README.md

Gradient-based Smoothing Parameter Estimation for Neural P-splines

Introduction

This repository contains the implementation of gradient-based smoothing parameter estimation for neural P-splines. The methodology facilitates the estimation of smoothing parameters via gradient-based optimization, specifically using the Adam optimizer, for neural network-based additive models.

Features

• Implementation of neural P-splines.
• Gradient-based optimization of smoothing parameters using Generalized Cross Validation (GCV) and Restricted Maximum Likelihood (REML).
• Simulations and applications demonstrating the effectiveness and robustness of the approach.

Requirements

• Python 3.10.9
• TensorFlow 2.11.0
• NumPy
• Other dependencies listed in requirements.txt

Usage

• Demonstration of the fitting process of neural P-splines and the gradient-based smoothing parameter selection with the same initial starting point for the smoothing parameter can be found in optimization_same-start.py while in optimization_grid-search.py the starting point for the smoothing parameter is estimated via a small grid search.

• In optimization_only-spline.py the optimization is implemented where the smoothing parameter is fixed and only the regression weights are optimized.

• Refer to the multidimensional directory for notebooks showing the optimization process fitting two P-splines.

• The directory big-data contains the optimization of a neural P-spline when having a huge dataset where batching is additionally needed.