Large covariance matrix estimation via penalized log-det heuristics
通过惩罚化 log-det 启发式估计大型协方差矩阵
This paper provides a comprehensive estimation framework for large covariance matrices via a log-det heuristics augmented by a nuclear norm plus $\ell_{1}$-norm penalty. We develop the model framework, which includes high-dimensional approximate factor models with a sparse residual covariance. We prove that the aforementioned log-det heuristics is locally convex with a Lipschitz-continuous gradient, so that a proximal gradient algorithm may be stated to numerically solve the…