Veröffentlichungen / Publications

Artikel / Articles

  • A. Mayr, N. Fenske, B. Hofner, T. Kneib, M. Schmid (2012). "GAMLSS for high-dimensional data - a flexible approach based on boosting." Journal of the Royal Statistical Society, Series C (Applied Statistics), Early View.
    (Abstract, PDF)

    • Dedicated software package: gamboostLSS now available on CRAN.
  • C. P. Schneider, J. Fertmann, J. Miesen, H. Wolf, C. Flexeder, B. Hofner, H. Küchenhoff, K.-W. Jauch, W. H. Hartl (2012). "Short-term prognosis of critically ill surgical patients: The impact of duration of invasive organ support therapies." Journal of Critical Care, 27: 73-82.
    (Abstract, PDF)

  • B. Hofner, T. Hothorn, T. Kneib, M. Schmid (2011). "A Framework for Unbiased Model Selection Based on Boosting". Journal of Computational and Graphical Statistics, 20: 956-971.
    (Abstract, PDF, Supplements)

  • B. Hofner, J. Müller, and T. Hothorn (2011). "Monotonicity-Constrained Species Distribution Models". Ecology, 92:1895-1901.
    (Abstract, PDF, Supplements)

  • K. Bayerlein, T. Kraus, I. Leinonen, D. Pilniok, A. Rotter, B. Hofner, J. Schwitulla, W. Sperling, J. Kornhuber, T. Biermann (2011). "Orexin A expression and promoter methylation in patients with alcohol dependence comparing acute and protracted withdrawal". Alcohol, 45:541-547.
    (Abstract)

  • A. Mayr, N. Fenske, B. Hofner,T. Kneib, and M. Schmid (2011). "Boosting Generalized Additive Models for Location, Scale and Shape". In D. Conesa, A. Forte, A. Lopez-Quilez and F. Munoz (eds.) Proceedings of the 26th International Workshop on Statistical Modelling, pp. 384-389. Valencia, Spain.

    • Best student paper award of the IWSM 2011 was awarded to A. Mayr for this work.
  • A. Tzschoppe, E. Struwe, W. Rascher, H. Dörr, R. Schild, T. Goecke, M. Beckmann, B. Hofner, J. Kratzsch, J. Dötsch (2011). "Intrauterine growth restriction (IUGR) is associated with increased leptin synthesis and binding capability in neonates". Clinical Endocrinology, 74:459-466.
    (Abstract, PDF)

  • B. Hofner, T. Kneib, W. Hartl, H. Küchenhoff (2011). "Building Cox-Type Structured Hazard Regression Models with Time-Varying Effects." Statistical Modelling: An International Journal, 2011. 11:3-24.
    (Abstract, PDF)

  • T. Hothorn, P. Bühlmann, T. Kneib, M. Schmid and B. Hofner (2010). "Model-based Boosting 2.0". Journal of Machine Learning Research, 11:2109-2113
    (Abstract, PDF)

  • C. P. Schneider, J. Fertmann, S. Geiger, H. Wolf, H. Biermeier, B. Hofner, H. Küchenhoff, K.-W. Jauch, W. H. Hartl (2010). "Long-term survival after surgical critical illness: the impact of prolonged organ support therapy." Annals of Surgery, 251(6):1145-1153.
    (Abstract)

    • This mauscript was awarded with the Georg Heberer Award 2011 (ger, en).
  • C. P. Schneider, C. Seyboth, M. Vilsmaier, H. Küchenhoff, B. Hofner, K.-W. Jauch, W. H. Hartl (2009). "Prognostic factors in critically ill patients suffering from secondary peritonitis: a retrospective observational survival time analysis." World Journal of Surgery, 33:34-43.
    (Abstract, PDF)

  • P. Moubarak, S. Zilker, H. Wolf, B. Hofner, T. Kneib, H. Küchenhoff, K.-W. Jauch, W. H. Hartl (2008). "Activity-guided antithrombin III therapy in severe surgical sepsis: Efficacy and safety according to a retrospective data analysis". Shock, 30:634-641.
    (Abstract)

  • J. Fertmann, H. Wolf, H. Küchenhoff, B. Hofner, K.W. Jauch KW, W.H. Hartl (2008). "Prognostic factors in critically ill surgical patients requiring continuous renal replacement therapy." Journal of Nephrology, 21:909-918.
    (Abstract)

Angenommen / Accepted

  • A. Mayr, B. Hofner, and M. Schmid (2012). "The importance of knowing when to stop - a sequential stopping rule for component-wise gradient boosting". Methods of Information in Medicine, accepted [2012-01-26].

Eingereicht / Submitted

  • B. Hofner, A. Mayr, N. Robinzonov and M. Schmid (2012). "Model-based Boosting in R - A Hands-on Tutorial Using the R Package mboost". Submitted.

  • B. Hofner, T. Hothorn, T. Kneib (2008). "Variable Selection and Model Choice in Structured Survival Models". Department of Statistics, Technical Report No. 43.

Thesis (Diplomarbeit)

  • B. Hofner (2008). "Variable Selection and Model Choice in Survival Models with Time-Varying Effects". Diplomarbeit, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München.
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