An Efficient Computation Strategy for Generalized Single-Index Models and Their Variants by Integrating With GAM.

Various generalizations of single-index models and associated estimation methods have been developed. However, implementing these developed methods requires much effort to program, case by case, due to the lack of a common and flexible vehicle to cover them. We suggest an efficient computation strat...

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Published in:American Statistician Vol. 79; no. 3; pp. 302 - 311
Main Authors: Li, Ximin, Liang, Haozhe, Liang, Hua
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Published: Taylor & Francis Ltd Aug2025
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          Li, Ximin
          Liang, Haozhe
          Liang, Hua
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          School of Mathematics and Statistics, Qingdao University, Shandong, China
          Department of Statistics and Finance, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, China
          Department of Statistics, George Washington University, Washington, DC
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        Empirical research
        Electronic data processing
        Statistical models
        Nonlinear functions
        Computer performance
        Estimation theory
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        Generalized additive models (GAM)
        Generalized partially linear single-index additive models (GPLSiAM)
        Generalized partially linear single-index models (GPLSiM)
        Generalized single-index models (GSiM)
        Penalized smoothing spline
        Generalized additive models (GAM)
        Generalized partially linear single-index additive models (GPLSiAM)
        Generalized partially linear single-index models (GPLSiM)
        Generalized single-index models (GSiM)
        Penalized smoothing spline
      ab: Various generalizations of single-index models and associated estimation methods have been developed. However, implementing these developed methods requires much effort to program, case by case, due to the lack of a common and flexible vehicle to cover them. We suggest an efficient computation strategy for easily estimating parameters and nonparametric functions in generalized single-index models and generalized partially linear single-index models by integrating with well-developed algorithms and packages for estimating the generalized additive models (Wood; Hastie and Tibshirani, GAM). Such an integration makes estimation in these index-type models much easier, expedient, and flexible and brings a lot of convenience. We briefly introduce the principle and extensively examine numerical performance for various scenarios. Numerical experiments indicate that the proposed strategy works well with finite sample sizes and is especially flexible to model structures. Finally, we analyze two real-data examples as an illustration.
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