
#> CV fold: Fold3
#> CV progress [===================================================================================================================================================] 3/3 (100%)
#>                                                                                                                                                                              

head(validator_results)
#>     fold performance num.trees mtry min.node.size max.depth sample.fraction
#> 1: Fold1   0.6469363      1000    2             9         9             0.5
#> 2: Fold2   0.6949011      1000    2             9         9             0.5
#> 3: Fold3   0.6781061      1000    2             9         9             0.5

Nested Cross Validation

Inner Bayesian Optimization

validator <- mlexperiments::MLNestedCV$new(
  learner = LearnerSurvRangerCox$new(),
  strategy = "bayesian",
  fold_list = fold_list,
  k_tuning = 3L,
  ncores = ncores,
  seed = 312
)

validator$parameter_grid <- parameter_grid
validator$learner_args <- learner_args
validator$split_type <- "stratified"
validator$split_vector <- split_vector_train


validator$parameter_bounds <- parameter_bounds
validator$optim_args <- optim_args

validator$predict_args <- predict_args
validator$performance_metric <- performance_metric
validator$performance_metric_args <- performance_metric_args
validator$return_models <- TRUE

validator$set_data(
  x = train_x,
  y = train_y,
  cat_vars = cat_vars
)

validator_results <- validator$execute()
#> 
#> CV fold: Fold1
#> 
#> Registering parallel backend using 4 cores.
#> 
#> CV fold: Fold2
#> CV progress [=================================================================================================>-------------------------------------------------] 2/3 ( 67%)
#> 
#> Registering parallel backend using 4 cores.
#> 
#> CV fold: Fold3
#> CV progress [===================================================================================================================================================] 3/3 (100%)
#>                                                                                                                                                                              
#> Registering parallel backend using 4 cores.

head(validator_results)
#>     fold performance num.trees mtry min.node.size max.depth sample.fraction
#> 1: Fold1   0.6468081      1000    2             9         9       0.5000000
#> 2: Fold2   0.6940663      1000    2             9         9       0.5000000
#> 3: Fold3   0.6639019       796    2             1         2       0.8221974

Holdout Test Dataset Performance

Predict Outcome in Holdout Test Dataset

preds_ranger <- mlexperiments::predictions(
  object = validator,
  newdata = test_x
)

Evaluate Performance on Holdout Test Dataset

perf_ranger <- mlexperiments::performance(
  object = validator,
  prediction_results = preds_ranger,
  y_ground_truth = test_y
)
perf_ranger
#>    model performance
#> 1: Fold1   0.6515910
#> 2: Fold2   0.6600127
#> 3: Fold3   0.6558614

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