Efficient functional Lasso kernel smoothing for high-dimensional additive regression

Smooth backfitting has been proposed and proved as a powerful nonparametric estimation technique for additive regression models in various settings. Existing studies are restricted to cases with a moderate number of covariates and are not directly applicable to high dimensional settings. In this pap...

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Main Authors: Lee, Eun Ryung (Author) , Park, Seyoung (Author) , Mammen, Enno (Author) , Park, Byeong U. (Author)
Format: Article (Journal)
Language:English
Published: August 2024
In: The annals of statistics
Year: 2024, Volume: 52, Issue: 4, Pages: 1741-1773
ISSN:2168-8966
DOI:10.1214/24-AOS2415
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Author Notes:Eun Ryung Lee, Seyoung Park, Enno Mammen and Byeong U. Park
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Summary:Smooth backfitting has been proposed and proved as a powerful nonparametric estimation technique for additive regression models in various settings. Existing studies are restricted to cases with a moderate number of covariates and are not directly applicable to high dimensional settings. In this paper, we develop new kernel estimators based on the idea of smooth backfitting for high dimensional additive models. We introduce a novel penalization scheme, combining the idea of functional Lasso with the smooth backfitting technique. We investigate the theoretical properties of the functional Lasso smooth backfitting estimation. For the implementation of the proposed method, we devise a simple iterative algorithm where the iteration is defined by a truncated projection operator. The algorithm has only an additional thresholding operator over the projection-based iteration of the smooth backfitting algorithm. We further present a debiased version of the proposed estimator with implementation details, and investigate its theoretical properties for statistical inference. We demonstrate the finite sample performance of the methods via simulation and real data analysis.
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ISSN:2168-8966
DOI:10.1214/24-AOS2415