自适应逐步Ⅱ型混合删失下威布尔分布的参数估计

在可靠性试验中,自适应逐步Ⅱ型删失机制是Ⅰ型删失和逐步Ⅱ型删失机制的混合。Weibull分布一直是可靠性寿命试验的常用分布函数。在自适应逐步Ⅱ型删失机制下,给出分布中参数的极大似然估计,同时在样本量较小时给出boostrap纠正偏差估计量,并用数值模拟的方法验证估计结果的效果。     

长度偏差右删失数据下分位数回归的估计方程方法

本文首先建立左截断右删失数据下的一般分位数回归方法.当截断变量服从均匀分布时,左截断右删失数据变成长度偏差右删失数据.长度偏差数据因其特殊性,提供了更多的信息.当把适用于左截断右删失数据的一般方法用到长度偏差右删失数据时,得到的估计量并不有效,这是因为它们没有利用该数据的特殊结构.为了提高效率,本文提出复合估计方程方法来解决长度偏差右删失数据下的分位数回归问题,这种方法并不需要估计删失变量的分布.所提出的估计方程可以通过一个求L_1型凸函数最小值的简单算法来求解.本文用经验过程和随机积分的技巧建立了所提出估计量的一致相合性和弱收敛性.随机模拟验证了所提出方法在有限样本时的表现,并且给出了实例分析.     

随机删失数据非线性回归模型的最小一乘估计

研究了随机删失数据非线性回归模型的最小一乘(LAD)估计问题, 证明了LAD估计量的渐近性质, 包括相合性、依概率有界性和渐近正态性等. 模拟结果显示对删失数据回归问题, LAD估计仍比最小二乘估计(LSE)稳健.     

长度偏差右删失数据下均值剩余寿命的复合估计

长度偏差右删失数据是一类复杂的数据,观察到的数据分布与总体分布有所改变且其删失是有信息删失,通常的统计分析方法并不能直接应用到长度偏差数据中.本文将在长度偏差右删失数据下研究均值剩余寿命函数,提出其非参数估计方法,在估计中通过加入长度偏差右删失数据辅助信息,即截断变量和进入试验后的剩余存活时间同分布的辅助信息来提高估计的效率.虽然极大似然方法是有效估计,但是其构造复杂且计算需要迭代来实现,计算量大.为此,本文考虑通过简单的加入辅助信息的方法来构造估计量,并给出估计量的相合性及渐近正态性.本文提出的加入辅助信息估计方法与以往类似方法相比具有较简单的显式表达式,计算方便.     

带删失的第三类Tobit模型的半参数估计

本文考察主方程因变量带有删失结构的第三类Tobit模型的半参数估计问题,基于受限因变量的条件分布提出一种新的半参数两步估计方法,并证明所提出估计量的相合性和渐近正态性.数值模拟的结果显示本文的估计量在一系列设计下均有着良好的表现.通过与文献中的估计量进行比较,结果表明,当主方程因变量的删失比例较大或当样本量较大时,本文的估计量是对现有估计量的一个重要补充.     

Cox模型中区间删失数据的参数估计

对区间删失数据下的Cox比例风险模型,利用极大似然方法得到参数估计量,通过牛顿法和坐标下降法分别求出极大似然估计量的数值解;同时,对两种方法进行实证分析比较,所得结果表明了估计的稳定性与可行性.     

随机删失下回归函数最近邻估计的强收敛速度

针对随机右删失数据, 就截尾时间变量的分布已知和未知两种情况, 构造了一类非参数回归函数的最近邻估计, 在适当的条件下得到估计量的强收敛速度.     

在相依删失下限定平均寿命的差异比较

在临床医学及流行病学等研究中,研究人员经常会关心患者经过某种治疗后的平均寿命.由于删失的存在,使得生存函数的尾部估计偏差较大,在实际问题中通常考虑限定平均寿命作为衡量处理功效的指标.本文针对非随机化分组的治疗功效差异问题,考虑生存时间同时存在独立和相依两种删失情形下的限定平均寿命差异推断问题.本文利用两种模型分别解释两种类型的混杂因子,建立比例风险模型用以解释基准协变量,建立加性风险模型用以解释依时协变量,利用逆概率删失权方法给出模型参数的估计并讨论估计量的大样本性质.通过随机模拟给出估计方法在偏度和精度方面的表现.最后,将本文给出的方法用于肝硬化患者两种治疗方法的功效差异分析.     

纵向删失数据下线性模型的相合估计

医药临床试验,生存分析,可靠性统计等研究领域,由于考虑到时间和费用问题,研究往往有一定期限.因为研究到期的被迫结束或者某些病人中途退出试验,最后得到的试验结果往往是删失数据.对于删失数据,采用无偏转换的方法处理,方法的最大优点是得到的估计量为显式解.首先讨论了在纵向右删失数据下线性回归模型回归系数估计的均方相合性,并且把结论推广到了污染线性模型,得到了污染系数、回归系数的强相合估计.     

基于删失数据的一般回归模型的参数估计

本文考虑基于删失数据的一般回归模型回归系数的方向估计，结合非参数回归和最小一乘方法构造了模型方向的估计，在较为一般的条件下证明了估计量的相合性．     

Weighted local polynomial estimations of a non-parametric function with censoring indicators missing at random and their applications

In this paper, we consider the weighted local polynomial calibration estimation and imputation estimation of a non-parametric function when the data are right censored and the censoring indicators are missing at random, and establish the asymptotic normality of these estimators. As their applications, we derive the weighted local linear calibration estimators and imputation estimations of the conditional distribution function, the conditional density function and the conditional quantile function, and investigate the asymptotic normality of these estimators. Finally, the simulation studies are conducted to illustrate the finite sample performance of the estimators.     

Hazard function estimation with cause-of-death data missing at random

Hazard function estimation is an important part of survival analysis. Interest often centers on estimating the hazard function associated with a particular cause of death. We propose three nonparametric kernel estimators for the hazard function, all of which are appropriate when death times are subject to random censorship and censoring indicators can be missing at random. Specifically, we present a regression surrogate estimator, an imputation estimator, and an inverse probability weighted estimator. All three estimators are uniformly strongly consistent and asymptotically normal. We derive asymptotic representations of the mean squared error and the mean integrated squared error for these estimators and we discuss a data-driven bandwidth selection method. A simulation study, conducted to assess finite sample behavior, demonstrates that the proposed hazard estimators perform relatively well. We illustrate our methods with an analysis of some vascular disease data.     

Estimation and confidence bands of a conditional survival function with censoring indicators missing at random

The nonparametric estimator of the conditional survival function proposed by Beran is a useful tool to evaluate the effects of covariates in the presence of random right censoring. However, censoring indicators of right censored data may be missing for different reasons in many applications. We propose some estimators of the conditional cumulative hazard and survival functions which allow to handle this situation. We also construct the likelihood ratio confidence bands for them and obtain their asymptotic properties. Simulation studies are used to evaluate the performances of the estimators and their confidence bands.     

Probability density estimation for survival data with censoring indicators missing at random

In this paper, some nonparametric approaches of density function estimation are developed when censoring indicators are missing at random. A conditional mean score based estimator and a mean score estimator are suggested, respectively. The two estimators are proved to be asymptotically normal and uniformly strongly consistent. The bandwidth selection problem is also discussed. A simulation study is conducted to compare finite-sample behaviors of the proposed estimators.     

Multiple imputations and the missing censoring indicator model

Semiparametric random censorship (SRC) models (Dikta, 1998) provide an attractive framework for estimating survival functions when censoring indicators are fully or partially available. When there are missing censoring indicators (MCIs), the SRC approach employs a model-based estimate of the conditional expectation of the censoring indicator given the observed time, where the model parameters are estimated using only the complete cases. The multiple imputations approach, on the other hand, utilizes this model-based estimate to impute the missing censoring indicators and form several completed data sets. The Kaplan-Meier and SRC estimators based on the several completed data sets are averaged to arrive at the multiple imputations Kaplan-Meier (MIKM) and the multiple imputations SRC (MISRC) estimators. While the MIKM estimator is asymptotically as efficient as or less efficient than the standard SRC-based estimator that involves no imputations, here we investigate the performance of the MISRC estimator and prove that it attains the benchmark variance set by the SRC-based estimator. We also present numerical results comparing the performances of the estimators under several misspecified models for the above mentioned conditional expectation.     

Regression analysis of right-censored failure time data with missing censoring indicators

This paper discusses regression analysis of right-censored failure time data when censoring indicators are missing for some subjects. Several methods have been developed for the analysis under different situations and especially, Goetghebeur and Ryan considered the situation where both the failure time and the censoring time follow the proportional hazards models marginally and developed an estimating equation approach. One limitation of their approach is that the two baseline hazard functions were assumed to be proportional to each other. We consider the same problem and present an efficient estimation procedure for regression parameters that does not require the proportionality assumption. An EM algorithm is developed and the method is evaluated by a simulation study, which indicates that the proposed methodology performs well for practical situations. An illustrative example is provided.     

Semiparametric quantile regression with random censoring

This paper considers estimation and inference in semiparametric quantile regression models when the response variable is subject to random censoring. The paper considers both the cases of independent and dependent censoring and proposes three iterative estimators based on inverse probability weighting, where the weights are estimated from the censoring distribution using the Kaplan–Meier, a fully parametric and the conditional Kaplan–Meier estimators. The paper proposes a computationally simple resampling technique that can be used to approximate the finite sample distribution of the parametric estimator. The paper also considers inference for both the parametric and nonparametric components of the quantile regression model. Monte Carlo simulations show that the proposed estimators and test statistics have good finite sample properties. Finally, the paper contains a real data application, which illustrates the usefulness of the proposed methods.

     

Proportional hazards regression under progressive Type-II censoring

This paper proposes an inferential method for the semiparametric proportional hazards model for progressively Type-II censored data. We establish martingale properties of counting processes based on progressively Type-II censored data that allow to derive the asymptotic behavior of estimators of the regression parameter, the conditional cumulative hazard rate functions, and the conditional reliability functions. A Monte Carlo study and an example are provided to illustrate the behavior of our estimators and to compare progressive Type-II censoring sampling plans with classical Type-II right censoring sampling plan.     

φ-混合样本下缺失数据情形线性模型回归系数估计的渐近性质

φ-混合样本下,当响应变量满足随机缺失机制时,利用回归填补方法填补缺失的数据,在此基础上给出了线性模型回归系数的估计,并在一定的条件下证明了估计的渐近正态性.     

Joint modeling for mixed-effects quantile regression of longitudinal data with detection limits and covariates measured with error,with application to AIDS studies

It is very common in AIDS studies that response variable (e.g., HIV viral load) may be subject to censoring due to detection limits while covariates (e.g., CD4 cell count) may be measured with error. Failure to take censoring in response variable and measurement errors in covariates into account may introduce substantial bias in estimation and thus lead to unreliable inference. Moreover, with non-normal and/or heteroskedastic data, traditional mean regression models are not robust to tail reactions. In this case, one may find it attractive to estimate extreme causal relationship of covariates to a dependent variable, which can be suitably studied in quantile regression framework. In this paper, we consider joint inference of mixed-effects quantile regression model with right-censored responses and errors in covariates. The inverse censoring probability weighted method and the orthogonal regression method are combined to reduce the biases of estimation caused by censored data and measurement errors. Under some regularity conditions, the consistence and asymptotic normality of estimators are derived. Finally, some simulation studies are implemented and a HIV/AIDS clinical data set is analyzed to to illustrate the proposed procedure.