The seamless-L0 (SELO) penalty is a smooth function on [0, ∞) that very closely resembles the L0 penalty, which has been demonstrated theoretically and practically to be effective in nonconvex penalization for var...The seamless-L0 (SELO) penalty is a smooth function on [0, ∞) that very closely resembles the L0 penalty, which has been demonstrated theoretically and practically to be effective in nonconvex penalization for variable selection. In this paper, we first generalize SELO to a class of penalties retaining good features of SELO, and then propose variable selection and estimation in linear models using the proposed generalized SELO (GSELO) penalized least squares (PLS) approach. We show that the GSELO-PLS procedure possesses the oracle property and consistently selects the true model under some regularity conditions in the presence of a diverging number of variables. The entire path of GSELO-PLS estimates can be efficiently computed through a smoothing quasi-Newton (SQN) method. A modified BIC coupled with a continuation strategy is developed to select the optimal tuning parameter. Simulation studies and analysis of a clinical data are carried out to evaluate the finite sample performance of the proposed method. In addition, numerical experiments involving simulation studies and analysis of a microarray data are also conducted for GSELO-PLS in the high-dimensional settings.展开更多
Radio stars have attracted astronomers' attention for several decades. To better understand the physics behind stellar radio emissions, it is important to study their optical behaviors. The LAMOST survey provides a l...Radio stars have attracted astronomers' attention for several decades. To better understand the physics behind stellar radio emissions, it is important to study their optical behaviors. The LAMOST survey provides a large database for researching stellar spectroscopic properties of radio stars. In this work, we concentrate on their spectroscopic properties and infer physical properties from their spectra, such as stellar activity and variability. We mined big data from the LAMOST spectral survey Data Release 2 (DR2), published on 2016 June 30, by cross-matching them with radio stars from FIRST and other surveys. We obtained 783 good stellar spectra with high signal to noise ratio for 659 stars. The criteria for selection were positional coincidence within 1.5" and LAMOST objects classified as stars. We calculated the equivalent widths (EWs) of the Ca II H&K, HS, H'7, H/3, Ha and Ca II IRT lines by integrating the line profiles. Using the EWs of the Ha line, we detected 147 active stellar spectra of 89 objects having emissions above the Ha continuum. There were also 36 objects with repeated spectra, 28 of which showed chromospheric activity variability. Furthermore, we found 14 radio stars emitting noticeably in the Ca II IRT lines. The low value of the EWs542/EWsags ratio for these 14 radio stars possibly alludes to chromospheric plage regions.展开更多
基金Supported by National Natural Science Foundation of China(11501579)Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities,China University of Geosciences(Wuhan)(CUGW150809)
基金Supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(11501578,11501579,11701571,41572315)the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities(CUGW150809)
文摘The seamless-L0 (SELO) penalty is a smooth function on [0, ∞) that very closely resembles the L0 penalty, which has been demonstrated theoretically and practically to be effective in nonconvex penalization for variable selection. In this paper, we first generalize SELO to a class of penalties retaining good features of SELO, and then propose variable selection and estimation in linear models using the proposed generalized SELO (GSELO) penalized least squares (PLS) approach. We show that the GSELO-PLS procedure possesses the oracle property and consistently selects the true model under some regularity conditions in the presence of a diverging number of variables. The entire path of GSELO-PLS estimates can be efficiently computed through a smoothing quasi-Newton (SQN) method. A modified BIC coupled with a continuation strategy is developed to select the optimal tuning parameter. Simulation studies and analysis of a clinical data are carried out to evaluate the finite sample performance of the proposed method. In addition, numerical experiments involving simulation studies and analysis of a microarray data are also conducted for GSELO-PLS in the high-dimensional settings.
基金Supported by National Natural Science Foundation of China(1150157811501579+2 种基金1170157141572315)Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities,China University of Geosciences(Wuhan)(CUGW150809)
基金supported by the Joint Research Fund in Astronomy (U1631236, U1431114, U1631109 and 11263001)funded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration and the National Science FoundationNational Major Scientific Project built by CAS
文摘Radio stars have attracted astronomers' attention for several decades. To better understand the physics behind stellar radio emissions, it is important to study their optical behaviors. The LAMOST survey provides a large database for researching stellar spectroscopic properties of radio stars. In this work, we concentrate on their spectroscopic properties and infer physical properties from their spectra, such as stellar activity and variability. We mined big data from the LAMOST spectral survey Data Release 2 (DR2), published on 2016 June 30, by cross-matching them with radio stars from FIRST and other surveys. We obtained 783 good stellar spectra with high signal to noise ratio for 659 stars. The criteria for selection were positional coincidence within 1.5" and LAMOST objects classified as stars. We calculated the equivalent widths (EWs) of the Ca II H&K, HS, H'7, H/3, Ha and Ca II IRT lines by integrating the line profiles. Using the EWs of the Ha line, we detected 147 active stellar spectra of 89 objects having emissions above the Ha continuum. There were also 36 objects with repeated spectra, 28 of which showed chromospheric activity variability. Furthermore, we found 14 radio stars emitting noticeably in the Ca II IRT lines. The low value of the EWs542/EWsags ratio for these 14 radio stars possibly alludes to chromospheric plage regions.