Generalized nearly isotonic regression

08/30/2021
by   Takeru Matsuda, et al.
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The problem of estimating a piecewise monotone sequence of normal means is called the nearly isotonic regression. For this problem, an efficient algorithm has been devised by modifying the pool adjacent violators algorithm (PAVA). In this study, we extend nearly isotonic regression to general one-parameter exponential families such as binomial, Poisson and chi-square. We consider estimation of a piecewise monotone parameter sequence and develop an efficient algorithm based on the modified PAVA, which utilizes the duality between the natural and expectation parameters. We also provide a method for selecting the regularization parameter by using an information criterion. Simulation results demonstrate that the proposed method detects change-points in piecewise monotone parameter sequences in a data-driven manner. Applications to spectrum estimation, causal inference and discretization error quantification of ODE solvers are also presented.

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