Restricted LASSO and Double Shrinking

Abstract: In the context of multiple regression model, suppose that the vector parameter of interest \beta is subjected to lie in the subspace hypothesis H\beta = h, where this restriction is based on either additional information or prior knowledge. Then, the restricted estimator performs fairly well than the ordinary least squares one. In addition, when the number of variables is relatively large with respect to observations, the use of least absolute shrinkage and selection operator (LASSO) estimator is suggested for variable selection purposes. In this paper, we deffine a restricted LASSO estimator and configure three classes of LASSO-type estimators to fulfill both variable selection and restricted estimation. Asymptotic performance of the proposed estimators are studied and a simulation is conducted to analyze asymptotic relative efficiencies. The application of our result is considered for the prostate dataset where the expected prediction errors and risks are compared. It has been shown that the proposed shrunken LASSO estimators, resulted from double shrinking methodology, perform better than the classical LASSO.