Localized Model Selection/Combination
Research on model (or procedure)
selection/combining in
statistical learning has focused on selecting/combining models
globally. In
many applications, especially for high-dimensional or complex data,
however, the
relative performance of the candidate procedures typically depends on
the
location, and the globally best procedure can often be much improved
when
selection/combination of procedures is allowed to depend on location.
We
develop methods for localized model selection/combining and derive
their
theoretical properties.