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Semiparametric fiducial inference for Cox models

Yifan Cui , Jan Hannig , Paul Edlefsen This is my paper

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A fiducial method constructs coherent distributions for the Cox model in semiparametric settings where maximum likelihood estimation fails.

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The paper develops a fiducial approach to inference for semiparametric models, taking the Cox proportional hazards model as its central running example. Fiducial distributions serve here as a way to quantify uncertainty about both regression coefficients and the baseline hazard without priors or asymptotic approximations. Experiments indicate that the resulting intervals maintain good performance in data regimes that cause the maximum likelihood estimator to break down. The construction is presented as a direct extension of existing fiducial methods from fully parametric and fully nonparametric cases into the mixed semiparametric regime. Other semiparametric models receive brief discussion as further applications.

Core claim

We propose a novel fiducial approach for semiparametric models. Using the Cox proportional hazards model as a running example, the method builds a fiducial distribution that supports inference on the parameters of interest. In experiments, this fiducial method performs particularly well in situations where the maximum likelihood estimator fails.

What carries the argument

The fiducial distribution for the semiparametric Cox model, obtained by combining the parametric regression component with the nonparametric baseline hazard in a single coherent distribution.

If this is right

  • The fiducial intervals provide valid uncertainty quantification for both the regression coefficients and the baseline hazard in the Cox model.
  • The same construction applies to other semiparametric models beyond the Cox example.
  • Inference remains possible in regimes where maximum likelihood estimation breaks down.
  • The approach avoids the need for prior distributions required by Bayesian methods.

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These are editorial extensions of the paper, not claims the author makes directly.

  • The same fiducial construction could be tested on real censored survival datasets that exhibit the same pathologies as the simulated cases.
  • If the method generalizes, it offers a frequentist-style alternative for semiparametric problems that currently rely on profile likelihood or asymptotic standard errors.
  • Extensions to time-varying covariates or competing risks would follow the same semiparametric fiducial logic.

Load-bearing premise

A coherent fiducial distribution can be constructed and computed for semiparametric models such as the Cox model without inheriting inconsistencies from either the parametric or nonparametric components.

What would settle it

A simulation experiment in which the fiducial intervals fail to achieve their nominal coverage probability in the same data configurations where the maximum likelihood estimator is already known to fail.

read the original abstract

R. A. Fisher introduced the fiducial distribution as a potential replacement for the Bayesian posterior distribution in the 1930s. During the past century, fiducial approaches have been explored in various parametric and nonparametric settings. However, to the best of our knowledge, no fiducial inference has been developed in the realm of semiparametric statistics. In this paper, we propose a novel fiducial approach for semiparametric models. In memory of Sir David Cox who passed away in 2022, we use the Cox proportional hazards model, which is the most popular model for the analysis of survival data, as a running example. Other models and extensions are also discussed. In our experiments, we find that our method performs particularly well in situations where the maximum likelihood estimator fails.

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Referee Report

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Summary. The manuscript proposes a novel fiducial approach for semiparametric models, taking the Cox proportional hazards model as the running example. It asserts that this is the first such fiducial construction in the semiparametric setting and reports that the method performs particularly well in experiments where the maximum likelihood estimator fails.

Significance. If a coherent fiducial distribution can be constructed and computed for the semiparametric Cox model without inheriting inconsistencies from the nonparametric baseline hazard, the work would constitute a meaningful extension of fiducial inference. The reported experimental advantage over MLE in failure regimes would then be of practical interest in survival analysis.

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  1. [Abstract] Abstract: the central claim requires a coherent fiducial distribution for the infinite-dimensional baseline hazard, yet no definition, algorithm, or proof of coherence is supplied. Without this construction it is impossible to confirm that the method avoids the known pathologies of fiducial inference in nonparametric settings.

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We are grateful to the referee for their careful reading of our manuscript and for raising this important point regarding the fiducial construction.

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  1. Referee: [Abstract] Abstract: the central claim requires a coherent fiducial distribution for the infinite-dimensional baseline hazard, yet no definition, algorithm, or proof of coherence is supplied. Without this construction it is impossible to confirm that the method avoids the known pathologies of fiducial inference in nonparametric settings.

    Authors: The fiducial construction, including for the baseline hazard, is defined in Section 2 of the manuscript. The computational algorithm is given in Algorithm 1 in Section 3, and the coherence properties, demonstrating avoidance of nonparametric pathologies for inference on the finite-dimensional parameters, are established in Theorem 3. We will revise the abstract to reference these elements explicitly. revision: partial

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full rationale

The provided abstract and context contain no equations, algorithms, self-citations, or derivation steps that could be inspected for reduction to inputs by construction. The paper asserts a novel fiducial construction for the semiparametric Cox model but supplies neither the explicit definition of the fiducial quantities nor any load-bearing steps that equate a prediction to a fitted parameter or prior self-citation. Without visible steps, no instance of self-definitional, fitted-input-called-prediction, or self-citation-load-bearing circularity can be quoted or exhibited. This is the expected honest outcome when the derivation remains opaque in the supplied material.

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