model_smimodel: Sparse Multiple Index (SMI) Models

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Sparse Multiple Index (SMI) Models

Description

Fits nonparametric multiple index model(s), with simultaneous predictor selection (hence "sparse") and predictor grouping. Possible to fit multiple SMI models based on a grouping variable.

Usage

model_smimodel(
  data,
  yvar,
  neighbour = 0,
  family = gaussian(),
  index.vars,
  initialise = c("ppr", "additive", "linear", "multiple", "userInput"),
  num_ind = 5,
  num_models = 5,
  seed = 123,
  index.ind = NULL,
  index.coefs = NULL,
  s.vars = NULL,
  linear.vars = NULL,
  lambda0 = 1,
  lambda2 = 1,
  M = 10,
  max.iter = 50,
  tol = 0.001,
  tolCoefs = 0.001,
  TimeLimit = Inf,
  MIPGap = 1e-04,
  NonConvex = -1,
  verbose = list(solver = FALSE, progress = FALSE)
)

Arguments

data	Training data set on which models will be trained. Must be a data set of class tsibble.(Make sure there are no additional date or time related variables except for the index of the tsibble). If multiple models are fitted, the grouping variable should be the key of the tsibble. If a key is not specified, a dummy key with only one level will be created.
yvar	Name of the response variable as a character string.
neighbour	If multiple models are fitted: Number of neighbours of each key (i.e. grouping variable) to be considered in model fitting to handle smoothing over the key. Should be an integer. If neighbour = x, x number of keys before the key of interest and x number of keys after the key of interest are grouped together for model fitting. The default is neighbour = 0 (i.e. no neighbours are considered for model fitting).
family	A description of the error distribution and link function to be used in the model (see glm and family).
index.vars	A character vector of names of the predictor variables for which indices should be estimated.
initialise	The model structure with which the estimation process should be initialised. The default is "ppr", where the initial model is derived from projection pursuit regression. The other options are "additive" - nonparametric additive model, "linear" - linear regression model (i.e. a special case single-index model, where the initial values of the index coefficients are obtained through a linear regression), "multiple" - multiple models are fitted starting with different initial models (number of indices = num_ind; num_models random instances of the model (i.e. the predictor assignment to indices and initial index coefficients are generated randomly) are considered), and the final optimal model with the lowest loss is returned, and "userInput" - user specifies the initial model structure (i.e. the number of indices and the placement of index variables among indices) and the initial index coefficients through index.ind and index.coefs arguments respectively.
num_ind	If initialise = "ppr" or "multiple": an integer that specifies the number of indices to be used in the model(s). The default is num_ind = 5.
num_models	If initialise = "multiple": an integer that specifies the number of starting models to be checked. The default is num_models = 5.
seed	If initialise = "multiple": the seed to be set when generating random starting points.
index.ind	If initialise = "userInput": an integer vector that assigns group index for each predictor in index.vars.
index.coefs	If initialise = "userInput": a numeric vector of index coefficients.
s.vars	A character vector of names of the predictor variables for which splines should be fitted individually (rather than considering as part of an index).
linear.vars	A character vector of names of the predictor variables that should be included linearly into the model.
lambda0	Penalty parameter for L0 penalty.
lambda2	Penalty parameter for L2 penalty.
M	Big-M value to be used in MIP.
max.iter	Maximum number of MIP iterations performed to update index coefficients for a given model.
tol	Tolerance for the objective function value (loss) of MIP.
tolCoefs	Tolerance for coefficients.
TimeLimit	A limit for the total time (in seconds) expended in a single MIP iteration.
MIPGap	Relative MIP optimality gap.
NonConvex	The strategy for handling non-convex quadratic objectives or non-convex quadratic constraints in Gurobi solver.
verbose	A named list controlling verbosity options. Defaults to list(solver = FALSE, progress = FALSE). solver Logical. If TRUE, print detailed solver output. progress Logical. If TRUE, print optimisation algorithm progress messages.

Details

Sparse Multiple Index (SMI) model is a semi-parametric model that can be written as

y_{i} = \beta_{0} + \sum_{j = 1}^{p}g_{j}(\boldsymbol{\alpha}_{j}^{T}\boldsymbol{x}_{ij}) + \sum_{k = 1}^{d}f_{k}(w_{ik}) + \boldsymbol{\theta}^{T}\boldsymbol{u}_{i} + \varepsilon_{i}, \quad i = 1, \dots, n,

where y_{i} is the univariate response, \beta_{0} is the model intercept, \boldsymbol{x}_{ij} \in \mathbb{R}^{l_{j}}, j = 1, \dots, p are p subsets of predictors entering indices, \boldsymbol{\alpha}_{j} is a vector of index coefficients corresponding to the index h_{ij} = \boldsymbol{\alpha}_{j}^{T}\boldsymbol{x}_{ij}, and g_{j} is a smooth nonlinear function (estimated by a penalised cubic regression spline). The model also allows for predictors that do not enter any indices, including covariates w_{ik} that relate to the response through nonlinear functions f_{k}, k = 1, \dots, d, and linear covariates \boldsymbol{u}_{i}.

In the model formulation related to this implementation, both the number of indices p and the predictor grouping among indices are assumed to be unknown prior to model estimation. Suppose we observe y_1,\dots,y_n, along with a set of potential predictors, \boldsymbol{x}_1,\dots,\boldsymbol{x}_n, with each vector \boldsymbol{x}_i containing q predictors. This function implements algorithmic variable selection for index variables (i.e. predictors entering indices) of the SMI model by allowing for zero index coefficients for predictors. Non-overlapping predictors among indices are assumed (i.e. no predictor enters more than one index). For algorithmic details see reference.

Value

An object of class smimodel. This is a tibble with two columns:

key	The level of the grouping variable (i.e. key of the training data set).
fit	Information of the fitted model corresponding to the key.

Each row of the column fit contains a list with two elements:

initial	A list of information of the model initialisation. (For descriptions of the list elements see make_smimodelFit).
best	A list of information of the final optimised model. (For descriptions of the list elements see make_smimodelFit).

References

Palihawadana, N.K., Hyndman, R.J. & Wang, X. (2024). Sparse Multiple Index Models for High-Dimensional Nonparametric Forecasting. (Department of Econometrics and Business Statistics Working Paper Series 16/24).

See Also

greedy_smimodel

Examples

if(requireNamespace("gurobi", quietly = TRUE)){
  library(dplyr)
  library(ROI)
  library(tibble)
  library(tidyr)
  library(tsibble)

  # Simulate data
  n = 1005
  set.seed(123)
  sim_data <- tibble(x_lag_000 = runif(n)) |>
    mutate(
      # Add x_lags
      x_lag = lag_matrix(x_lag_000, 5)) |>
    unpack(x_lag, names_sep = "_") |>
    mutate(
      # Response variable
      y = (0.9*x_lag_000 + 0.6*x_lag_001 + 0.45*x_lag_003)^3 + rnorm(n, sd = 0.1),
      # Add an index to the data set
      inddd = seq(1, n)) |>
    drop_na() |>
    select(inddd, y, starts_with("x_lag")) |>
    # Make the data set a `tsibble`
    as_tsibble(index = inddd)

  # Index variables
  index.vars <- colnames(sim_data)[3:8]

  # Model fitting
  smimodel_ppr <- model_smimodel(data = sim_data,
                                 yvar = "y",
                                 index.vars = index.vars,
                                 initialise = "ppr")

  # Best (optimised) fitted model
  smimodel_ppr$fit[[1]]$best
 }

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