## Confidence sets in sparse regression.(English)Zbl 1288.62108

Summary: The problem of constructing confidence sets in a high-dimensional linear model with $$n$$ response variables and $$p$$ parameters, possibly $$p \geq n$$, is considered. Full honest adaptive inference is possible if the rate of sparse estimation does not exceed $$n^{-1/4}$$, otherwise sparse adaptive confidence sets exist only over strict subsets of the parameter spaces for which sparse estimators exist. Necessary and sufficient conditions for the existence of confidence sets that adapt to a fixed sparsity level of the parameter vector are given in terms of minimal $$\ell^{2}$$-separation conditions on the parameter space. The design conditions cover common coherence assumptions used in models for sparsity, including (possibly correlated) sub-Gaussian designs.

### MSC:

 62J05 Linear regression; mixed models 62F25 Parametric tolerance and confidence regions 62G15 Nonparametric tolerance and confidence regions
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