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Task: ml-missing-data-imputation

Missing Data Imputation

Research Question

Design a novel missing data imputation method that achieves low reconstruction error and preserves downstream predictive performance across diverse tabular datasets.

Background

Missing data is ubiquitous in real-world datasets. Simple approaches like mean/median imputation ignore feature correlations, while iterative predictive methods can capture them more directly. This task evaluates imputation methods that:

  • Captures complex inter-feature dependencies
  • Works well on datasets of varying sizes and feature types
  • Produces imputations that preserve the statistical structure needed for downstream tasks

Task

Implement a custom imputation algorithm in the CustomImputer class in custom_imputation.py. The class follows the scikit-learn transformer interface: fit(X) learns from data with missing values (NaN), and transform(X) returns a complete matrix with no NaN values.

Interface

class CustomImputer(BaseEstimator, TransformerMixin):
    def __init__(self, random_state=42, max_iter=10):
        ...

    def fit(self, X, y=None):
        # X: numpy array (n_samples, n_features) with NaN for missing values
        # Learn imputation model
        return self

    def transform(self, X):
        # X: numpy array (n_samples, n_features) with NaN for missing values
        # Return: numpy array (n_samples, n_features) with NO NaN values
        return X_imputed

Available libraries: numpy, scipy, scikit-learn (all submodules including sklearn.impute, sklearn.ensemble, sklearn.neighbors, etc.).

Evaluation

Evaluated on three datasets with 20% MCAR (Missing Completely At Random) missing values:

  • Breast Cancer Wisconsin (569 samples, 30 features, binary classification)
  • Wine (178 samples, 13 features, 3-class classification)
  • California Housing (5000 samples, 8 features, regression)

Two metrics per dataset:

  • RMSE: Root Mean Squared Error between imputed and true values (lower is better)
  • downstream_score: Classification accuracy (breast_cancer, wine) or R^2 (california) using GradientBoosting on the imputed data (higher is better)

scikit-learn/custom_imputation.py [EDITABLE — lines 36–131 only]

     1: """Custom missing data imputation benchmark.
     2: 
     3: This script evaluates a missing data imputation method across multiple datasets
     4: with artificially introduced missing values. The agent should modify the EDITABLE
     5: section to implement a novel imputation algorithm.
     6: 
     7: Datasets (selected by $ENV):
     8:   - breast_cancer:  Classification, 569 samples x 30 features (binary)
     9:   - wine:           Classification, 178 samples x 13 features (3-class)
    10:   - california:     Regression, 20640 samples x 8 features (continuous target)
    11: 
    12: Missing patterns: MCAR (Missing Completely At Random) at 20% rate.
    13: 
    14: Metrics:
    15:   - rms
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The blend weight is\n    learned per feature via self-supervised masking of observed entries.\n    \"\"\"\n\n    def __init__(self, random_state=42, max_iter=10):\n        self.random_state = random_state\n        self.max_iter = max_iter\n        self.max_predictors = 8\n        self.damping = 0.7\n\n    def _fill(self, X):\n        Xf = np.asarray(X, dtype=float).copy()\n        mask = np.isnan(Xf)\n        if mask.any():\n            Xf[mask] = np.take(self.statistics_, np.where(mask)[1])\n        return Xf\n\n    def _pred_set(self, corr, j):\n        idx = np.delete(np.arange(corr.shape[0]), j)\n        k = min(self.max_predictors, len(idx))\n        return idx[np.argsort(-np.abs(corr[j, idx]))[:k]]\n\n    def _knn(self, Xtr, ytr, Xte):\n        from sklearn.neighbors import NearestNeighbors\n\n        if Xte.shape[0] == 0:\n            return np.zeros(0), np.zeros(0)\n        if Xtr is None or len(ytr) == 0:\n            return np.full(Xte.shape[0], np.mean(ytr) if len(ytr) else 0.0), np.zeros(Xte.shape[0])\n        k = min(15, max(3, int(np.sqrt(len(ytr)))), len(ytr))\n        nn = NearestNeighbors(n_neighbors=k)\n        nn.fit(Xtr)\n        d, idx = nn.kneighbors(Xte)\n        w = 1.0 / (d + 0.1)\n        w /= np.maximum(w.sum(axis=1, keepdims=True), 1e-12)\n        return (w * ytr[idx]).sum(axis=1), np.exp(-np.median(d, axis=1))\n\n    def _calibrate(self, X):\n        from sklearn.linear_model import BayesianRidge\n\n        rng = np.random.RandomState(self.random_state)\n        obs = ~np.isnan(X)\n        cal = np.zeros_like(obs, dtype=bool)\n        for j in range(X.shape[1]):\n            idx = np.where(obs[:, j])[0]\n            m = min(20, max(1, len(idx) // 8), max(0, len(idx) - 5))\n            if m > 0:\n                cal[rng.choice(idx, size=m, replace=False), j] = True\n        if not cal.any():\n            return np.full(X.shape[1], 0.5)\n        Xc = X.copy()\n        Xc[cal] = np.nan\n        Xs = self._fill(Xc)\n        corr = np.nan_to_num(np.corrcoef(Xs, rowvar=False))\n        np.fill_diagonal(corr, 1.0)\n        weights = np.full(X.shape[1], 0.5)\n        for j in range(X.shape[1]):\n            test = cal[:, j]\n            obsj = ~np.isnan(Xc[:, j])\n            if test.sum() == 0 or obsj.sum() < 5:\n                continue\n            pred = self._pred_set(corr, j)\n            model = BayesianRidge().fit(Xs[obsj][:, pred], X[obsj, j])\n            g = model.predict(Xs[test][:, pred])\n            l, _ = self._knn(Xs[obsj][:, pred], X[obsj, j], Xs[test][:, pred])\n            eg = np.sqrt(np.mean((g - X[test, j]) ** 2)) + 1e-6\n            el = np.sqrt(np.mean((l - X[test, j]) ** 2)) + 1e-6\n            weights[j] = (1.0 / el) / ((1.0 / el) + (1.0 / eg))\n        return np.clip(0.15 + 0.7 * weights, 0.15, 0.85)\n\n    def _fit_impute(self, X):\n        from sklearn.linear_model import BayesianRidge\n\n        miss = np.isnan(X)\n        Ximp = self._fill(X)\n        order = np.argsort(miss.mean(axis=0))\n        for _ in range(self.max_iter):\n            prev = Ximp.copy()\n            corr = np.nan_to_num(np.corrcoef(Ximp, rowvar=False))\n            np.fill_diagonal(corr, 1.0)\n            for j in order:\n                mis, obs = miss[:, j], ~miss[:, j]\n                if not mis.any() or obs.sum() < 5:\n                    continue\n                pred = self._pred_set(corr, j)\n                model = BayesianRidge().fit(Ximp[obs][:, pred], X[obs, j])\n                g = model.predict(Ximp[mis][:, pred])\n                l, closeness = self._knn(Ximp[obs][:, pred], X[obs, j], Ximp[mis][:, pred])\n                w = np.clip(self.weights_[j] * (0.3 + 0.7 * closeness), 0.05, 0.95)\n                vals = np.clip((1.0 - 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[Test #1] (2 tests remaining; call submit(n=N) to choose which test result to submit as final)

### breast_cancer (scripts/breast_cancer.sh)
Training metrics (last lines):
TRAIN_METRICS stage=fitting
TRAIN_METRICS stage=done
TRAIN_METRICS rmse=0.472828
TRAIN_METRICS downstream_score=0.943782
TRAIN_METRICS baseline_no_missing=0.949076
Test results (breast_cancer):
  rmse: 0.472828
  downstream_score: 0.943782

### wine (scripts/wine.sh)
Training metrics (last lines):
TRAIN_METRICS stage=fitting
TRAIN_METRICS stage=done
TRAIN_METRICS rmse=0.808852
TRAIN_METRICS downstream_score=0.927143
TRAIN_METRICS baseline_no_missing=0.921429
Test results (wine):
  rmse: 0.808852
  downstream_score: 0.927143

[Leaderboard] Results saved: {'rmse_breast_cancer': 0.472828, 'downstream_score_breast_cancer': 0.943782, 'elapsed_breast_cancer': 7, 'rmse_wine': 0.808852, 'downstream_score_wine': 0.927143, 'elapsed_wine': 7, 'rmse_california': 0.76177, 'downstream_score_california': 0.65629, 'elapsed_californi
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4  "content": "class CustomImputer(BaseEstimator, TransformerMixin):\n    \"\"\"Self-calibrated hybrid imputer.\n\n    Per feature, it learns a three-part update:\n    1) correlation-restricted Bayesian regression,\n    2) correlation-restricted ExtraTrees regression,\n    3) distance-weighted donor averaging.\n\n    Pseudo-masking of observed entries learns feature-wise mixture weights for the\n    global linear/nonlinear experts and for the global/local blend.\n    \"\"\"\n\n    def __init__(self, random_state=42, max_iter=10):\n        self.random_state = random_state\n        self.max_iter = max_iter\n        self.max_predictors = 8\n        self.damping = 0.7\n        self.n_trees = 40\n\n    def _fill(self, X):\n        Xf = np.asarray(X, dtype=float).copy()\n        mask = np.isnan(Xf)\n        if mask.any():\n            Xf[mask] = np.take(self.statistics_, np.where(mask)[1])\n        return Xf\n\n    def _pred_set(self, corr, j):\n        idx = np.delete(np.arange(corr.shape[0]), j)\n        k = min(max(1, int(np.sqrt(corr.shape[0]) * 2)), self.max_predictors, len(idx))\n        return idx[np.argsort(-np.abs(corr[j, idx]))[:k]]\n\n    def _make_tree(self):\n        from sklearn.ensemble import ExtraTreesRegressor\n\n        return ExtraTreesRegressor(\n            n_estimators=self.n_trees,\n            max_features=\"sqrt\",\n            random_state=self.random_state,\n            n_jobs=-1,\n        )\n\n    def _fit_global_models(self, Xtr, ytr):\n        from sklearn.linear_model import BayesianRidge\n\n        return BayesianRidge().fit(Xtr, ytr), self._make_tree().fit(Xtr, ytr)\n\n    def _global_pred(self, models, Xte, j):\n        pr = models[0].predict(Xte)\n        pt = models[1].predict(Xte)\n        return (1.0 - self.tree_weights_[j]) * pr + self.tree_weights_[j] * pt\n\n    def _knn(self, Xtr, ytr, Xte):\n        from sklearn.neighbors import NearestNeighbors\n\n        if Xte.shape[0] == 0:\n            return np.zeros(0), np.zeros(0)\n        if Xtr is None or len(ytr) == 0:\n            return np.full(Xte.shape[0], np.mean(ytr) if len(ytr) else 0.0), np.zeros(Xte.shape[0])\n        k = min(15, max(3, int(np.sqrt(len(ytr)))), len(ytr))\n        nn = NearestNeighbors(n_neighbors=k)\n        nn.fit(Xtr)\n        d, idx = nn.kneighbors(Xte)\n        w = 1.0 / (d + 0.1)\n        w /= np.maximum(w.sum(axis=1, keepdims=True), 1e-12)\n        return (w * ytr[idx]).sum(axis=1), np.exp(-np.median(d, axis=1))\n\n    def _calibrate(self, X):\n        rng = np.random.RandomState(self.random_state)\n        obs = ~np.isnan(X)\n        cal = np.zeros_like(obs, dtype=bool)\n        for j in range(X.shape[1]):\n            idx = np.where(obs[:, j])[0]\n            m = min(20, max(1, len(idx) // 8), max(0, len(idx) - 5))\n            if m > 0:\n                cal[rng.choice(idx, size=m, replace=False), j] = True\n        if not cal.any():\n            base = np.full(X.shape[1], 0.5)\n            return base, base\n        Xc = X.copy()\n        Xc[cal] = np.nan\n        Xs = self._fill(Xc)\n        corr = np.nan_to_num(np.corrcoef(Xs, rowvar=False))\n        np.fill_diagonal(corr, 1.0)\n        local_w = np.full(X.shape[1], 0.5)\n        tree_w = np.full(X.shape[1], 0.5)\n        for j in range(X.shape[1]):\n            test = cal[:, j]\n            obsj = ~np.isnan(Xc[:, j])\n            if test.sum() == 0 or obsj.sum() < 8:\n                continue\n            pred = self._pred_set(corr, j)\n            models = self._fit_global_models(Xs[obsj][:, pred], X[obsj, j])\n            pr = models[0].predict(Xs[test][:, pred])\n            pt = models[1].predict(Xs[test][:, pred])\n            er = np.sqrt(np.mean((pr - X[test, j]) ** 2)) + 1e-6\n            et = np.sqrt(np.mean((pt - X[test, j]) ** 2)) + 1e-6\n            tw = (1.0 / et) / ((1.0 / er) + (1.0 / et))\n            g = (1.0 - tw) * pr + tw * pt\n            l, _ = self._knn(Xs[obsj][:, pred], X[obsj, j], Xs[test][:, pred])\n            eg = np.sqrt(np.mean((g - X[test, j]) ** 2)) + 1e-6\n            el = np.sqrt(np.mean((l - X[test, j]) ** 2)) + 1e-6\n            tree_w[j] = tw\n            local_w[j] = (1.0 / el) / ((1.0 / el) + (1.0 / eg))\n        return np.clip(0.1 + 0.8 * local_w, 0.1, 0.9), np.clip(0.1 + 0.8 * tree_w, 0.1, 0.9)\n\n    def _fit_impute(self, X):\n        miss = np.isnan(X)\n        Ximp = self._fill(X)\n        order = np.argsort(miss.mean(axis=0))\n        for _ in range(self.max_iter):\n            prev = Ximp.copy()\n            corr = np.nan_to_num(np.corrcoef(Ximp, rowvar=False))\n            np.fill_diagonal(corr, 1.0)\n            for j in order:\n                mis, obs = miss[:, j], ~miss[:, j]\n                if not mis.any() or obs.sum() < 8:\n                    continue\n                pred = self._pred_set(corr, j)\n                models = self._fit_global_models(Ximp[obs][:, pred], X[obs, j])\n                g = self._global_pred(models, Ximp[mis][:, pred], j)\n                l, closeness = self._knn(Ximp[obs][:, pred], X[obs, j], Ximp[mis][:, pred])\n                w = np.clip(self.local_weights_[j] * (0.25 + 0.75 * closeness), 0.02, 0.98)\n                vals = np.clip((1.0 - w) * g + w * l, self.lo_[j], self.hi_[j])\n                Ximp[mis, j] = (1.0 - self.damping) * Ximp[mis, j] + self.damping * vals\n            if miss.any() and np.sqrt(np.mean((Ximp[miss] - prev[miss]) ** 2)) < 1e-3:\n                break\n        return Ximp\n\n    def _fit_models(self, X):\n        corr = np.nan_to_num(np.corrcoef(self.X_train_imputed_, rowvar=False))\n        np.fill_diagonal(corr, 1.0)\n        self.predictors_, self.models_, self.donor_X_, self.donor_y_ = [], [], [], []\n        for j in range(X.shape[1]):\n            pred = self._pred_set(corr, j)\n            obs = ~np.isnan(X[:, j])\n            self.predictors_.append(pred)\n            if obs.sum() < 2:\n                self.models_.append(None)\n                self.donor_X_.append(None)\n                self.donor_y_.append(np.array([]))\n                continue\n            self.models_.append(self._fit_global_models(self.X_train_imputed_[obs][:, pred], X[obs, j]))\n            self.donor_X_.append(self.X_train_imputed_[obs][:, pred])\n            self.donor_y_.append(X[obs, j])\n\n    def fit(self, X, y=None):\n        X = np.asarray(X, dtype=float)\n        self.statistics_ = np.nanmean(X, axis=0)\n        self.statistics_ = np.where(np.isnan(self.statistics_), 0.0, self.statistics_)\n        self.lo_ = np.nanpercentile(X, 0.5, axis=0)\n        self.hi_ = np.nanpercentile(X, 99.5, axis=0)\n        self.local_weights_, self.tree_weights_ = self._calibrate(X)\n        self.X_train_imputed_ = self._fit_impute(X)\n        self._fit_models(X)\n        return self\n\n    def transform(self, X):\n        X = np.asarray(X, dtype=float)\n        miss = np.isnan(X)\n        Ximp = self._fill(X)\n        for _ in range(self.max_iter):\n            prev = Ximp.copy()\n            for j, pred in enumerate(self.predictors_):\n                mis = miss[:, j]\n                if not mis.any() or self.models_[j] is None:\n                    continue\n                g = self._global_pred(self.models_[j], Ximp[mis][:, pred], j)\n                l, closeness = self._knn(self.donor_X_[j], self.donor_y_[j], Ximp[mis][:, pred])\n                w = np.clip(self.local_weights_[j] * (0.25 + 0.75 * closeness), 0.02, 0.98)\n                vals = np.clip((1.0 - 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   228                  c = np.corrcoef(X[mask, i], X[mask, j])[0, 1]
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Tool ResultStep 4
[Test #2] (1 test remaining; call submit(n=N) to choose which test result to submit as final)

### breast_cancer (scripts/breast_cancer.sh)
Training metrics (last lines):
TRAIN_METRICS stage=fitting
TRAIN_METRICS stage=done
TRAIN_METRICS rmse=0.477058
TRAIN_METRICS downstream_score=0.947275
TRAIN_METRICS baseline_no_missing=0.949076
Test results (breast_cancer):
  rmse: 0.477058
  downstream_score: 0.947275

### wine (scripts/wine.sh)
Training metrics (last lines):
TRAIN_METRICS stage=fitting
TRAIN_METRICS stage=done
TRAIN_METRICS rmse=0.823064
TRAIN_METRICS downstream_score=0.910476
TRAIN_METRICS baseline_no_missing=0.921429
Test results (wine):
  rmse: 0.823064
  downstream_score: 0.910476

[Leaderboard] Results saved: {'rmse_breast_cancer': 0.477058, 'downstream_score_breast_cancer': 0.947275, 'elapsed_breast_cancer': 47, 'rmse_wine': 0.823064, 'downstream_score_wine': 0.910476, 'elapsed_wine': 47, 'rmse_california': 0.759335, 'downstream_score_california': 0.657425, 'elapsed_califo
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4  "content": "class CustomImputer(BaseEstimator, TransformerMixin):\n    \"\"\"Self-calibrated hybrid imputer.\n\n    Combines a correlation-restricted Bayesian regression update (global structure)\n    with distance-weighted donor averaging (local structure). The local/global\n    blend is learned per feature via pseudo-masking of observed entries and then\n    modulated by regression confidence and neighbor closeness.\n    \"\"\"\n\n    def __init__(self, random_state=42, max_iter=10):\n        self.random_state = random_state\n        self.max_iter = max_iter\n        self.max_predictors = 12\n        self.damping = 0.7\n\n    def _fill(self, X):\n        Xf = np.asarray(X, dtype=float).copy()\n        mask = np.isnan(Xf)\n        if mask.any():\n            Xf[mask] = np.take(self.statistics_, np.where(mask)[1])\n        return Xf\n\n    def _pred_set(self, corr, j):\n        idx = np.delete(np.arange(corr.shape[0]), j)\n        k = min(max(1, int(np.sqrt(corr.shape[0]) * 2)), self.max_predictors, len(idx))\n        return idx[np.argsort(-np.abs(corr[j, idx]))[:k]]\n\n    def _knn(self, Xtr, ytr, Xte):\n        from sklearn.neighbors import NearestNeighbors\n\n        if Xte.shape[0] == 0:\n            return np.zeros(0), np.zeros(0)\n        if Xtr is None or len(ytr) == 0:\n            return np.full(Xte.shape[0], np.mean(ytr) if len(ytr) else 0.0), np.zeros(Xte.shape[0])\n        k = min(15, max(3, int(np.sqrt(len(ytr)))), len(ytr))\n        nn = NearestNeighbors(n_neighbors=k)\n        nn.fit(Xtr)\n        d, idx = nn.kneighbors(Xte)\n        w = 1.0 / (d + 0.1)\n        w /= np.maximum(w.sum(axis=1, keepdims=True), 1e-12)\n        return (w * ytr[idx]).sum(axis=1), np.exp(-np.median(d, axis=1))\n\n    def _calibrate(self, X):\n        from sklearn.linear_model import BayesianRidge\n\n        rng = np.random.RandomState(self.random_state)\n        obs = ~np.isnan(X)\n        cal = np.zeros_like(obs, dtype=bool)\n        for j in range(X.shape[1]):\n            idx = np.where(obs[:, j])[0]\n            m = min(20, max(1, len(idx) // 8), max(0, len(idx) - 5))\n            if m > 0:\n                cal[rng.choice(idx, size=m, replace=False), j] = True\n        if not cal.any():\n            return np.full(X.shape[1], 0.5)\n        Xc = X.copy()\n        Xc[cal] = np.nan\n        Xs = self._fill(Xc)\n        corr = np.nan_to_num(np.corrcoef(Xs, rowvar=False))\n        np.fill_diagonal(corr, 1.0)\n        weights = np.full(X.shape[1], 0.5)\n        for j in range(X.shape[1]):\n            test = cal[:, j]\n            obsj = ~np.isnan(Xc[:, j])\n            if test.sum() == 0 or obsj.sum() < 5:\n                continue\n            pred = self._pred_set(corr, j)\n            model = BayesianRidge().fit(Xs[obsj][:, pred], X[obsj, j])\n            g = model.predict(Xs[test][:, pred])\n            l, _ = self._knn(Xs[obsj][:, pred], X[obsj, j], Xs[test][:, pred])\n            eg = np.sqrt(np.mean((g - X[test, j]) ** 2)) + 1e-6\n            el = np.sqrt(np.mean((l - X[test, j]) ** 2)) + 1e-6\n            weights[j] = (1.0 / el) / ((1.0 / el) + (1.0 / eg))\n        return np.clip(0.15 + 0.7 * weights, 0.15, 0.85)\n\n    def _fit_impute(self, X):\n        from sklearn.linear_model import BayesianRidge\n\n        miss = np.isnan(X)\n        Ximp = self._fill(X)\n        order = np.argsort(miss.mean(axis=0))\n        for _ in range(self.max_iter):\n            prev = Ximp.copy()\n            corr = np.nan_to_num(np.corrcoef(Ximp, rowvar=False))\n            np.fill_diagonal(corr, 1.0)\n            for j in order:\n                mis, obs = miss[:, j], ~miss[:, j]\n                if not mis.any() or obs.sum() < 5:\n                    continue\n                pred = self._pred_set(corr, j)\n                model = BayesianRidge().fit(Ximp[obs][:, pred], X[obs, j])\n                conf = np.clip(model.score(Ximp[obs][:, pred], X[obs, j]), 0.0, 1.0)\n                g = model.predict(Ximp[mis][:, pred])\n                l, closeness = self._knn(Ximp[obs][:, pred], X[obs, j], Ximp[mis][:, pred])\n                w = np.clip(self.weights_[j] * (0.25 + 0.75 * closeness) * (1.0 - 0.5 * conf), 0.05, 0.95)\n                vals = np.clip((1.0 - w) * g + w * l, self.lo_[j], self.hi_[j])\n                Ximp[mis, j] = (1.0 - self.damping) * Ximp[mis, j] + self.damping * vals\n            if miss.any() and np.sqrt(np.mean((Ximp[miss] - prev[miss]) ** 2)) < 1e-3:\n                break\n        return Ximp\n\n    def _fit_models(self, X):\n        from sklearn.linear_model import BayesianRidge\n\n        corr = np.nan_to_num(np.corrcoef(self.X_train_imputed_, rowvar=False))\n        np.fill_diagonal(corr, 1.0)\n        self.predictors_, self.models_, self.donor_X_, self.donor_y_, self.model_conf_ = [], [], [], [], []\n        for j in range(X.shape[1]):\n            pred = self._pred_set(corr, j)\n            obs = ~np.isnan(X[:, j])\n            self.predictors_.append(pred)\n            if obs.sum() < 2:\n                self.models_.append(None)\n                self.donor_X_.append(None)\n                self.donor_y_.append(np.array([]))\n                self.model_conf_.append(0.0)\n                continue\n            model = BayesianRidge().fit(self.X_train_imputed_[obs][:, pred], X[obs, j])\n            self.models_.append(model)\n            self.donor_X_.append(self.X_train_imputed_[obs][:, pred])\n            self.donor_y_.append(X[obs, j])\n            self.model_conf_.append(float(np.clip(model.score(self.X_train_imputed_[obs][:, pred], X[obs, j]), 0.0, 1.0)))\n\n    def fit(self, X, y=None):\n        X = np.asarray(X, dtype=float)\n        self.statistics_ = np.nanmean(X, axis=0)\n        self.statistics_ = np.where(np.isnan(self.statistics_), 0.0, self.statistics_)\n        self.lo_ = np.nanpercentile(X, 0.5, axis=0)\n        self.hi_ = np.nanpercentile(X, 99.5, axis=0)\n        self.weights_ = self._calibrate(X)\n        self.X_train_imputed_ = self._fit_impute(X)\n        self._fit_models(X)\n        return self\n\n    def transform(self, X):\n        X = np.asarray(X, dtype=float)\n        miss = np.isnan(X)\n        Ximp = self._fill(X)\n        for _ in range(self.max_iter):\n            prev = Ximp.copy()\n            for j, pred in enumerate(self.predictors_):\n                mis = miss[:, j]\n                if not mis.any() or self.models_[j] is None:\n                    continue\n                g = self.models_[j].predict(Ximp[mis][:, pred])\n                l, closeness = self._knn(self.donor_X_[j], self.donor_y_[j], Ximp[mis][:, pred])\n                w = np.clip(self.weights_[j] * (0.25 + 0.75 * closeness) * (1.0 - 0.5 * self.model_conf_[j]), 0.05, 0.95)\n                vals = np.clip((1.0 - w) * g + w * l, self.lo_[j], self.hi_[j])\n                Ximp[mis, j] = (1.0 - self.damping) * Ximp[mis, j] + self.damping * vals\n            if miss.any() and np.sqrt(np.mean((Ximp[miss] - prev[miss]) ** 2)) < 1e-3:\n                break\n        return Ximp\n\n    def fit_transform(self, X, y=None):\n        return self.fit(X, y).X_train_imputed_.copy()\n\n\n# Helper functions for the custom imputer (optional, agent may add more)\ndef compute_feature_correlations(X):\n    n_features = X.shape[1]\n    corr = np.eye(n_features)\n    for i in range(n_features):\n        for j in range(i + 1, n_features):\n            mask = ~(np.isnan(X[:, i]) | np.isnan(X[:, j]))\n            if mask.sum() > 2:\n                c = np.corrcoef(X[mask, i], X[mask, j])[0, 1]\n                corr[i, j] = corr[j, i] = c if not np.isnan(c) else 0.0\n    return corr\n",
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   206                  c = np.corrcoef(X[mask, i], X[mask, j])[0, 1]
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AssistantStep 7test
Tool ResultStep 7
[Test #3] (0 tests remaining; call submit(n=N) to choose which test result to submit as final)

[NOTE] This was your last test. You MUST now call submit(n=X) to choose which test result to submit as your final answer.

### breast_cancer (scripts/breast_cancer.sh)
Training metrics (last lines):
TRAIN_METRICS stage=fitting
TRAIN_METRICS stage=done
TRAIN_METRICS rmse=0.451992
TRAIN_METRICS downstream_score=0.952554
TRAIN_METRICS baseline_no_missing=0.949076
Test results (breast_cancer):
  rmse: 0.451992
  downstream_score: 0.952554

### wine (scripts/wine.sh)
Training metrics (last lines):
TRAIN_METRICS stage=fitting
TRAIN_METRICS stage=done
TRAIN_METRICS rmse=0.822901
TRAIN_METRICS downstream_score=0.938413
TRAIN_METRICS baseline_no_missing=0.921429
Test results (wine):
  rmse: 0.822901
  downstream_score: 0.938413

### california (scripts/california.sh)
Training metrics (last lines):
TRAIN_METRICS stage=fitting
TRAIN_METRICS stage=done
TRAIN_METRICS rmse=0.780218
TRAIN_METRICS downstrea
AssistantStep 8submit
Tool Input
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Tool ResultStep 8
[submit] Submitting result from test #3 as final.

### breast_cancer (scripts/breast_cancer.sh)
Training metrics (last lines):
TRAIN_METRICS stage=fitting
TRAIN_METRICS stage=done
TRAIN_METRICS rmse=0.451992
TRAIN_METRICS downstream_score=0.952554
TRAIN_METRICS baseline_no_missing=0.949076
Test results (breast_cancer):
  rmse: 0.451992
  downstream_score: 0.952554

### wine (scripts/wine.sh)
Training metrics (last lines):
TRAIN_METRICS stage=fitting
TRAIN_METRICS stage=done
TRAIN_METRICS rmse=0.822901
TRAIN_METRICS downstream_score=0.938413
TRAIN_METRICS baseline_no_missing=0.921429
Test results (wine):
  rmse: 0.822901
  downstream_score: 0.938413

### california (scripts/california.sh)
Training metrics (last lines):
TRAIN_METRICS stage=fitting
TRAIN_METRICS stage=done
TRAIN_METRICS rmse=0.780218
TRAIN_METRICS downstream_score=0.656164
TRAIN_METRICS baseline_no_missing=0.762435
Test results (california):
  rmse: 0.780218
  downstream_score: 0.656164

[submit] Finalized test #3 as fina