--- title: "Mixed-Type Trait Imputation" output: rmarkdown::html_vignette vignette: > %\VignetteIndexEntry{Mixed-Type Trait Imputation} %\VignetteEngine{knitr::rmarkdown} %\VignetteEncoding{UTF-8} --- ```{r setup, include = FALSE} knitr::opts_chunk$set( collapse = TRUE, comment = "#>", eval = torch::torch_is_installed() ) ``` ## Overview Real comparative datasets contain many kinds of traits: body mass (continuous), clutch size (count), migratory status (yes/no), diet type (carnivore/herbivore/omnivore), threat status (LC < VU < EN). pigauto handles all of them in a single model — you do not need separate imputation runs for different column types. | Type | R class | Example | Notes | |------|---------|---------|-------| | Continuous | `numeric` | Body mass, wing length | Auto-detected | | Count | `integer` | Clutch size, litter size | Auto-detected | | Binary | `factor` (2 levels) | Migratory yes/no | Auto-detected | | Categorical | `factor` (>2 levels) | Diet type, lifestyle | Auto-detected | | Ordinal | `ordered` | Threat status (LC < VU < EN) | Auto-detected | | Proportion | `numeric` (0–1) | Habitat cover, diet fraction | Requires `trait_types = "proportion"` override | | ZI count | `integer` (zero-inflated) | Parasite load, rare behaviour | Requires `trait_types = "zi_count"` override; experimental — accuracy more variable than other types | | Multi-proportion | K `numeric` columns summing to 1 | Diet composition, plumage-colour fractions, microbiome relative abundances | Requires `multi_proportion_groups = list( = c("col1", ..., "colK"))`; encoded via centred log-ratio (CLR) + per-component z-score | The first five rows in this table are auto-detected from R column class; `proportion`, `zi_count`, and `multi_proportion` must be declared explicitly (`trait_types` or `multi_proportion_groups`). All eight share the same latent space — the phylogenetic baseline and GNN correction both operate in this space, and type-specific logic appears only at encoding, loss computation, and decoding. ## Synthetic example ```{r simulate} library(pigauto) library(ape) set.seed(42) n <- 60 tree <- rtree(n) traits <- data.frame( row.names = tree$tip.label, mass = exp(rnorm(n, 3, 0.5)), clutch = as.integer(rpois(n, 3) + 1L), migr = factor(sample(c("no", "yes"), n, replace = TRUE)), diet = factor(sample(c("herb", "carn", "omni"), n, replace = TRUE)), threat = ordered(sample(c("LC", "VU", "EN"), n, replace = TRUE), levels = c("LC", "VU", "EN")) ) ``` ## Preprocessing `preprocess_traits()` auto-detects column types from R classes: ```{r preprocess} pd <- preprocess_traits(traits, tree) print(pd) ``` The `trait_map` records each trait's type, levels, latent column indices, and normalisation parameters: ```{r trait_map} str(pd$trait_map, max.level = 1) pd$trait_map$diet ``` ## Creating splits When `trait_map` is supplied, `make_missing_splits()` operates at the original-trait level. For categorical traits, all K one-hot columns are held out together: ```{r splits} spl <- make_missing_splits(pd$X_scaled, missing_frac = 0.20, seed = 1, trait_map = pd$trait_map) cat("Val cells (latent):", length(spl$val_idx), "\n") cat("Test cells (latent):", length(spl$test_idx), "\n") ``` ## Baseline fitting The baseline uses phylogenetic conditional MVN for continuous-family latent columns, and label-propagation or threshold/liability candidates for discrete-family columns: ```{r baseline} bl <- fit_baseline(pd, tree, splits = spl) dim(bl$mu) ``` ## Training `fit_pigauto()` uses type-specific losses and trait-level corruption masking automatically when a `trait_map` is present: ```{r train, message = FALSE} fit <- fit_pigauto( pd, tree, splits = spl, epochs = 200L, eval_every = 50L, patience = 5L, verbose = FALSE, seed = 1 ) print(fit) ``` ## Prediction and decoding `predict()` decodes latent predictions back to original types: ```{r predict} pred <- predict(fit, return_se = TRUE) head(pred$imputed) ``` For binary and categorical traits, class probabilities are available: ```{r probs} # Binary: probability of "yes" head(pred$probabilities$migr) # Categorical: probability of each diet class head(pred$probabilities$diet) ``` The SE matrix provides type-appropriate uncertainty: ```{r se} head(pred$se) ``` ## Evaluation `evaluate_imputation()` dispatches type-specific metrics: ```{r evaluate} ev <- evaluate_imputation(pred, pd$X_scaled, spl) print(ev) ``` ## Experimental analysis-aware multiple imputation `multi_impute_analysis()` requires the downstream formula before imputation. The initial backend supports exactly one incomplete continuous covariate under MAR. It does not yet impute the mixed discrete and compositional outcomes shown earlier in this vignette for downstream inference. ```{r mi_workflow, eval=FALSE} # Precompute nonlinear auxiliaries explicitly when required. analysis_data$z_sq <- analysis_data$z^2 mi <- multi_impute_analysis( data = analysis_data, formula = y ~ x + z, missing = "x", model = "glm", m = 50L, auxiliary = "z_sq", seed = 1L ) # Fit a downstream model to each fits <- with_imputations(mi, function(d) { glm(y ~ x + z, data = d, family = binomial) }) # Pool with Rubin's rules pool_mi(fits) ``` `pool_mi()` returns a tidy data.frame with `estimate`, `std.error`, `p.value`, `df` (classical Rubin degrees of freedom by default, or Barnard-Rubin when `df_fun` supplies complete-data residual degrees of freedom), `fmi` (fraction of missing information), and `riv` (relative increase in variance) per coefficient. The `"lm"` branch uses proper Bayesian normal-regression MI, `"glm"` uses `smcfcs` for a binomial-logit model, and `"lmer"` uses `jomo.smc` for one Gaussian random intercept. Fixed effects only: multiple incomplete columns, missing discrete covariates, MNAR, interactions/nonlinear terms involving the incomplete covariate, random slopes, variance components, correlations, BLUPs/conditional modes, and latent loadings are unsupported. For prediction diagnostics, the lower-level `predict(fit, n_imputations = 5L)` interface returns stochastic datasets. These are not supported for downstream inference.