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Manasi Mali

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arXiv2025

Parental Imprints On Birth Weight: A Data-Driven Model For Neonatal Prediction In Low Resource Prenatal Care

Accurate fetal birth weight prediction is a cornerstone of prenatal care, yet traditional methods often rely on imaging technologies that remain inaccessible in resource-limited settings. This study presents a novel machine learning-based framework that circumvents these conventional dependencies, using a diverse set of physiological, environmental, and parental factors to refine birth weight estimation. A multi-stage feature selection pipeline filters the dataset into an optimized subset, demonstrating previously underexplored yet clinically relevant predictors of fetal growth. By integrating advanced regression architectures and ensemble learning strategies, the model captures non-linear relationships often overlooked by traditional approaches, offering a predictive solution that is both interpretable and scalable. Beyond predictive accuracy, this study addresses a question: whether birth weight can be reliably estimated without conventional diagnostic tools. The findings challenge entrenched methodologies by introducing an alternative pathway that enhances accessibility without compromising clinical utility. While limitations exist, the study lays the foundation for a new era in prenatal analytics, one where data-driven inference competes with, and potentially redefines, established medical assessments. By bridging computational intelligence with obstetric science, this research establishes a framework for equitable, technology-driven advancements in maternal-fetal healthcare.

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arXiv2025

Predicting Fetal Birthweight from High Dimensional Data using Advanced Machine Learning

Birth weight serves as a fundamental indicator of neonatal health, closely linked to both early medical interventions and long-term developmental risks. Traditional predictive models, often constrained by limited feature selection and incomplete datasets, struggle to achieve overlooking complex maternal and fetal interactions in diverse clinical settings. This research explores machine learning to address these limitations, utilizing a structured methodology that integrates advanced imputation strategies, supervised feature selection techniques, and predictive modeling. Given the constraints of the dataset, the research strengthens the role of data preprocessing in improving the model performance. Among the various methodologies explored, tree-based feature selection methods demonstrated superior capability in identifying the most relevant predictors, while ensemble-based regression models proved highly effective in capturing non-linear relationships and complex maternal-fetal interactions within the data. Beyond model performance, the study highlights the clinical significance of key physiological determinants, offering insights into maternal and fetal health factors that influence birth weight, offering insights that extend over statistical modeling. By bridging computational intelligence with perinatal research, this work underscores the transformative role of machine learning in enhancing predictive accuracy, refining risk assessment and informing data-driven decision-making in maternal and neonatal care. Keywords: Birth weight prediction, maternal-fetal health, MICE, BART, Gradient Boosting, neonatal outcomes, Clinipredictive.

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arXiv2025

"FRAME: Forward Recursive Adaptive Model Extraction-A Technique for Advance Feature Selection"

The challenges in feature selection, particularly in balancing model accuracy, interpretability, and computational efficiency, remain a critical issue in advancing machine learning methodologies. To address these complexities, this study introduces a novel hybrid approach, the Forward Recursive Adaptive Model Extraction Technique (FRAME), which combines Forward Selection and Recursive Feature Elimination (RFE) to enhance feature selection across diverse datasets. By combining the exploratory capabilities of Forward Selection with the refinement strengths of RFE, FRAME systematically identifies optimal feature subsets, striking a harmonious trade-off between experimentation and precision. A comprehensive evaluation of FRAME is conducted against traditional methods such as SelectKBest and Lasso Regression, using high-dimensional, noisy, and heterogeneous datasets. The results demonstrate that FRAME consistently delivers superior predictive performance based on downstream machine learning evaluation metrics. It efficiently performs dimensionality reduction with strong model performance, thus being especially useful for applications that need interpretable and accurate predictions, e.g., biomedical diagnostics. This research emphasizes the need to evaluate feature selection techniques on diverse datasets to test their robustness and generalizability. The results indicate that FRAME has great potential for further development, especially by incorporating deep learning frameworks for adaptive and real-time feature selection in dynamic settings. By advancing feature selection methodologies, FRAME offers a practical and effective solution to improve machine learning applications across multiple domains.

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arXiv2025

Precision Adaptive Imputation Network : An Unified Technique for Mixed Datasets

The challenge of missing data remains a significant obstacle across various scientific domains, necessitating the development of advanced imputation techniques that can effectively address complex missingness patterns. This study introduces the Precision Adaptive Imputation Network (PAIN), a novel algorithm designed to enhance data reconstruction by dynamically adapting to diverse data types, distributions, and missingness mechanisms. PAIN employs a tri-step process that integrates statistical methods, random forests, and autoencoders, ensuring balanced accuracy and efficiency in imputation. Through rigorous evaluation across multiple datasets, including those characterized by high-dimensional and correlated features, PAIN consistently outperforms traditional imputation methods, such as mean and median imputation, as well as other advanced techniques like MissForest. The findings highlight PAIN's superior ability to preserve data distributions and maintain analytical integrity, particularly in complex scenarios where missingness is not completely at random. This research not only contributes to a deeper understanding of missing data reconstruction but also provides a critical framework for future methodological innovations in data science and machine learning, paving the way for more effective handling of mixed-type datasets in real-world applications.

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