Estimation and convergence rates in the distributional single index model

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Autori principali: Balabdaoui, Fadoua, Henzi, Alexander, Looser, Lukas
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author Balabdaoui, Fadoua
Henzi, Alexander
Looser, Lukas
author_facet Balabdaoui, Fadoua
Henzi, Alexander
Looser, Lukas
contents The distributional single index model is a semiparametric regression model in which the conditional distribution functions $P(Y \leq y | X = x) = F_0(θ_0(x), y)$ of a real-valued outcome variable $Y$ depend on $d$-dimensional covariates $X$ through a univariate, parametric index function $θ_0(x)$, and increase stochastically as $θ_0(x)$ increases. We propose least squares approaches for the joint estimation of $θ_0$ and $F_0$ in the important case where $θ_0(x) = α_0^{\top}x$ and obtain convergence rates of $n^{-1/3}$, thereby improving an existing result that gives a rate of $n^{-1/6}$. A simulation study indicates that the convergence rate for the estimation of $α_0$ might be faster. Furthermore, we illustrate our methods in a real data application that demonstrates the advantages of shape restrictions in single index models.
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spellingShingle Estimation and convergence rates in the distributional single index model
Balabdaoui, Fadoua
Henzi, Alexander
Looser, Lukas
Statistics Theory
Methodology
The distributional single index model is a semiparametric regression model in which the conditional distribution functions $P(Y \leq y | X = x) = F_0(θ_0(x), y)$ of a real-valued outcome variable $Y$ depend on $d$-dimensional covariates $X$ through a univariate, parametric index function $θ_0(x)$, and increase stochastically as $θ_0(x)$ increases. We propose least squares approaches for the joint estimation of $θ_0$ and $F_0$ in the important case where $θ_0(x) = α_0^{\top}x$ and obtain convergence rates of $n^{-1/3}$, thereby improving an existing result that gives a rate of $n^{-1/6}$. A simulation study indicates that the convergence rate for the estimation of $α_0$ might be faster. Furthermore, we illustrate our methods in a real data application that demonstrates the advantages of shape restrictions in single index models.
title Estimation and convergence rates in the distributional single index model
topic Statistics Theory
Methodology
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2310.13973