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In high-dimensional regression modelling, the number of candidate covariates to be included in the predictor is quite large, and variable selection is crucial. In this work, we propose a new penalty able to guarantee both sparse variable…

Methodology · Statistics 2022-12-19 Daniele Cuntrera , Luigi Augugliaro , Vito M. R. Muggeo

With origins in game theory, probabilistic values like Shapley values, Banzhaf values, and semi-values have emerged as a central tool in explainable AI. They are used for feature attribution, data attribution, data valuation, and more.…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2026-01-14 R. Teal Witter , Yurong Liu , Christopher Musco

Lasso is a celebrated method for variable selection in linear models, but it faces challenges when the variables are moderately or strongly correlated. This motivates alternative approaches such as using a non-convex penalty, adding a ridge…

Statistics Theory · Mathematics 2022-03-30 Zheng Tracy Ke , Longlin Wang

We propose a new method for simplification of Gaussian process (GP) models by projecting the information contained in the full encompassing model and selecting a reduced number of variables based on their predictive relevance. Our results…

Methodology · Statistics 2017-12-18 Juho Piironen , Aki Vehtari

We introduce a novel Bayesian approach for variable selection using Gaussian process regression, which is crucial for enhancing interpretability and model regularization. Our method employs nearest neighbor Gaussian processes, serving as…

While pruning methods effectively maintain model performance without extra training costs, they often focus solely on preserving crucial connections, overlooking the impact of pruned weights on subsequent fine-tuning or distillation,…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2025-04-01 Hyeonjin Kim , Jaejun Yoo

In this paper, we propose a novel and efficient two-stage variable selection approach for sparse GLARMA models, which are pervasive for modeling discrete-valued time series. Our approach consists in iteratively combining the estimation of…

Methodology · Statistics 2022-08-31 Marina Gomtsyan , Céline Lévy-Leduc , Sarah Ouadah , Laure Sansonnet , Thomas Blein

In this paper, we present a new variable selection method for regression and classification purposes. Our method, called Subsampling Ranking Forward selection (SuRF), is based on LASSO penalised regression, subsampling and forward-selection…

Methodology · Statistics 2021-05-25 Lihui Liu , Hong Gu , Johan Van Limbergen , Toby Kenney

By the asymptotic oracle property, non-convex penalties represented by minimax concave penalty (MCP) and smoothly clipped absolute deviation (SCAD) have attracted much attentions in high-dimensional data analysis, and have been widely used…

Computation · Statistics 2021-11-24 Peili Li , Min Liu , Zhou Yu

This paper proposes a new methodology to predict and update the residual useful lifetime of a system using a sequence of degradation images. The methodology integrates tensor linear algebra with traditional location-scale regression widely…

Applications · Statistics 2017-06-13 Xiaolei Fang , Kamran Paynabar , Nagi Gebraeel

In this paper an identification method for state-space LPV models is presented. The method is based on a particular parameterization that can be written in linear regression form and enables model estimation to be handled using…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2018-03-28 R. A. Romano , P. Lopes dos Santos , Felipe Pait , T-P Perdicoúlis , José A. Ramos

Penalized quantile regression (QR) is widely used for studying the relationship between a response variable and a set of predictors under data heterogeneity in high-dimensional settings. Compared to penalized least squares, scalable…

Methodology · Statistics 2022-05-06 Rebeka Man , Xiaoou Pan , Kean Ming Tan , Wen-Xin Zhou

Variable selection is central to high-dimensional data analysis, and various algorithms have been developed. Ideally, a variable selection algorithm shall be flexible, scalable, and with theoretical guarantee, yet most existing algorithms…

Machine Learning · Statistics 2021-02-04 Xin He , Junhui Wang , Shaogao Lv

Sparse support vector machine (SVM) is a popular classification technique that can simultaneously learn a small set of the most interpretable features and identify the support vectors. It has achieved great successes in many real-world…

Machine Learning · Statistics 2019-07-19 Weizhong Zhang , Bin Hong , Wei Liu , Jieping Ye , Deng Cai , Xiaofei He , Jie Wang

Policy gradient (PG) is widely used in reinforcement learning due to its scalability and good performance. In recent years, several variance-reduced PG methods have been proposed with a theoretical guarantee of converging to an approximate…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2025-10-01 Sadegh Khorasani , Saber Salehkaleybar , Negar Kiyavash , Niao He , Matthias Grossglauser

The $\ell_1$-penalized method, or the Lasso, has emerged as an important tool for the analysis of large data sets. Many important results have been obtained for the Lasso in linear regression which have led to a deeper understanding of…

Machine Learning · Statistics 2011-12-30 Jian Huang , Cun-Hui Zhang

Feature selection from a large number of covariates (aka features) in a regression analysis remains a challenge in data science, especially in terms of its potential of scaling to ever-enlarging data and finding a group of scientifically…

Machine Learning · Statistics 2020-02-10 Yiying Fan , Jiayang Sun

We describe a simple, efficient, permutation based procedure for selecting the penalty parameter in the LASSO. The procedure, which is intended for applications where variable selection is the primary focus, can be applied in a variety of…

Machine Learning · Statistics 2014-04-09 Jeremy Sabourin , William Valdar , Andrew Nobel

We propose MC+, a fast, continuous, nearly unbiased and accurate method of penalized variable selection in high-dimensional linear regression. The LASSO is fast and continuous, but biased. The bias of the LASSO may prevent consistent…

Statistics Theory · Mathematics 2010-02-26 Cun-Hui Zhang

High-dimensional data pose challenges in statistical learning and modeling. Sometimes the predictors can be naturally grouped where pursuing the between-group sparsity is desired. Collinearity may occur in real-world high-dimensional…

Machine Learning · Statistics 2011-11-11 Yiyuan She