In this paper,we present a variable selection procedure by combining basis function approximations with penalized estimating equations for varying-coefficient models with missing response at random.With appropriate se...In this paper,we present a variable selection procedure by combining basis function approximations with penalized estimating equations for varying-coefficient models with missing response at random.With appropriate selection of the tuning parameters,we establish the consistency of the variable selection procedure and the optimal convergence rate of the regularized estimators.A simulation study is undertaken to assess the finite sample performance of the proposed variable selection procedure.展开更多
基金Supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 10871013)the Natural Science Foundation of Beijing (Grant No. 1072004), the Natural Science Foundation of Guangxi (Grant No. 2010GXNSFB013051)the Graduate Student Foundation of Hechi University (Grant No. 2008QS-N014)
文摘In this paper,we present a variable selection procedure by combining basis function approximations with penalized estimating equations for varying-coefficient models with missing response at random.With appropriate selection of the tuning parameters,we establish the consistency of the variable selection procedure and the optimal convergence rate of the regularized estimators.A simulation study is undertaken to assess the finite sample performance of the proposed variable selection procedure.