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Weighted envelope estimation to handle variability in model selection

2017/01/03 by Daniel J. Eck, R. Dennis Cook, Eck, Daniel J. +1
Computer Science · Mathematics · #Bayesian Methods and Mixture Models #FOS: Computer and information sciences #Methodology (stat.ME) #Statistical Methods and Bayesian Inference #Statistical Methods and Inference

paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.1701.00856

openalex publication_date 2017/01/03 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/28

Abstract

Envelope methodology can provide substantial efficiency gains in multivariate statistical problems, but in some applications the estimation of the envelope dimension can induce selection volatility that may mitigate those gains. Current envelope methodology does not account for the added variance that can result from this selection. In this article, we circumvent dimension selection volatility through the development of a weighted envelope estimator. Theoretical justification is given for our estimator and validity of the residual bootstrap for estimating its asymptotic variance is established. A simulation study and an analysis on a real data set illustrate the utility of our weighted envelope estimator.

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