Sparse and Efficient Estimation for Partial Spline Models with Increasing Dimension.

TitleSparse and Efficient Estimation for Partial Spline Models with Increasing Dimension.
Publication TypeJournal Article
Year of Publication2015
AuthorsCheng, Guang, Hao Helen Zhang, and Zuofeng Shang
JournalAnn Inst Stat Math
Volume67
Issue1
Pagination93-127
Date Published2015 Feb 01
ISSN0020-3157
Abstract

We consider model selection and estimation for partial spline models and propose a new regularization method in the context of smoothing splines. The regularization method has a simple yet elegant form, consisting of roughness penalty on the nonparametric component and shrinkage penalty on the parametric components, which can achieve function smoothing and sparse estimation simultaneously. We establish the convergence rate and oracle properties of the estimator under weak regularity conditions. Remarkably, the estimated parametric components are sparse and efficient, and the nonparametric component can be estimated with the optimal rate. The procedure also has attractive computational properties. Using the representer theory of smoothing splines, we reformulate the objective function as a LASSO-type problem, enabling us to use the LARS algorithm to compute the solution path. We then extend the procedure to situations when the number of predictors increases with the sample size and investigate its asymptotic properties in that context. Finite-sample performance is illustrated by simulations.

DOI10.1007/s10463-013-0440-y
Alternate JournalAnn Inst Stat Math
Original PublicationSparse and efficient estimation for partial spline models with increasing dimension.
PubMed ID25620808
PubMed Central IDPMC4299673
Grant ListP01 CA142538 / CA / NCI NIH HHS / United States
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