rCISSVAE - Clustering-Informed Shared-Structure VAE for Imputation
Implements the Clustering-Informed Shared-Structure
Variational Autoencoder ('CISS-VAE'), a deep learning framework
for missing data imputation introduced in Khadem Charvadeh et
al. (2025) <doi:10.1002/sim.70335>. The model accommodates all
three types of missing data mechanisms: Missing Completely At
Random (MCAR), Missing At Random (MAR), and Missing Not At
Random (MNAR). While it is particularly well-suited to MNAR
scenarios, where missingness patterns carry informative
signals, 'CISS-VAE' also functions effectively under MAR
assumptions.