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2022

Rodemann, Julian ORCID: 0000-0001-6112-4136; Fischer, Sebastian; Schneider, Lennart; Nalenz, Malte; Augustin, Thomas (13. December 2022): Not All Data Are Created Equal: Lessons From Sampling Theory For Adaptive Machine Learning. IMS International Conference on Statistics and Data Science (ICSDS), December 13, 2022 - December 16, 2022, Florenz. [PDF, 1MB]

2021

Fütterer, Cornelia; Nalenz, Malte; Augustin, Thomas (11. November 2021): Discriminative Power Lasso - Incorporating Discriminative Power of Genes into Regularization-Based Variable Selection. Department of Statistics: Technical Reports, No.239 [PDF, 436kB]

Nalenz, Malte; Augustin, Thomas (11. November 2021): Cultivated Random Forests: Robust Decision Tree Learning through Tree Structured Ensembles. Department of Statistics: Technical Reports, No.240 [PDF, 463kB]

2018

Jansen, Christoph; Schollmeyer, Georg; Augustin, Thomas (24. April 2018): Concepts for Decision Making under Severe Uncertainty with Partial Ordinal and Partial Cardinal Preferences. Department of Statistics: Technical Reports, No.216 [PDF, 672kB]

Jansen, Christoph; Schollmeyer, Georg; Augustin, Thomas (2018): A probabilistic evaluation framework for preference aggregation reflecting group homogeneity. In: Mathematical Social Sciences, Vol. 96: 49 - 62

Jansen, Christoph; Schollmeyer, Georg; Augustin, Thomas (2018): Concepts for decision making under severe uncertainty with partial ordinal and partial cardinal preferences. In: International Journal of Approximate Reasoning, Vol. 98: 112 - 131

2017

Augustin, Thomas; Doria, Serena; Marinacci, Mássimo (2017): Imprecise Probability: Theories and Applications. Editorial to Virtual Special Issue on the Ninth International Symposium on Imprecise Probability: Theories and Applications (ISIPTA 2015). In: International Journal of Approximate Reasoning, Vol. 84: pp. 39-40

Augustin, Thomas; Seising, Rudolf (2017): Kurt Weichselberger's Contribution to Imprecise Probabilities. Proceedings of the Tenth International Symposium on Imprecise Probability: Theories and Applications, 10 - 14 July 2017, Lugano, Switzerland.

Fink, Paul; Augustin, Thomas (2017): (Generalized) Linear Regression on Microaggregated Data. From Nuisance Parameter Optimization to Partial Identification. Proceedings of the Tenth International Symposium on Imprecise Probability: Theories and Applications, 10 - 14 July 2017, Lugano, Switzerland.

Jansen, Christoph; Augustin, Thomas; Schollmeyer, Georg (2017): Decision Theory Meets Linear Optimization Beyond Computation. Symbolic and Quantitative Approaches to Reasoning with Uncertainty: 14th European Conference, ECSQARU 2017, Lugano, Switzerland, July 10--14, 2017, Proceedings, 10 - 14 July 2017, Lugano, Switzerland.

Jansen, Christoph; Schollmeyer, Georg; Augustin, Thomas (2017): Concepts for Decision Making under Severe Uncertainty with Partial Ordinal and Partial Cardinal Preferences. Proceedings of the Tenth International Symposium on Imprecise Probability: Theories and Applications, 10. - 14. Juli 2017, Lugano, Switzerland.

Plass, Julia; Cattaneo, Marco; Schollmeyer, Georg; Augustin, Thomas (2017): On the testability of coarsening assumptions: A hypothesis test for subgroup independence. In: International Journal of Approximate Reasoning, Vol. 90: pp. 292-306

Plass, Julia; Omar, Aziz; Augustin, Thomas (2017): Towards a Cautious Modelling of Missing Data in Small Area Estimation. Tenth International Symposium on Imprecise Probability: Theories and Applications (ISIPTA ’17), July 10-14, 2017, Lugano, Switzerland.

Plass, Julia; Omar, Aziz; Augustin, Thomas (2017): Towards a Cautious Modelling of Missing Data in Small Area Estimation. Tenth International Symposium on Imprecise Probability: Theories and Applications (ISIPTA ’17), July 10-14, 2017, Lugano.

Schollmeyer, Georg (31. August 2017): Lower quantiles for complete lattices. Department of Statistics: Technical Reports, No.207 [PDF, 528kB]

Schollmeyer, Georg; Jansen, Christoph; Augustin, Thomas (31. August 2017): A simple descriptive method for multidimensional item response theory based on stochastic dominance. Department of Statistics: Technical Reports, No.210 [PDF, 1MB]

Schollmeyer, Georg; Jansen, Christoph; Augustin, Thomas (31. August 2017): Detecting stochastic dominance for poset-valued random variables as an example of linear programming on closure systems. Department of Statistics: Technical Reports, No.209 [PDF, 2MB]

2016

Baurecht, Hansjörg; Hotze, Melanie; Rodríguez, Elke; Manz, Judith; Weidinger, Stephan; Cordell, Heather J.; Augustin, Thomas; Strauch, Konstantin (2016): Compare and Contrast Meta Analysis (CCMA): A Method for Identification of Pleiotropic Loci in Genome-Wide Association Studies.
In: PLOS ONE 11(5), e0154872 [PDF, 718kB]

Endres, Eva; Augustin, Thomas (2016): Statistical Matching of Discrete Data by Bayesian Networks. Eighth International Conference on Probabilistic Graphical Models, 6.-9. September 2016, Lugano.

Jansen, Christoph; Schollmeyer, Georg; Augustin, Thomas (5. August 2016): A Probabilistic Evaluation Framework for Preference Aggregation Reflecting Group Homogeneity. Department of Statistics: Technical Reports, No.193 [PDF, 653kB]

Plass, Julia; Cattaneo, Marco E.G.V.; Schollmeyer, Georg; Augustin, Thomas (2016): Testing of coarsening mechanisms: Coarsening at random versus subgroup independence. UNSPECIFIED.

2015

Augustin, Nicole H.; Mattocks, Calum; Faraway, Julian J.; Greven, Sonja; Ness, Andy R. (2015): Modelling a response as a function of high-frequency count data: The association between physical activity and fat mass. In: Statistical Methods in Medical Research [PDF, 630kB]

Plass, Julia; Augustin, Thomas; Cattaneo, Marco E.G.V; Schollmeyer, Georg (2015): Statistical Modelling under Epistemic Data Imprecision: Some Results on Estimating Multinomial Distributions and Logistic Regression for Coarse Categorical Data. Ninth International Symposium on Imprecise Probability: Theories and Applications, 20.-24. Juli 2015, Pescara.

Plass, Julia; Fink, Paul; Schöning, Norbert; Augustin, Thomas (2015): Statistical Modelling in Surveys without Neglecting the Undecided: Multinomial Logistic Regression Models and Imprecise Classification Trees under Ontic Data Imprecision. Ninth International Symposium on Imprecise Probability: Theories and Applications, 20.-24. Juli 2015, Pescara.

Schollmeyer, Georg (2015): On the number and characterization of the extreme points of the core of necessity measures on finite spaces. Ninth International Symposium on Imprecise Probability: Theories and Applications, 20.-24. Juli 2015, Pescara.

2014

Augustin, Thomas; Coolen, Frank P.A.; de Cooman, Gerd; Troffaes, Matthias C.M. (eds.) (2014): Introduction to Imprecise Probability. Chichester: John Wiley & Sons.

Augustin, Thomas; Walter, Gero; Coolen, Frank P. A. (2014): Statistical inference. In: Augustin, Thomas; Coolen, Frank P. A.; de Cooman, Gerd; Troffaes, Matthias C. M. (eds.) : Introduction to Imprecise Probabilities. Chichester: John Wiley & Sons. pp. 135-189

Blanchet, Xavier; Cesarek, Katja; Brandt, Johanna; Herwald, Heiko; Teupser, Daniel; Küchenhoff, Helmut ORCID: 0000-0002-6372-2487; Karshovska, Ela; Mause, Sebastian F.; Siess, Wolfgang; Wasmuth, Hermann; Soehnlein, Oliver; Koenen, Rory R.; Weber, Christian; Hundelshausen, Philipp von (2014): Inflammatory role and prognostic value of platelet chemokines in acute coronary syndrome. In: Thrombosis and Haemostasis, Vol. 112, No. 6: pp. 1277-1287

Cattaneo, Marco E. G. V. (2014): A Continuous Updating Rule for Imprecise Probabilities. In: Laurent, Anne; Strauss, Olivier; Bouchon-Meunier, Bernadette; Yager, Ronald R. (eds.) : Information Processing and Management of Uncertainty in Knowledge-Based Systems, Part III. Berlin: Springer. pp. 426-435

Cattaneo, Marco E. G. V. (2014): Maxitive Integral of Real-Valued Functions. In: Laurent, Anne; Strauss, Olivier; Bouchon-Meunier, Bernadette; Yager, Ronald R. (eds.) : Information Processing and Management of Uncertainty in Knowledge-Based Systems, Part I. 15th International Conference on Information Processing and Management of Uncertainty in Knowledge-Based Systems, IPMU 2014, Montpellier, France, July 15-19, 2014. Pr. Berlin: Springer. pp. 226-235

Cattaneo, Marco E.G.V.; Wiencierz, Andrea (2014): On the implementation of LIR: the case of simple linear regression with interval data. In: Computational Statistics, Vol. 29, No. 3-4: pp. 743-767

Hapfelmeier, Alexander; Hothorn, Torsten; Ulm, Kurt; Strobl, Carolin (2014): A New Variable Importance Measure for Random Forests with Missing Data. In: Statistics and Computing, Vol. 24, No. 1: pp. 21-34

Troffaes, Matthias C.M.; Walter, Gero; Kelly, Dana (2014): A Robust Bayesian Approach to Modelling Epistemic Uncertainty in Common-Cause Failure Models. In: Reliability Engineering & System Safety, Vol. 125: pp. 13-21

2013

Bernau, Christoph; Augustin, Thomas; Boulesteix, Anne-Laure (2013): Correcting the optimal resampling-based error rate by estimating the error rate of wrapper algorithms. In: Biometrics, Vol. 69, No. 3: pp. 693-702

Cattaneo, Marco E.G.V. (2013): On the Robustness of Imprecise Probability Method. Eighth International Symposium on Imprecise Probability: Theories and Applications, 2.-5. Juli 2013, Compiègne.

Fink, Paul; Crossman, Richard J. (2013): Entropy based classification trees. Eighth International Symposium on Imprecise Probability: Theories and Applications, 2.-5. Juli 2013, Compiègne.

Kopf, Julia; Augustin, Thomas; Strobl, Carolin (2013): The potential of Model-based recursive partitioning in the social sciences. Revisiting Ockham's Razor. In: McArdle, John J.; Ritschard, Gilbert (eds.) : Contemporary Issues in Exploratory Data Mining in the Behavioral Sciences. New York: Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group. pp. 75-95

Sarabi-Jamab, Atiye; Araabi, Babak N.; Augustin, Thomas (2013): Information-based dissimilarity assessment in Dempster-Shafer theory. In: Knowledge-Based Systems, Vol. 54: pp. 114-127

Schollmeyer, Georg; Augustin, Thomas (2013): On Sharp Identification Regions for Regression Under Interval Data. Eighth International Symposium on Imprecise Probability: Theories and Applications, 2.-5. Juli 2013, Compiègne.

Strobl, Carolin; Kopf, Julia; Zeileis, Achim (2013): Rasch trees: A New Method for Detecting Differential Item Functioning in the Rasch Model. In: Psychometrika: pp. 1-28

Utkin, Lev V.; Wiencierz, Andrea (2013): An Imprecise boosting-like approach to regression. Eighth International Symposium on Imprecise Probability: Theories and Applications, 2.-5. Juli 2013, Compiègne.

Wunder, Christoph; Wiencierz, Andrea; Schwarze, Johannes; Küchenhoff, Helmut ORCID: 0000-0002-6372-2487 (2013): Well-Being over the Life Span: Semiparametric Evidence from British and German Longitudinal Data. In: Review of Economics and Statistics, Vol. 95, No. 1: pp. 154-167

2012

Antonucci, Alessandro; Cattaneo, Marco E. G. V.; Corani, Giorgio (2012): Likelihood-Based Robust Classification with Bayesian Networks. In: Greco, Salvatore; Bouchon-Meunier, Bernadette; Coletti, Giulianella; Fedrizzi, Mario; Matarazzo, Benedetto; Yager, Ronald R. (eds.) : Advances in Computational Intelligence. 14th International Conference on Information Processing and Management of Uncertainty in Knowledge-Based Systems, IPMU 2012, Catania, Italy, July 9-13, 2012, Proceedings, Part III. Berlin: Springer. pp. 491-500

Cattaneo, Marco E.G.V.; Wiencierz, Andrea (2012): Likelihood-based Imprecise Regression. In: International Journal of Approximate Reasoning, Vol. 53, No. 8: pp. 1137-1154

Küchenhoff, Helmut ORCID: 0000-0002-6372-2487; Augustin, Thomas; Kunz, Anne (2012): Partially identified prevalence estimation under misclassification using the Kappa coefficient. In: International Journal of Approximate Reasoning, Vol. 53, No. 8: pp. 1168-1182

Wiencierz, Andrea; Cattaneo, Marco E. G. V. (2012): An Exact Algorithm for Likelihood-Based Imprecise Regression in the Case of Simple Linear Regression with Interval Data. In: Kruse, Rudolf; Berthold, Michael R.; Moewes, Christian; Gil, María Ángeles; Grzegorzewski, Przemyslaw; Hryniewicz, Olgierd (eds.) : Synergies of Soft Computing and Statistics for Intelligent Data Analysis. Berlin: Springer. pp. 293-301

2011

Fischer, Daniel; Bonß, Wolfgang; Augustin, Thomas; Bader, Felix; Pichlbauer, Michaela; Vogl, Dominikus (eds.) (2011): Uneindeutigkeit als Herausforderung. Risikokalkulation, Amtliche Statistik und die Modellierung des Sozialen. 1. Neubiberg: Universität der Bundeswehr München.

Antonucci, Alessandro; Cattaneo, Marco E.G.V.; Corani, Giorgio (2011): Likelihood-Based Naive Credal Classifier. Seventh International Symposium on Imprecise Probability: Theories and Applications, 25.-28. Juli 2011, Innsbruck.

Augustin, Thomas; Cattaneo, Marco E. G. V. (2011): Foundations of Probability. In: Lovric, Miodrag (ed.) : International Encyclopedia of Statistical Science. Berlin: Springer. pp. 542-544

Baker, Rebecca; Coolen-Schrijner, Pauline; Coolen, Frank P.A.; Augustin, Thomas (2011): Nonparametric predictive inference for subcategory data. Seventh International Symposium on Imprecise Probability: Theories and Applications, 25.-28. Juli 2011, Innsbruck.

Cattaneo, Marco E.G.V. (2011): Belief functions combination without the assumption of independence of the information sources. In: International Journal of Approximate Reasoning, Vol. 52, No. 3: pp. 299-315

Cattaneo, Marco E.G.V.; Wiencierz, Andrea (2011): Regression with Imprecise Data: A Robust Approach. Seventh International Symposium on Imprecise Probability: Theories and Applications, 25.-28. Juli 2011, Innsbruck.

Coolen, Frank P. A.; Troffaes, Matthias C. M.; Augustin, Thomas (2011): Imprecise Probabilities. In: Lovric, Miodrag (ed.) : International Encyclopedia of Statistical Sciences. Berlin: Springer. pp. 645-648

Crossman, Richard J.; Abellan, Joaqín; Augustin, Thomas; Coolen, Frank P.A. (2011): Building Imprecise Classification Trees With Entropy Ranges. Seventh International Symposium on Imprecise Probability: Theories and Applications, 25.-28. Juli 2011, Innsbruck.

Küchenhoff, Helmut ORCID: 0000-0002-6372-2487; Augustin, Thomas; Kunz, Anne (2011): Partially identified prevalence estimation under misclassification using the Kappa coefficient. Seventh International Symposium on Imprecise Probability: Theories and Applications, 25.-28. Juli 2011, Innsbruck.

Schmid, Matthias; Hielscher, Thomas; Augustin, Thomas; Gefeller, Olaf (2011): A robust alternative to the Schemper-Henderson measure of prediction error. In: Biometrics, Vol. 67, No. 2: pp. 524-535

Strobl, Carolin; Wickelmaier, Florian; Zeileis, Achim (2011): Accounting for individual differences in Bradley-Terry models by means of recursive partitioning. In: Journal of Educational and Behavioral Statistics, Vol. 36, No. 2: pp. 135-153 [PDF, 269kB]

Walter, Gero; Augustin, Thomas; Coolen, Frank P.A. (2011): On Prior-Data Conflict in Predictive Bernoulli Inferences. Seventh International Symposium on Imprecise Probability: Theories and Applications, 25.-28. Juli 2011, Innsbruck.

Wiencierz, Andrea; Greven, Sonja; Küchenhoff, Helmut ORCID: 0000-0002-6372-2487 (2011): Restricted likelihood ratio testing in linear mixed models with general error covariance structure. In: Electronic Journal of Statistics, Vol. 5: pp. 1718-1734

2010

Augustin, Thomas; Coolen, Frank P.A.; Troffaes, Matthias C.M.; Moral, Serafín (2010): Special issue on imprecise probability in statistical inference and decision making. In: International Journal of Approximate Reasoning, Vol. 51, No. 9: pp. 1011-1172

Augustin, Thomas; Hable, Robert (2010): On the impact of robust statistics on imprecise probability models: A review. In: Structural Safety, Vol. 32, No. 6: pp. 58-365

Cattaneo, Marco E.G.V. (2010): Likelihood-based inference for probabilistic graphical models: Some preliminary results. Fifth European Workshop on Probabilistic Graphical Models, 13.-15. September 2010, Helsinki.

Cattaneo, Marco E.G.V. (2010): Probabilistic-possibilistic belief networks. Vanguard Scientific Instruments in Management 2009, 1.-6. September 2009, Radva.

Nicodemus, Kristin; Malley, James; Strobl, Carolin; Ziegler, Andreas (2010): The behaviour of random forest permutation-based variable importance measures under predictor correlation. In: BMC Bioinformatics: pp. 11-110

Rummel, David; Augustin, Thomas; Küchenhoff, Helmut ORCID: 0000-0002-6372-2487 (2010): Correction for covariate measurement error in nonparametric longitudinal regression. In: Biometrics, Vol. 66, No. 4: pp. 1209-1219

Strobl, Carolin (2010): Das Rasch-Modell. Eine verständliche Einführung für Studium und Praxis. Mering: Hampp Verlag.

Strobl, Carolin; Dittrich, Christian; Seiler, Christian; Hackensperger, Sandra; Leisch, Friedrich (2010): Measurement and predictors of a negative attitude towards statistics among LMU students. In: Kneib, Thomas (ed.) : Statistical Modelling and Regression Structures - Festschrift in Honour of Ludwig Fahrmeir. Heidelberg: Physica-Verlag. pp. 217-230

Strobl, Carolin; Kopf, Julia; Zeileis, Achim (2010): Wissen Frauen weniger oder nur das Falsche? Ein statistisches Modell für unterschiedliche Aufgaben-Schwierigkeiten in Teilstichproben. In: Trepte, Sabine; Verbeet, Markus (eds.) : Allgemeinbildung in Deutschland - Erkenntnisse aus dem SPIEGEL-Studentenpisa. Wiesbaden: Springer VS. pp. 255-272

Tutz, Gerhard; Strobl, Carolin (2010): Generalisierte lineare Modelle. In: Schmitz, Bernhard; Holling, Heinz (eds.) : Handbuch der psychologischen Methoden und Evaluation. Göttingen: Hogrefe Verlag. pp. 461-471

Walter, Gero; Augustin, Thomas (2010): Bayesian Linear Regression - Different Conjugate Models and their (In)Sensitivity to Prior-Data Conflict. In: Kneib, Thomas (ed.) : Statistical Modelling and Regression Structures - Festschrift in Honour of Ludwig Fahrmeir. Heidelberg: Physica-Verlag. pp. 59-78

2009

(2009): Proceedings of ISIPTA'09. Fifth International Symposium on Imprecise Probabilities and Their Applications.

Boulesteix, Anne-Laure; Strobl, Carolin (2009): Optimal classifier selection and negative bias in error rate estimation: An empirical study on high-dimensional prediction. In: BMC Medical Research Methodology, Vol. 9, No. 85

Bronevich, Andrej; Augustin, Thomas (2009): Approximation of coherent lower probabilities by 2-monotone measures. Fifth International Symposium on Imprecise Probabilities and their Applications, 16.-19. Juli 2007, Prag.

Cattaneo, Marco E.G.V. (2009): A generalization of credal networks. Sixth International Symposium on Imprecise Probability: Theories and Applications, 14.-18. Juli 2009, Durham.

Coolen, Frank P.A.; Augustin, Thomas (2009): A nonparametric predictive alternative to the imprecise Dirichlet model: The case of a known number of categories. In: International Journal of Approximate Reasoning, Vol. 50: pp. 217-230

Coolen-Schrijner, Pauline; Coolen, Frank P.A.; Augustin, Thomas; Troffaes, Matthias C.M.; Gupta, S. (2009): Imprecision in Statistical Theory and Practice. Greensboro: Grace.

Coolen-Schrijner, Pauline; Coolen, Frank P.A.; Troffaes, Matthias C.M.; Augustin, Thomas (2009): Imprecision in statistical theory and practice. In: Journal of Statistical Theory and Practice, Vol. 3: pp. 1-9

Einbeck, Jochen; Augustin, Thomas (2009): On design-weighted local fitting and its relation to the Horvitz-Thompson estimator. In: Statistica Sinica, Vol. 19: pp. 103-123

Mihalyi, Andreas; Deml, Barbara; Augustin, Thomas (2009): A contribution to integrated driver modeling: A coherent framework for modeling both non-routine and routine elements of the driving task. In: Duffy, Vincent G. (ed.) : 2nd International Conference on Digital Human Modeling held at the HCI International (13th International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction). Berlin: Springer. pp. 433-442

Neuhaus, Andrea; Augustin, Thomas; Heumann, Christian; Daumer, Martin (2009): A review on joint models in biometrical research. In: Journal of Statistical Theory and Practice, Vol. 3, No. 4: pp. 855-868

Strobl, Carolin; Augustin, Thomas (2009): Adaptive selection of extra cutpoints - an approach towards reconciling robustness and interpretability in classification trees. In: Journal of Statistical Theory and Practice, Vol. 3, No. 1: pp. 119-135

Strobl, Carolin; Hothorn, Torsten; Zeileis, Achim (2009): Party on! A new, conditional variable importance measure available in the party package. In: The R Journal, Vol. 1, No. 2: pp. 14-17

Strobl, Carolin; Malley, James; Tutz, Gerhard (2009): An introduction to recursive partitioning: Rationale, application and characteristics of classification and regression trees, bagging and random forests. In: Psychological Methods, Vol. 14, No. 4: pp. 323-348

Walter, Gero; Augustin, Thomas (2009): Imprecision and prior-data conflict in generalized Bayesian inference. In: Journal of Statistical Theory and Practice, Vol. 3: pp. 255-271