Imputing relative abundances via Gaussian random fields
Andrey Shternshis, Prashant Singh, Luisa Warchavchik Hugerth
The paper introduces a Gaussian random field model for imputing missing data in longitudinal microbiome studies, achieving comparable accuracy to baselines while modeling temporal and multivariate correlations.
bioRxiv · Oct 13, 2026 · PreprintBioinformatics