The TPSPLINE Procedure

Example 116.4 Large Data Set Application

This example illustrates how you can use the D=  option to decrease the computation time needed by the TPSPLINE procedure. Although the D=  option can be helpful in decreasing computation time for large data sets, it might produce unexpected results when used with small data sets.

The following statements generate the data set large:

data large;
   do x=-5 to 5 by 0.02;
      y=5*sin(3*x)+1*rannor(57391);
      output;
   end;
run;

The data set large contains 501 observations with one independent variable x and one dependent variable y. The following statements invoke PROC TPSPLINE to produce a thin-plate smoothing spline estimate and the associated 99% confidence interval. The output statistics are saved in the data set fit1.

proc tpspline data=large;
   model y  =(x) /lognlambda=(-5 to -1 by 0.2) alpha=0.01;
   output out=fit1 pred lclm uclm;
run;

The results from this MODEL statement are displayed in Output 116.4.1.

Output 116.4.1: Output from PROC TPSPLINE without the D= Option

The TPSPLINE Procedure
Dependent Variable: y

Summary of Input Data Set
Number of Non-Missing Observations 501
Number of Missing Observations 0
Unique Smoothing Design Points 501

Summary of Final Model
Number of Regression Variables 0
Number of Smoothing Variables 1
Order of Derivative in the Penalty 2
Dimension of Polynomial Space 2

GCV Function
log10(n*Lambda) GCV  
-5.000000 1.258653  
-4.800000 1.228743  
-4.600000 1.205835  
-4.400000 1.188371  
-4.200000 1.174644  
-4.000000 1.163102  
-3.800000 1.152627  
-3.600000 1.142590  
-3.400000 1.132700  
-3.200000 1.122789  
-3.000000 1.112755  
-2.800000 1.102642  
-2.600000 1.092769  
-2.400000 1.083779  
-2.200000 1.076636  
-2.000000 1.072763 *
-1.800000 1.074636  
-1.600000 1.087152  
-1.400000 1.120339  
-1.200000 1.194023  
-1.000000 1.344213  

Note: * indicates minimum GCV value.


Summary Statistics of Final Estimation
log10(n*Lambda) -1.9483
Smoothing Penalty 9953.7066
Residual SS 475.0984
Tr(I-A) 471.0861
Model DF 29.9139
Standard Deviation 1.0042
GCV 1.0726



The following statements specify an identical model, but with the additional specification of the D=  option. The estimates are obtained by treating nearby points as replicates.

proc tpspline data=large;
   model y  =(x) /lognlambda=(-5 to -1 by 0.2) d=0.05 alpha=0.01;
   output out=fit2 pred lclm uclm;
run;

The output is displayed in Output 116.4.2.

Output 116.4.2: Output from PROC TPSPLINE with the D= Option

The TPSPLINE Procedure
Dependent Variable: y

Summary of Input Data Set
Number of Non-Missing Observations 501
Number of Missing Observations 0
Unique Smoothing Design Points 251

Summary of Final Model
Number of Regression Variables 0
Number of Smoothing Variables 1
Order of Derivative in the Penalty 2
Dimension of Polynomial Space 2

GCV Function
log10(n*Lambda) GCV  
-5.000000 1.306536  
-4.800000 1.261692  
-4.600000 1.226881  
-4.400000 1.200060  
-4.200000 1.179284  
-4.000000 1.162776  
-3.800000 1.149072  
-3.600000 1.137120  
-3.400000 1.126220  
-3.200000 1.115884  
-3.000000 1.105766  
-2.800000 1.095730  
-2.600000 1.085972  
-2.400000 1.077066  
-2.200000 1.069954  
-2.000000 1.066076 *
-1.800000 1.067929  
-1.600000 1.080419  
-1.400000 1.113564  
-1.200000 1.187172  
-1.000000 1.337252  

Note: * indicates minimum GCV value.


Summary Statistics of Final Estimation
log10(n*Lambda) -1.9477
Smoothing Penalty 9943.5618
Residual SS 472.1424
Tr(I-A) 471.0901
Model DF 29.9099
Standard Deviation 1.0011
GCV 1.0659



The difference between the two estimates is minimal. However, the CPU time for the second MODEL statement is only about $1/7$ of the CPU time used in the first model fit.

The following statements produce a plot for comparison of the two estimates:

data fit2;
   set fit2;
   P1_y     = P_y;
   LCLM1_y  = LCLM_y;
   UCLM1_y  = UCLM_y;
   drop P_y LCLM_y UCLM_y;
run;

proc sort data=fit1;
   by x y;
run;

proc sort data=fit2;
   by x y;
run;

data comp;
   merge fit1 fit2;
      by x y;
   label p1_y   ="Yhat1" p_y="Yhat0"
         lclm_y ="Lower CL"
         uclm_y ="Upper CL";
run;

proc sgplot data=comp;
   title "Comparison of Two Estimates";
   title2 "with and without the D= Option";

   yaxis label="Predicted y Values";
   xaxis label="x";

   band x=x lower=lclm_y upper=uclm_y /name="range"
                      legendlabel="99% CI of Predicted y without D=";
   series x=x y=P_y/ name="P_y" legendlabel="Predicted y without D="
                      lineattrs=graphfit(thickness=1px pattern=shortdash);
   series x=x y=P1_y/ name="P1_y" legendlabel="Predicted y with D="
                      lineattrs=graphfit(thickness=1px color=red);
   discretelegend "range" "P_y" "P1_y";
run;

The estimates from fit1 and fit2 are displayed in Output 116.4.3 with the 99% confidence interval from the fit1 output data set.

Output 116.4.3: Comparison of Two PROC TPSPLINE Fits with and without the D= Option

Comparison of Two PROC TPSPLINE Fits with and without the D= Option