On the asymptotics of penalized splines
We study the asymptotic behaviour of penalized spline estimators in the univariate case. We use B-splines and a penalty is placed on mth-order differences of the coefficients. The number of knots is assumed to converge to infinity as the sample size increases. We show that penalized splines behave similarly to Nadaraya--Watson kernel estimators with 'equivalent' kernels depending upon m. The equivalent kernels we obtain for penalized splines are the same as those found by Silverman for smoothing splines. The asymptotic distribution of the penalized spline estimator is Gaussian and we give simple expressions for the asymptotic mean and variance. Provided that it is fast enough, the rate at which the number of knots converges to infinity does not affect the asymptotic distribution. The optimal rate of convergence of the penalty parameter is given. Penalized splines are not design-adaptive. Copyright 2008, Oxford University Press.
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2008
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Authors: | Li, Yingxing ; Ruppert, David |
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Biometrika. - Biometrika Trust, ISSN 0006-3444. - Vol. 95.2008, 2, p. 415-436
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Biometrika Trust |
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