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On a principal varying coefficient model. (English) Zbl 06158338

Summary: We propose a novel varying coefficient model (VCM), called principal varying coefficient model (PVCM), by characterizing the varying coefficients through linear combinations of a few principal functions. Compared with the conventional VCM, PVCM reduces the actual number of nonparametric functions and thus has better estimation efficiency. Compared with the semivarying coefficient model (SVCM), PVCM is more flexible but with the same estimation efficiency when the number of principal functions in PVCM and the number of varying coefficients in SVCM are the same. Model estimation and identification are investigated, and the better estimation efficiency is justified theoretically. Incorporating the estimation with the \(L_1\) penalty, variables in the linear combinations can be selected automatically, and hence, the estimation efficiency can be further improved. Numerical experiments suggest that the model together with the estimation method is useful even when the number of covariates is large. Supplementary materials for this article are available online.

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