Arbeitspapier

Sparse quantile regression

We consider both l0-penalized and l0-constrained quantile regression estimators. For the l0-penalized estimator, we derive an exponential inequality on the tail probability of excess quantile prediction risk and apply it to obtain non-asymptotic upper bounds on the mean-square parameter and regression function estimation errors. We also derive analogous results for the l0-constrained estimator. The resulting rates of convergence are minimax-optimal and the same as those for l1-penalized estimators. Further, we characterize expected Hamming loss for the l0-penalized estimator. We implement the proposed procedure via mixed integer linear programming and also a more scalable first-order approximation algorithm. We illustrate the finite-sample performance of our approach in Monte Carlo experiments and its usefulness in a real data application concerning conformal prediction of infant birth weights (with n ≈ 10 to the 3rd and up to p > 10 to the 3rd ). In sum, our l0-based method produces a much sparser estimator than the l1-penalized approach without compromising precision.

Sprache
Englisch

Erschienen in
Series: cemmap working paper ; No. CWP30/20

Klassifikation
Wirtschaft
Thema
quantile regression
sparse estimation
mixed integer optimization
finitesample property
conformal prediction
Hamming distance

Ereignis
Geistige Schöpfung
(wer)
Chen, Le-Yu
Lee, Sokbae
Ereignis
Veröffentlichung
(wer)
Centre for Microdata Methods and Practice (cemmap)
(wo)
London
(wann)
2020

DOI
doi:10.1920/wp.cem.2020.3020
Handle
Letzte Aktualisierung
20.09.2024, 08:22 MESZ

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Objekttyp

  • Arbeitspapier

Beteiligte

  • Chen, Le-Yu
  • Lee, Sokbae
  • Centre for Microdata Methods and Practice (cemmap)

Entstanden

  • 2020

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