双截尾Tobit模型中的随机加权逼近方法

本文研究双截尾删失回归模型中参数的随机加权估计(RWE),获得了RWE的统计渐近性质,如相合性和渐近分布.本文证明了RWE在给定样本下的条件渐近分布与参数的最小绝对偏差(LAD)估计的渐近分布是一样的,则可以利用RWE的条件分布去逼近回归参数的LAD估计的分布,从而避免冗余参数的估计,如误差项的密度函数.另外,本文也提出了一个M检验统计量和随机加权M检验统计量(RWM)来检验参数的线性假设问题,建立了该检验的统计性质.数值模拟和实际数据分析结果表明所提方法是可行的.     

删失指标随机缺失下回归函数的复合分位数回归估计

在非参数回归模型中,传统的Nadaraya-Watson核估计和局部多项式估计常常因为误差为重尾情况而变得不稳健,Kai等人(2010)提出的复合分位数回归方法能弥补这一缺陷.文章在删失指标随机缺失的情况下,研究了误差具有异方差结构的非参数删失回归模型,利用局部多项式方法构造了回归函数的复合分位数回归估计,并得到了该估计的渐近正态性结果,把Kai等人(2010)的结果推广到删失指标随机缺失的右删失数据下.最后通过模拟发现,尤其是当误差为重尾分布时,该估计方法比Wang和Zheng (2014)提出的核估计方法更好.     

一般偏差右删失数据下剩余寿命分位数回归

剩余寿命是刻画个体预期寿命的一个重要度量,对剩余寿命的早期研究主要集中在剩余均值上.然而当总体生存函数偏态或厚尾时剩余均值函数可能不存在,因此统计学者建议用剩余寿命分位数来刻画预期寿命.在完全数据和右删失数据下,剩余寿命分位数的建模和理论已经很完善.但是,在实际的调查研究中经常会遇到偏差抽样数据.例如,临床医学中的左截断数据,流行病学中的病例队列抽样数据,医学大型队列研究中的长度偏差抽样数据等等.忽略抽样偏差会导致参数估计有偏和不合理的推断结果.本文考虑一般偏差右删失数据下剩余寿命分位数回归的统计推断问题.首先,我们提出了一个一般偏差右删失数据下的剩余寿命分位数回归模型,并利用一般估计方程方法对模型中的参数进行了估计.针对已有文献常用的删失变量与协变量独立性假设,本文重点考虑了删失变量依赖于协变量场合.其次,由于估计量的渐近方差中涉及非参密度函数,在估计渐近方差时,本文采用Bootstrap方法.最后,数值模拟显示本文提出的方法有限样本性质表现很好.     

删失数据下回归函数的加权局部复合分位数 回归估计

在右删失数据下,研究了误差具有异方差结构的非参数回归模型,利用局部多项式方法构造了回归函数的加权局部复合分位数回归估计,并得到了该估计的渐近正态性结果,最后通过模拟,当误差为重尾分布时,该估计比局部多项式估计以及核估计表现得更好.     

基于最小化复合分位损失函数的尺度参数估计和异质性检验

在进行回归分析时,对误差项离散程度的度量是一个重要话题.文章利用最小化复合分位损失的方法,对误差项的尺度参数进行估计,并证明估计量的大样本性质.进一步的研究表明:通过选取合适的分位数,能得到尺度参数的最优估计,并以此进行异质性检验.模拟结果表明,在重尾条件下所提出的方法有更高的精度.实际数据应用体现了该方法的良好性能.     

带有相依误差的函数型线性模型的复合分位数估计

本文研究了带有相依误差的函数型线性回归模型的复合分位数估计问题,其中误差来自短期相依和严平稳的线性过程.采用函数型主成分基函数对斜率函数和函数型预测变量进行展开并构造了斜率函数的估计,在相当宽松的条件下证明了斜率函数估计的最优收敛速度.最后通过理论模拟来评价所提出的方法,并给出了一个实际例子.     

删失指标随机缺失下一类非参数函数的加权局部多项式估计及其应用

本文在右删失数据中删失指标部分随机缺失下,构造了一类非参数函数的校准加权局部多项式估计以及插值加权局部多项式估计,并建立了这些估计的渐近正态性;作为该方法的应用,导出了条件分布函数、条件密度函数以及条件分位数的加权局部线性双核估计和插值加权局部线性双核估计,并且得到了这些估计的渐近正态性;最后,在有限样本下对这些估计进行了模拟.     

一类非参数回归模型核估计的渐近性质

研究一类新的非参数回归模型回归函数的核估计问题,其中误差项为一阶非参数自回归方程.通过重复利用Watson-Nadaraya核估计方法,构造了回归函数及误差回归函数的估计量分别为m(.)和ρ(.),在适当的条件下,证明了估计量m(.)和ρ(.)的渐近正态性.     

信息右删失数据下比例风险模型的估计问题（英文）

在生存分析中,对右删失数据问题的研究常假设删失时间与失效时间相互独立.然而研究者经常要面对非独立删失的问题,即删失时间与失效时间可能相互关联并彼此影响,尤其表现在临床试验中.如果不考虑这种相关性,便无法得到生存函数的有效估计.针对这种相依结构已有很多处理方法,其中连接函数因结构简单而尤为受到关注.本文主要对信息右删失数据下比例风险模型的相关估计问题进行了研究.利用阿基米德连接函数对删失时间和失效时间的联合分布函数进行假定,在连接函数参数的可识别条件下,得到了连接函数的参数、比例风险模型参数以及基准累积风险函数的极大似然估计,并通过模拟计算的方法验证了估计方法的可行性以及估计量的有效性.     

固定设计下半参数回归模型核估计的渐近性质

研究一类新的半参数回归模型回归函数的核估计问题,其中误差项为一阶非参数自回归过程.通过重复利用Watson-Nadaraya核估计方法,构造了回归函数及误差回归函数的估计量分别为β,g(·)和ρ(·),在适当的条件下,证明了估计量β,g(·)和ρ(·)的渐近正态性.     

Nonparametric regression function estimation with surrogate data and validation sampling

This paper develops estimation approaches for nonparametric regression analysis with surrogate data and validation sampling when response variables are measured with errors. Without assuming any error model structure between the true responses and the surrogate variables, a regression calibration kernel regression estimate is defined with the help of validation data. The proposed estimator is proved to be asymptotically normal and the convergence rate is also derived. A simulation study is conducted to compare the proposed estimators with the standard Nadaraya-Watson estimators with the true observations in the validation data set and the complete observations, respectively. The Nadaraya-Watson estimator with the complete observations can serve as a gold standard, even though it is practically unachievable because of the measurement errors.     

纵向数据边际模型非参数光滑方法的比较

对于纵向数据边际模型的均值函数, 有很多非参数估计方法, 其中回归样条, 光滑样条, 似乎不相关(SUR)核估计等方法在工作协方差阵正确指定时具有最小的渐近方差. 回归样条的渐近偏差与工作协方差阵无关, 而SUR核估计和光滑样条估计的渐近偏差却依赖于工作协方差阵. 本文主要研究了回归样条, 光滑样条和SUR核估计的效率问题. 通过模拟比较发现回归样条估计的表现比较稳定, 在大多数情况下比光滑样条估计和SUR核估计的效率高.     

Strong convergence in nonparametric regression with truncated dependent data

In this paper we derive rates of uniform strong convergence for the kernel estimator of the regression function in a left-truncation model. It is assumed that the lifetime observations with multivariate covariates form a stationary α-mixing sequence. The estimation of the covariate’s density is considered as well. Under the assumption that the lifetime observations are bounded, we show that, by an appropriate choice of the bandwidth, both estimators of the covariate’s density and regression function attain the optimal strong convergence rate known from independent complete samples.     

Minimum Disparity Estimation in Linear Regression Models: Distribution and Efficiency

This paper deals with the minimum disparity estimation in linear regression models. The estimators are defined as statistical quantities which minimize the blended weight Hellinger distance between a weighted kernel density estimator of errors and a smoothed model density of errors. It is shown that the estimators of the regression parameters are asymptotic normally distributed and efficient at the model if the weights of the density estimators are appropriately chosen.     

A Berry-Esseen type bound in kernel density estimation for strong mixing censored samples

In this paper, we discuss the estimation of a density function based on censored data by the kernel smoothing method when the survival and the censoring times form a stationary α-mixing sequence. A Berry-Esseen type bound is derived for the kernel density estimator at a fixed point x. For practical purposes, a randomly weighted estimator of the density function is also constructed and investigated.     

Modal Regression Based on Nonparametric Quantile Estimator

Modal regression based on nonparametric quantile estimator is given. Unlike the traditional mean and median regression, modal regression uses mode but not mean or median to represent the center of a conditional distribution, which helps the model to be more robust for outliers, asymmetric or heavy-taileddistribution. Most of solutions for modal regression are based on kernel estimation of density. This paper studies a new solution for modal regression by means of nonparametric quantile estimator. This method builds on the fact that the distribution function is the inverse of the quantile function, then the flexibility of nonparametric quantile estimator is utilized to improve the estimation of modal function. The simulations and application show that the new model outperforms the modal regression model via linear quantile function estimation.     

Stahel-Donoho kernel estimation for fixed design nonparametric regression models

This paper reports a robust kernel estimation for fixed design nonparametric regression models. A Stahel-Donoho kernel estimation is introduced, in which the weight functions depend on both the depths of data and the distances between the design points and the estimation points. Based on a local approximation, a computational technique is given to approximate to the incomputable depths of the errors. As a result the new estimator is computationally efficient. The proposed estimator attains a high breakdown point and has perfect asymptotic behaviors such as the asymptotic normality and convergence in the mean squared error. Unlike the depth-weighted estimator for parametric regression models, this depth-weighted nonparametric estimator has a simple variance structure and then we can compare its efficiency with the original one. Some simulations show that the new method can smooth the regression estimation and achieve some desirable balances between robustness and efficiency.     

The root–unroot algorithm for density estimation as implemented via wavelet block thresholding

We propose and implement a density estimation procedure which begins by turning density estimation into a nonparametric regression problem. This regression problem is created by binning the original observations into many small size bins, and by then applying a suitable form of root transformation to the binned data counts. In principle many common nonparametric regression estimators could then be applied to the transformed data. We propose use of a wavelet block thresholding estimator in this paper. Finally, the estimated regression function is un-rooted by squaring and normalizing. The density estimation procedure achieves simultaneously three objectives: computational efficiency, adaptivity, and spatial adaptivity. A numerical example and a practical data example are discussed to illustrate and explain the use of this procedure. Theoretically it is shown that the estimator simultaneously attains the optimal rate of convergence over a wide range of the Besov classes. The estimator also automatically adapts to the local smoothness of the underlying function, and attains the local adaptive minimax rate for estimating functions at a point. There are three key steps in the technical argument: Poissonization, quantile coupling, and oracle risk bound for block thresholding in the non-Gaussian setting. Some of the technical results may be of independent interest.     

Bayesian bandwidth estimation for a semi-functional partial linear regression model with unknown error density

In the context of semi-functional partial linear regression model, we study the problem of error density estimation. The unknown error density is approximated by a mixture of Gaussian densities with means being the individual residuals, and variance a constant parameter. This mixture error density has a form of a kernel density estimator of residuals, where the regression function, consisting of parametric and nonparametric components, is estimated by the ordinary least squares and functional Nadaraya–Watson estimators. The estimation accuracy of the ordinary least squares and functional Nadaraya–Watson estimators jointly depends on the same bandwidth parameter. A Bayesian approach is proposed to simultaneously estimate the bandwidths in the kernel-form error density and in the regression function. Under the kernel-form error density, we derive a kernel likelihood and posterior for the bandwidth parameters. For estimating the regression function and error density, a series of simulation studies show that the Bayesian approach yields better accuracy than the benchmark functional cross validation. Illustrated by a spectroscopy data set, we found that the Bayesian approach gives better point forecast accuracy of the regression function than the functional cross validation, and it is capable of producing prediction intervals nonparametrically.     

Strong uniform consistency and asymptotic normality of a kernel based error density estimator in functional autoregressive models

Estimating the innovation probability density is an important issue in any regression analysis. This paper focuses on functional autoregressive models. A residual-based kernel estimator is proposed for the innovation density. Asymptotic properties of this estimator depend on the average prediction error of the functional autoregressive function. Sufficient conditions are studied to provide strong uniform consistency and asymptotic normality of the kernel density estimator.