核实数据下误差在反映变量的非线性半参数模型的降维估计

考虑响应变量带有一般测量误差的非线性半参数模型.在核实数据的帮助下,利用半参数降维技术构造未知参数和非参数函数的估计.在一定条件下证明未知参数估计的渐近正态性和非参数函数估计的最优收敛速度.通过数值模拟说明所提估计方法在有限样本下的有效性.     

基于遍历函数型数据条件风险率函数的核估计

探究了在平稳遍历函数型数据下条件风险率函数的非参数核估计问题,本文基于N-W核估计的方法,构造响应变量Y在给定函数型解释变量X下的条件风险率函数非参数核估计,在一定条件下获得条件风险率函数非参数估计的偏差表达式.     

固定设计函数型非参数回归模型的估计

本文研究一类固定设计函数型非参数回归模型回归算予的估计问题,其中,解释变量X是取值于某函数空间的函数型变量,响应变量y为实值随机变量,在误差是一弱平稳线性过程及适当的条件下,获得未知回归函数算子估计量的相合性及其收敛速度和渐近正态性,推广了现有文献中的相关结果.     

纵向数据下部分线性EV模型的渐近性质

研究了纵向数据下部分线性EV函数关系模型.应用一般非参数权函数法和广义最小二乘法给出了未知参数β,误差方差σ2以及未知函数g(·)的估计.在一般的条件下,证明了β,σ2估计的渐近正态性,同时也给出了未知函数g(·)估计的收敛速度,其结果是独立数据情形下相应结果的推广.     

数据非随机缺失时单变量的分布函数估计

本文研究数据非随机缺失下的分布函数估计问题.在确定缺失数据是否属于某些指定区间的前提下,对一维随机变量y的分布函数F(y)作出了估计.此时,假定数据缺失机制形式已知,但包含某未知多维参数θ.本文证明了未知参数θ的估计量(θ)的相合性和渐近正态性,也证明了分布函数F(y)的估计量F(y)的相合性和渐近正态性.     

核实数据下非线性半参数EV模型的估计

本文研究了核实数据下的协变量带有测量误差的非线性半参数EV模型.在不假定测量误差结构的情形下,利用最小二乘方法和核光滑技术,构造了非线性函数中未知参数的两种估计,证明了未知参数估计的渐近正态性.通过数值模拟说明所提估计方法在有限样本下的有效性.     

复发事件下一类加性乘性转移模型p阶矩指数稳定性北大核心CSCD

复发事件数据频繁的出现在纵向研究中,本文基于生物医学中的单类型复发事件数据,提出了一类加性乘性转移模型,该模型包含了一些重要的半参数模型.同时,模型允许协变量具有加性和乘性的影响,且加性影响随时间而变化.利用广义估计方程的思想,对模型中未知参数和非参数函数进行了估计,并证明了所得估计的相合性和渐近正态性.最后,用数值模拟的方法验证了所提估计的可行性.     

基于生存数据的半参数变换的删失回归估计

生存数据经过未知的单调变换后等于协变量的线性函数加上随机误差, 随机误差的分布函数已知或是带未知参数的已知函数\bd 本文先给出未知单调变换的一个相合估计, 再对删失数据做变换, 在此基础上给出了协变量系数的最小二乘估计, 并讨论它的大样本性质.     

部分线性函数-结构关系模型的估计

本文研究解释变量为(x,T)的部分线性变量含误差模型,其中x为固定变量,T为随机变量.文中导出了未知参数的两阶段估计,证明了估计的强相合性,并且还证明了未知函数的核估计量是强一致相合的.     

部分线性函数-结构关系模型的估计

本文研究解释变量为(x,T)的部分线性变量含误差模型,其中x为固定变量,T为随机变量.文中导出了未知参数的两阶段估计,证明了估计的强相合性,并且还证明了未知函数的核估计量是强一致相合的.     

纵向数据下半参数联合均值协方差模型的贝叶斯分析

基于改进的Cholesky分解,研究分析了纵向数据下半参数联合均值协方差模型的贝叶斯估计和贝叶斯统计诊断,其中非参数部分采用B样条逼近.主要通过应用Gibbs抽样和Metropolis-Hastings算法相结合的混合算法获得模型中未知参数的贝叶斯估计和贝叶斯数据删除影响诊断统计量.并利用诊断统计量的大小来识别数据的异常点.模拟研究和实例分析都表明提出的贝叶斯估计和诊断方法是可行有效的.     

Rank-Score Tests in Factorial Designs with Repeated Measures

Nonparametric factorial designs for multivariate observations are considered under the framework of general rank-score statistics. Unlike most of the literature, we do not assume the continuity of the underlying distribution functions. The models studied include general repeated measures designs, compound symmetry designs, and designs for longitudinal data. In particular, designs for ordered categorical data are included. The vectors of the multivariate observations may have different lengths. Moreover, our general framework includes missing values and singular covariance matrices which occur quite frequently in practical data analysis problems. The asymptotic properties of the proposed statistics are studied under general nonparametric hypotheses as well as under a sequence of nonparametric contiguous alternatives. L₂-consistent estimators for the unknown covariance matrices are given and two types of quadratic forms are considered for testing the nonparametric hypotheses. The results are applied to a two-way mixed model assuming compound symmetry and to a factorial design for longitudinal data. The main idea of the proofs is based on some moment inequalities for empirical distribution functions in mixed models. The details are provided in the Appendix.     

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??In the last few decades, longitudinal data was deeply research in statistics science and widely used in many field, such as finance, medical science, agriculture and so on. The characteristic of longitudinal data is that the values are independent from different samples but they are correlate from one sample. Many nonparametric estimation methods were applied into longitudinal data models with development of computer technology. Using Cholesky decomposition and Profile least squares estimation, we will propose a effective spline estimation method pointing at nonparametric model of longitudinal data with covariance matrix unknown in this paper. Finally, we point that the new proposed method is more superior than Naive spline estimation in the covariance matrix is unknown case by comparing the simulated results of one example.     

Adaptive penalized M-estimation with current status data

Current status data arises when a continuous response is reduced to an indicator of whether the response is greater or less than a random threshold value. In this article we consider adaptive penalized M-estimators (including the penalized least squares estimators and the penalized maximum likelihood estimators) for nonparametric and semiparametric models with current status data, under the assumption that the unknown nonparametric parameters belong to unknown Sobolev spaces. The Cox model is used as a representative of the semiparametric models. It is shown that the modified penalized M-estimators of the nonparametric parameters can achieve adaptive convergence rates, even when the degrees of smoothing are not known in advance. consistency, asymptotic normality and inference based on the weighted bootstrap for the estimators of the regression parameter in the Cox model are also established. A simulation study is conducted for the Cox model to evaluate the finite sample efficacy of the proposed approach and to compare it with the ordinary maximum likelihood estimator. It is demonstrated that the proposed method is computationally superior.We apply the proposed approach to the California Partner Study analysis.     

Randomly censored partially linear single-index models

This paper proposes a method for estimation of a class of partially linear single-index models with randomly censored samples. The method provides a flexible way for modelling the association between a response and a set of predictor variables when the response variable is randomly censored. It presents a technique for “dimension reduction” in semiparametric censored regression models and generalizes the existing accelerated failure-time models for survival analysis. The estimation procedure involves three stages: first, transform the censored data into synthetic data or pseudo-responses unbiasedly; second, obtain quasi-likelihood estimates of the regression coefficients in both linear and single-index components by an iteratively algorithm; finally, estimate the unknown nonparametric regression function using techniques for univariate censored nonparametric regression. The estimators for the regression coefficients are shown to be jointly root-n consistent and asymptotically normal. In addition, the estimator for the unknown regression function is a local linear kernel regression estimator and can be estimated with the same efficiency as all the parameters are known. Monte Carlo simulations are conducted to illustrate the proposed methodology.     

Empirical processes with estimated parameters under auxiliary information

Empirical processes with estimated parameters are a well established subject in nonparametric statistics. In the classical theory they are based on the empirical distribution function which is the nonparametric maximum likelihood estimator for a completely unknown distribution function. In the presence of some “nonparametric” auxiliary information about the distribution, like a known mean or a known median, for example, the nonparametric maximum likelihood estimator is a modified empirical distribution function which puts random masses on the observations in order to take the available information into account [see Owen, Biometrika 75 (1988) 237–249, Ann. Statist. 18 (1990) 90–120, Empirical Likelihood, Chapman & Hall/CRC, London/Boca Raton, FL; Qin and Lawless, Ann. Statist. 22 (1994) 300–325]. Zhang [Metrika 46 (1997) 221–244] has proved a functional central limit theorem for the empirical process pertaining to this modified empirical distribution function. We will consider the corresponding empirical process with estimated parameters here and derive its asymptotic distribution. The limiting process is a centered Gaussian process with a complicated covariance function depending on the unknown parameter. The result becomes useful in practice through the bootstrap, which is shown to be consistent in case of a known mean. The performance of the resulting bootstrap goodness-of-fit test based on the Kolmogorov–Smirnov statistic is studied through simulations.     

Statistical specification of jumps under semiparametric semimartingale models

We consider a semimartingale with jumps that are driven by a finite activity Lévy process. Suppose that the Lévy measure is completely unknown, and that the jump component has a Markovian structure depending on unknown parameters. This paper concentrates on estimating the parameters from continuous observations under the nonparametric setting on the Lévy measure. The estimating function is proposed by way of nonparametric approach for some regression functions. In the end, we can specify jumps of the underlying Lévy process and estimate some Lévy characteristics jointly.      

Asymptotic distributions of two “synthetic data” estimators for censored single-index models

The censored single-index model provides a flexible way for modelling the association between a response and a set of predictor variables when the response variable is randomly censored and the link function is unknown. It presents a technique for “dimension reduction” in semiparametric censored regression models and generalizes the existing accelerated failure time models for survival analysis. This paper proposes two methods for estimation of single-index models with randomly censored samples. We first transform the censored data into synthetic data or pseudo-responses unbiasedly, then obtain estimates of the index coefficients by the rOPG or rMAVE procedures of Xia (2006) [1]. Finally, we estimate the unknown nonparametric link function using techniques for univariate censored nonparametric regression. The estimators for the index coefficients are shown to be root-n consistent and asymptotically normal. In addition, the estimator for the unknown regression function is a local linear kernel regression estimator and can be estimated with the same efficiency as the parameters are known. Monte Carlo simulations are conducted to illustrate the proposed methodologies.     

On testing equality of pairwise rank correlations in a multivariate random vector

Spearman’s rank-correlation coefficient (also called Spearman’s rho) represents one of the best-known measures to quantify the degree of dependence between two random variables. As a copula-based dependence measure, it is invariant with respect to the distribution’s univariate marginal distribution functions. In this paper, we consider statistical tests for the hypothesis that all pairwise Spearman’s rank correlation coefficients in a multivariate random vector are equal. The tests are nonparametric and their asymptotic distributions are derived based on the asymptotic behavior of the empirical copula process. Only weak assumptions on the distribution function, such as continuity of the marginal distributions and continuous partial differentiability of the copula, are required for obtaining the results. A nonparametric bootstrap method is suggested for either estimating unknown parameters of the test statistics or for determining the associated critical values. We present a simulation study in order to investigate the power of the proposed tests. The results are compared to a classical parametric test for equal pairwise Pearson’s correlation coefficients in a multivariate random vector. The general setting also allows the derivation of a test for stochastic independence based on Spearman’s rho.     

Approximating Unknown Mappings: An Experimental Evaluation

Different methodologies have been introduced in recent years with the aim of approximating unknown functions. Basically, these methodologies are general frameworks for representing non-linear mappings from several input variables to several output variables. Research into this problem occurs in applied mathematics (multivariate function approximation), statistics (nonparametric multiple regression) and computer science (neural networks). However, since these methodologies have been proposed in different fields, most of the previous papers treat them in isolation, ignoring contributions in the other areas. In this paper we consider five well known approaches for function approximation. Specifically we target polynomial approximation, general additive models (Gam), local regression (Loess), multivariate additive regression splines (Mars) and artificial neural networks (Ann).Neural networks can be viewed as models of real systems, built by tuning parameters known as weights. In training the net, the problem is to find the weights that optimize its performance (i.e. to minimize the error over the training set). Although the most popular method for Ann training is back propagation, other optimization methods based on metaheuristics have recently been adapted to this problem, outperforming classical approaches. In this paper we propose a short term memory tabu search method, coupled with path relinking and BFGS (a gradient-based local NLP solver) to provide high quality solutions to this problem. The experimentation with 15 functions previously reported shows that a feed-forward neural network with one hidden layer, trained with our procedure, can compete with the best-known approximating methods. The experimental results also show the effectiveness of a new mechanism to avoid overfitting in neural network training.