Dimension Reduction for Vector Autoregressive (VAR(P)) Models via Spatial Quantile Regression

Doctoral Candidate Name: Yijiang Wang
Program: Mathematics (Applied)
Defense Date and Time: April 8, 2025 – 2:30 PM
Defense Location: https://charlotte-edu.zoom.us/j/93548362996
Committee chair’s Name: Jiancheng Jiang
Committee Members: Maciej Noras; Eliana Christou; Wenyu Gao
Abstract:

We propose frameworks for dimension reduction in high-dimensional Vector Autoregressive (VAR) models using Spatial Quantile Regression (SQR). By incorporating adaptive Lasso and SCAD regularization, our methods enable robust inference under heavy-tailed or non-Gaussian errors while performing automatic
variable selection. To further address over-parameterization, we develop a tensor-based approach—Multilinear Low-Rank Spatial Quantile Regression (MLRSQR)—which restructures VAR transition matrices into low-rank tensors for simultaneous parameter reduction and quantile-wise modeling. Additionally, we
introduce the Sparse Higher-Order Reduced-Rank SQR (SHORRSQR) estimator, integrating Lasso penalties for sparsity, and design efficient ADMM-based algorithms.