From Model Selection to Model Averaging: A Comparison for Nested Linear Models

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author Xu, Wenchao
Zhang, Xinyu
author_facet Xu, Wenchao
Zhang, Xinyu
contents Model selection (MS) and model averaging (MA) are two popular approaches when having many candidate models. Theoretically, the estimation risk of an oracle MA is not larger than that of an oracle MS because the former one is more flexible, but a foundational issue is: does MA offer a {\it substantial} improvement over MS? Recently, a seminal work: Peng and Yang (2021), has answered this question under nested models with linear orthonormal series expansion. In the current paper, we further reply this question under linear nested regression models. Especially, a more general nested framework, heteroscedastic and autocorrelated random errors, and sparse coefficients are allowed in the current paper, which is more common in practice. In addition, we further compare MAs with different weight sets. Simulation studies support the theoretical findings in a variety of settings.
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spellingShingle From Model Selection to Model Averaging: A Comparison for Nested Linear Models
Xu, Wenchao
Zhang, Xinyu
Statistics Theory
Model selection (MS) and model averaging (MA) are two popular approaches when having many candidate models. Theoretically, the estimation risk of an oracle MA is not larger than that of an oracle MS because the former one is more flexible, but a foundational issue is: does MA offer a {\it substantial} improvement over MS? Recently, a seminal work: Peng and Yang (2021), has answered this question under nested models with linear orthonormal series expansion. In the current paper, we further reply this question under linear nested regression models. Especially, a more general nested framework, heteroscedastic and autocorrelated random errors, and sparse coefficients are allowed in the current paper, which is more common in practice. In addition, we further compare MAs with different weight sets. Simulation studies support the theoretical findings in a variety of settings.
title From Model Selection to Model Averaging: A Comparison for Nested Linear Models
topic Statistics Theory
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2202.11978