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DARTS method optimizes covariate acquisition for budget-constrained sequential experiments

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Researchers have developed DARTS (Dynamic Adaptive Rerandomization via Thompson Sampling), a novel method for optimizing covariate acquisition in budget-constrained sequential experiments. This approach treats the process of gathering pretreatment data as a sequential optimization problem within causal inference. DARTS employs a Thompson sampler to identify the most prognostic covariates across batches, which then inform rerandomization and regression adjustments to minimize treatment effect variance. AI

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COVERAGE [3]

  1. arXiv cs.LG TIER_1 English(EN) · Kateryna Husar, Alexander Volfovsky ·

    DARTS: Targeting Prognostic Covariates in Budget-Constrained Sequential Experiments

    arXiv:2605.06608v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: Randomized controlled trials typically assume that prognostic covariates are known and available at no cost. In practice, obtaining high-dimensional pretreatment data is costly, forcing a trade-off between covariate-adaptive preci…

  2. Hugging Face Daily Papers TIER_1 English(EN) ·

    DARTS: Targeting Prognostic Covariates in Budget-Constrained Sequential Experiments

    Randomized controlled trials typically assume that prognostic covariates are known and available at no cost. In practice, obtaining high-dimensional pretreatment data is costly, forcing a trade-off between covariate-adaptive precision and a measurement budget. We introduce Dynami…

  3. arXiv stat.ML TIER_1 English(EN) · Alexander Volfovsky ·

    DARTS: Targeting Prognostic Covariates in Budget-Constrained Sequential Experiments

    Randomized controlled trials typically assume that prognostic covariates are known and available at no cost. In practice, obtaining high-dimensional pretreatment data is costly, forcing a trade-off between covariate-adaptive precision and a measurement budget. We introduce Dynami…

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