flexBART: A More Flexible BART Model

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Authors: Sameer K. Deshpande, George Perrett, Ryan Yee, Cecilia Balocchi, Jennifer Hill
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Abstract

Implements a faster and more expressive version of Bayesian Additive Regression Trees that, at a high level, approximates unknown functions as a weighted sum of binary regression tree ensembles. Supports fitting (generalized) linear varying coefficient models that posits a linear relationship between the inverse link and some covariates but allows that relationship to change as a function of other covariates. Additionally supports fitting heteroscedastic BART models, in which both the mean and log-variance are approximated with separate regression tree ensembles. A formula interface allows for different splitting variables to be used in each ensemble. For more details see Deshpande (2025) and Deshpande et al. (2024) .

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Statistical Methods and Bayesian Inference Gaussian Processes and Bayesian Inference Statistical Methods and Inference

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Publication date
12 February 2026
Language
EN
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