Tukey两步同时置信区间

利用两阶段抽样,构造出Tukey两步同时置信区间,它同时满足预先给定的可靠度和精度的要求.且利用数值计算的方法给出了第一阶段最优抽样量.     

Stein两阶段抽样问题中第一阶段最优抽样量研究

当精度和可靠度给定时，Stein（1945）提出了两阶段抽样方法，构造了同时满足一定可靠度与精度的区间估计．本文则利用数值计算方法，进一步给出了此两阶段抽样中最优的第一阶段抽样量．     

位置刻度分布族中参数的两步置信区间

寻找一些分布中的参数的具有预先给定宽度和预先给定覆盖概率的置信区间是令人感兴趣的，对于位置刻度分布族中位置参数和刻度参数，这种类型的置信区间的存在性问题已在文献中被解决，本文利用两步抽样，具体地构造出这样的固定宽度置信区间，此外，对于Cauchy分布，第一阶段的最优抽样量和一些统计量的分位点也被计算出，所得到的结果具有应用价值。     

基于两阶段局部抽样策略的结构可靠性分析

工程实践中存在着各种不确定性因素，影响着工程结构的安全运行。结构可靠性分析以失效概率的形式考虑了不确定性的影响，可为结构的安全设计提供指导。然而，失效概率的评估往往涉及昂贵功能函数的调用，导致难以负担的计算成本。为解决该问题，基于Kriging模型的可靠性分析法在近年来受到了广泛的关注。该方法以训练良好的Kriging模型近似真实功能函数，从而在失效概率的计算中达到减少功能函数评价次数的目的。本文在主动学习Kriging模型的框架下，提出了基于两阶段局部抽样策略的结构可靠性分析法，以提高失效概率的估计精度和计算效率。在该方法中，Kriging模型的训练样本以两阶段局部抽样的方式从候选样本池中被逐渐添加。第一阶段以输入变量的均值点为抽样中心，利用概率密度函数确定抽样区域。当所估计失效概率满足基于置信区间的阶段划分阈值时，则开始第二阶段的局部抽样。第二阶段则以最可能失效点为抽样中心，以目标可靠度和功能函数的非线性度确定抽样区域。应用案例表明：所提方法能平衡有效抽样区域的全局探索和局部搜索，实现高精度失效概率估计的同时提高计算效率。     

指数分布场合系统应力强度模型可靠度的统计推断

利用最大似然估计和广义区间估计方法,研究了元件的强度和承受的应力均服从指数分布时系统应力强度模型可靠度的估计问题,导出了可靠度的最大似然估计和广义区间估计.同时也讨论了模型的拟合检验问题.利用模拟方法研究了提出的广义置信区间的覆盖率和拟合检验的功效,模拟结果表明提出的广义置信区间的覆盖率与名义置信系数是一致的,提出的拟合检验的功效是好的.最后用一个例子说明提出的方法.     

排序集抽样下指数分布产品的寿命性能评估

为了提高指数分布产品的寿命性能评估效率,研究了排序集抽样下寿命性能指数的极大似然估计,证明了其具有存在性和唯一性.针对似然方程没有显式解的问题,采用部分期望法给出具有显式表达式的修正极大似然估计,并利用排序集样本构造出寿命性能指数的置信区间.仿真结果表明:不仅排序集抽样下修正极大似然估计的效率一致高于简单随机抽样下极大似然估计,排序集抽样下置信区间的精度也一致高于简单随机抽样下相应置信区间.     

基于离散枢轴量的泊松分布参数的精确最短置信区间

将泊松分布参数的充分统计量的离散型分布函数转化为生存伽马分布函数,以此为枢轴量构造了泊松分布参数的精确置信区间.通过数值模拟,选择合适的置信度组合,得到精确最短置信区间.讨论了大样本下泊松分布参数的近似置信区间的估计精度,验证了精确最短置信区间的计算结果.     

逐步增加的Ⅱ型截尾下冷贮备串联系统可靠性指标的Bayes估计

在逐步增加的Ⅱ型截尾模型下,运用Bayes方法,研究部件寿命服从双参数指数分布的冷贮备串联系统可靠性指标的近似置信区间问题.在两个参数均未知的情形下,给出了失效率,系统可靠度及平均寿命的Bayes近似置信区间的计算公式;对于超参数的确定,给出一种新的方法;最后进行了随机模拟,并对近似置信区间的精度进行了讨论.     

指数分布抽样基本定理及在指数分布参数统计推断中的应用

发现指数分布抽样基本定理,应用到指数分布参数的统计推断中,得到了指数分布参数的一致最小方差无偏估计;并且得到了单总体指数分布参数的置信区间及联合置信区间,以及双总体指数分布参数比值及差的置信区间.     

条件密度置信区间的覆盖精度

本文用经验似然方法讨论了条件密度的置信区间的构造. 通过对覆盖概率的Edgeworth展开得到了经验似然置信区间的覆盖精度, 同时证明了条件密度的经验似然置信区间的Bartlett可修正性     

The Convergence Rate of Fixed-Width Sequential Confidence Intervals for a Parameter of an Exponential Distribution

In this paper we consider sequential fixed-width confidence interval estimation for a parameter = aµ + b with a and b being given constants when the location parameter µ and the scale parameter of the negative exponential distribution are unknown. We investigate the rate of convergence of the coverage probability for fixed-width sequential confidence intervals of .     

Convergence rates for two-stage confidence intervals based on U-statistics

We consider a modified two-stage procedure for constructing a fixed-width confidence interval for the mean of a U-statistic. First, we discuss a few asymptotic results with the associated rates of convergence. The main result gives the rate of convergence for the coverage probability of our proposed confidence interval which is seen to be slower than that for the purely sequential procedure.     

左删失右截断数据的分位数的固定宽度序贯置信区间估计

基于左截断右删失数据下的乘积限估计构造了分位数固定宽度序贯置信区间及其估计，研究了序贯置信区间估计的渐近性质。作为副产品，获得了分位数估计近邻点的Bahadur表示定理。这个表示定理是推导分位数固定宽度序贯置信区间估计渐近性质的重要基础。同时，在文中，进行了一些计算机模拟试验，证明了左截断右删失数据下分位数估计的序贯方法是效的和精确的。     

On fixed-width confidence intervals associated with maximum likelihood estimation

A sequential procedure is proposed to determine the sample size for a fixed-width confidence interval for an unknown parameter with its maximum likelihood estimator as the center of the interval. It is established that the sequential procedure is asymptotically consistent and efficient.     

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Interval width and coverage probability are two criteria for evaluating confidence intervals. It's quite worthwhile to investigate fixed-width confidence intervals with a prescribed nominal level, which, in generally speaking, is hardly realized in fixed-sample-size circumstances. A common way to deal with this problem is to apply sequential methods and two-stage sampling or even multi-stage sampling. For zero-inflated Poisson distribution with a probability mass $p$ and Poisson mean parameter $\lambda$, the construction of fixed-width confidence intervals for (\lambda,p)$ is conducted in this paper, including sequential and two-stage procedures. Each procedure is demonstrated to satisfy asymptotic consistency and efficiency. The variation of optimal fixed-sample size by the two parameters is considered under different situations and simulation performance is displayed by Monte Carlo simulation. A real data analysis is also implemented for application.     

Sequential Confidence Bands for Quantile Densities Under Truncated and Censored Data

In this paper an asymptotic distribution is obtained for the maximal deviation between the kernel quantile density estimator and the quantile density when the data are subject to random left truncation and right censorship. Based on this result we propose a fully sequential procedure for construct ing a fixed-width confidence band for the quantile density on a finite interval and show that the procedure has the desired coverage probability asymptotically as the width of the band approaches zero.     

On sequential fixed-width confidence intervals for the mean and second-order expansions of the associated coverage probabilities

In order to construct fixed-width (2d) confidence intervals for the mean of an unknown distribution function F, a new purely sequential sampling strategy is proposed first. The approach is quite different from the more traditional methodology of Chow and Robbins (1965, Ann. Math. Statist., 36, 457–462). However, for this new procedure, the coverage probability is shown (Theorem 2.1) to be at least (1-)+Ad ²+o(d²) as d0 where (1-) is the preassigned level of confidence and A is an appropriate functional of F, under some regularity conditions on F. The rates of convergence of the coverage probability to (1-) obtained by Csenki (1980, Scand. Actuar. J., 107–111) and Mukhopadhyay (1981, Comm. Statist. Theory Methods, 10, 2231–2244) were merely O(d^1/2-q), with 0<q<1/2, under the Chow-Robbins stopping time ^*. It is to be noted that such considerable sharpening of the rate of convergence of the coverage probability is achieved even though the new stopping variable is O_p(^*). An accelerated version of the stopping rule is also provided together with the analogous second-order characteristics. In the end, an example is given for the mean estimation problem of an exponential distribution.     

A geostatistical approach for dynamic life tables: The effect of mortality on remaining lifetime and annuities

Dynamic life tables arise as an alternative to the standard (static) life table, with the aim of incorporating the evolution of mortality over time. The parametric model introduced by Lee and Carter in 1992 for projected mortality rates in the US is one of the most outstanding and has been used a great deal since then. Different versions of the model have been developed but all of them, together with other parametric models, consider the observed mortality rates as independent observations. This is a difficult hypothesis to justify when looking at the graph of the residuals obtained with any of these methods.Methods of adjustment and prediction based on geostatistical techniques which exploit the dependence structure existing among the residuals are an alternative to classical methods. Dynamic life tables can be considered as two-way tables on a grid equally spaced in either the vertical (age) or horizontal (year) direction, and the data can be decomposed into a deterministic large-scale variation (trend) plus a stochastic small-scale variation (residuals).Our contribution consists of applying geostatistical techniques for estimating the dependence structure of the mortality data and for prediction purposes, also including the influence of the year of birth (cohort). We compare the performance of this new approach with different versions of the Lee-Carter model. Additionally, we obtain bootstrap confidence intervals for predicted q_xt resulting from applying both methodologies, and we study their influence on the predictions of e_65t and a_65t.     

On a Two-Stage Procedure Having Second-Order Properties with Applications

Under a fairly general setup, we first modify the Stein-type two-stage methodology in order to incorporate some partial information in the form of a known and positive lower bound for the otherwise unknown nuisance parameter, 0(> 0). This revised methodology is then shown to enjoy various customary second-order properties and expansions for functions of the associated stopping variable, under appropriate conditions. Such general machineries are later applied in different types of estimation as well as selection and ranking problems, giving a sense of a very broad spectrum of possibilities. This constitutes natural extensions of these authors' earlier paper (Mukhopadhyay and Duggan (1997a, Sankhya Ser. A, 59, 435 448)) on the fixed-width confidence interval estimation problem exclusively for the mean of a normal distribution having an unknown variance.