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48 results for lasso estimator

The paper examines Adaptive Lasso and Transfer Lasso, highlighting their differences and proposing a new method.

problem Comparing and contrasting Adaptive Lasso and Transfer Lasso.
method Theoretical analysis of asymptotic properties and introduction of a new method.
result The Transfer Lasso method reduces non-asymptotic estimation errors compared to Adaptive Lasso.

Paper proposes a method to efficiently estimate structural breaks in cointegrating regressions.

problem Estimating structural breaks in cointegrating regressions is challenging due to inconsistency of group lasso.
method Adaptive group lasso procedure using a first step group lasso estimation of diverging breakpoint candidates to produce weights for a second estimation.
result The adaptive group lasso estimator delivers consistent parameter changes and oracle properties.

New bounds for Lasso and Group Lasso in high dimensions derived.

problem Estimation error bounds for Lasso and Group Lasso in high-dimensional settings.
method Recent advances in high-dimensional statistics to derive new L2 estimation upper bounds.
result Bounds match optimal minimax rate for Lasso and improve over existing results for Group Lasso.

We propose an improved LASSO estimation technique based on Stein-rule. We shrink classical LASSO estimator using preliminary test, shrinkage, and positive-rule shrinkage principle. Simulation results have been carried out for various configurations of correlation coefficients (rr), size of the parameter vector (ββ), …

2015-03-17abs ↗pdf ↗

While considerable advances have been made in estimating high-dimensional structured models from independent data using Lasso-type models, limited progress has been made for settings when the samples are dependent. We consider estimating structured VAR (vector auto-regressive models), where the structure can be capture…

2016-02-21abs ↗pdf ↗

Study improves statistical inference for CATEs using Lasso and DML.

problem Estimating and inferring CATEs in high-dimensional settings.
method Doubly robust estimator, Lasso regularization, debiased Lasso, DML.
result TDL (triple/debiased Lasso) achieves n\sqrt{n}-consistency and confidence intervals.

New weighted Lasso estimates improve logistic regression performance with measurement error.

problem Improper Lasso estimates in sparse logistic regression with equal penalties.
method Proposed weighted Lasso estimates using McDiarmid inequality for non-asymptotic oracle inequalities.
result Finite sample behavior illustrated by non-asymptotic oracle inequalities for estimation and prediction errors.

Bayesian approach improves network lasso for multi-task learning.

problem Improving the determination of relational coefficients in network lasso.
method Proposes a Bayesian approach to solve multi-task learning problems using network lasso.
result Objective determination of relational coefficients through Bayesian estimation.

Optimizes UoI_LASSO and UoI_VAR for scalable statistical estimation of large datasets.

problem Statistical estimation of large, complex scientific data.
method Two-step UoI framework, optimized for scalability on supercomputers.
result Enabled estimation of largest VAR model (1000 nodes) for neurophysiology data.

We study the property of the Fused Lasso Signal Approximator (FLSA) for estimating a blocky signal sequence with additive noise. We transform the FLSA to an ordinary Lasso problem. By studying the property of the design matrix in the transformed Lasso problem, we find that the irrepresentable condition might not hold, …

2012-11-22abs ↗pdf ↗

The fused lasso is analyzed for high-dimensional piecewise-constant regression coefficients.

problem Estimation of high-dimensional piecewise-constant regression coefficients.
method Formulated a restricted isometry condition for the fused lasso estimator and derived estimation bounds.
result The estimation error can be dominated by either the lasso or the fused lasso rate, depending on the number of non-zero coefficients and piece-wise constant segments.

Exponential Lasso improves Lasso's robustness to outliers and heavy-tailed noise.

problem Lasso's sensitivity to outliers and heavy-tailed noise in high-dimensional statistics.
method Integrates an exponential-type loss function into the Lasso framework.
result Achieves strong statistical convergence rates robust to heavy-tailed contamination.

A new method speeds up overlapping group lasso computations.

problem Time-consuming optimization of overlapping group lasso on large-scale problems.
method Non-overlapping statistical approximation to overlapping group lasso.
result The proposed penalty is statistically equivalent to overlapping group lasso.

We study the distribution of the adaptive LASSO estimator (Zou (2006)) in finite samples as well as in the large-sample limit. The large-sample distributions are derived both for the case where the adaptive LASSO estimator is tuned to perform conservative model selection as well as for the case where the tuning results…

2008-01-30abs ↗pdf ↗

Proposes a new method for estimating treatment effects using outcome highly adaptive lasso.

problem Estimating treatment effects using flexible techniques like machine learning.
method Outcome highly adaptive lasso, a penalized regression technique for estimating propensity scores.
result Confidence intervals based on the proposed estimator offer benefits over popular approaches.

The least absolute shrinkage and selection operator (lasso) and ridge regression produce usually different estimates although input, loss function and parameterization of the penalty are identical. In this paper we look for ridge and lasso models with identical solution set. It turns out, that the lasso model with shri…

2014-01-10abs ↗pdf ↗

We propose a new method of learning a sparse nonnegative-definite target matrix. Our primary example of the target matrix is the inverse of a population covariance or correlation matrix. The algorithm first estimates each column of the target matrix by the scaled Lasso and then adjusts the matrix estimator to be symmet…

2012-02-13abs ↗pdf ↗

New proof shows faster convergence rate for robust estimation with Lasso in adversarially contaminated outputs.

problem Robust estimation of parameters in the presence of adversarial output contamination.
method Extended Lasso with Huber loss function and L1L_1 penalty, focusing on specific properties of the Huber function.
result Same convergence rate as Dalalyan and Thompson (2019), but with a different proof.

The paper develops estimators for variance in graph structures using fused lasso.

problem Variance estimation in graph-structured problems.
method Developed linear time estimator for homoscedastic case and total variation regularization estimator for heteroscedastic case.
result Minimax rates and consistency for variance estimation in various graph structures.

We propose a minimum distance estimation method for robust regression in sparse high-dimensional settings. The traditional likelihood-based estimators lack resilience against outliers, a critical issue when dealing with high-dimensional noisy data. Our method, Minimum Distance Lasso (MD-Lasso), combines minimum distanc…

2013-07-11abs ↗pdf ↗

Study examines Lasso performance in high-dimensional MoE models.

problem Estimating MoE models in high-dimensional settings with Lasso.
method Investigates SGMoE models with Lasso regularization under mild assumptions.
result Provides non-asymptotic bounds for Lasso regularization parameter.

Selective inference for group lasso estimators across various distributions and covariates.

problem Developing selective inference methods for group lasso estimators.
method Randomized group-regularized optimization problem with post-selection likelihood.
result Selective point estimator and Wald-type confidence regions for regression parameters.

Paper analyzes adaptive Lasso for high-dimensional diffusion processes, improving support recovery and bias.

problem Support recovery for high-dimensional diffusion processes under sparsity constraints.
method Adaptive Lasso estimator for d-dimensional ergodic diffusion process, focusing on linear models.
result Adaptive Lasso achieves support recovery and asymptotic normality for drift parameter under certain conditions.

Robust Lasso-Zero handles missing covariates and sparse corruptions.

problem Sparse corruptions and missing covariates in sparse linear models.
method Extension of Lasso-Zero to handle sparse corruptions, with theoretical guarantees on sign recovery.
result Robust Lasso-Zero can handle missing values without specifying a parametric model.

New method handles correlated and repeated measurements using smoothed multivariate square-root Lasso.

problem Handling correlated and repeated measurements with complex noise structure.
method Proposes a concomitant estimator that uses non-averaged measurements and leverages smoothing theory for optimization.
result Demonstrates practical benefits on various datasets (toy, simulated, real neuroimaging).

c-lasso is a Python tool for robust and sparse regression with linear constraints.

problem Sparse and robust linear regression with linear constraints.
method Estimates coefficients and scale under linear constraints using perspective M-estimators.
result Provides estimators for various loss functions with linear constraints.

Paper develops a new estimator for high-dimensional panel data with common shocks.

problem Cross-sectionally dependent errors driven by common shocks in high-dimensional panel data.
method Factor-augmented sparse-group LASSO estimator combining MIDAS aggregation with latent factors.
result The estimator outperforms standard LASSO for prediction and estimation in settings with cross-sectional dependence.

This paper establishes non-asymptotic oracle inequalities for the prediction error and estimation accuracy of the LASSO in stationary vector autoregressive models. These inequalities are used to establish consistency of the LASSO even when the number of parameters is of a much larger order of magnitude than the sample …

2013-11-04abs ↗pdf ↗