弱相依数据中的分组经验Cressie-Read似然方法

本文考虑一般的弱相依数据, 提出了分组经验Cressie-Read似然方法. 得到了分组经验Cressie-Read似然参数估计的强收敛性、渐近正态性和其分组经验Cressie-Read统计量的渐近$\chi^{2}$性.     

Blockwise empirical likelihood for time series of counts

Time series of counts have a wide variety of applications in real life. Analyzing time series of counts requires accommodations for serial dependence, discreteness, and overdispersion of data. In this paper, we extend blockwise empirical likelihood (Kitamura, 1997 [15]) to the analysis of time series of counts under a regression setting. In particular, our contribution is the extension of Kitamura’s (1997) [15] method to the analysis of nonstationary time series. Serial dependence among observations is treated nonparametrically using a blocking technique; and overdispersion in count data is accommodated by the specification of a variance-mean relationship. We establish consistency and asymptotic normality of the maximum blockwise empirical likelihood estimator. Simulation studies show that our method has a good finite sample performance. The method is also illustrated by analyzing two real data sets: monthly counts of poliomyelitis cases in the USA and daily counts of non-accidental deaths in Toronto, Canada.     

Jackknife-blockwise empirical likelihood methods under dependence

Empirical likelihood for general estimating equations is a method for testing hypothesis or constructing confidence regions on parameters of interest. If the number of parameters of interest is smaller than that of estimating equations, a profile empirical likelihood has to be employed. In case of dependent data, a profile blockwise empirical likelihood method can be used. However, if too many nuisance parameters are involved, a computational difficulty in optimizing the profile empirical likelihood arises. Recently, Li et al. (2011) [9] proposed a jackknife empirical likelihood method to reduce the computation in the profile empirical likelihood methods for independent data. In this paper, we propose a jackknife-blockwise empirical likelihood method to overcome the computational burden in the profile blockwise empirical likelihood method for weakly dependent data.     

EMPIRICAL LIKELIHOOD FOR LINEAR MODELS UNDER m-DEPENDENT ERRORS

In this paper，the empirical likelihood confidence regions for the regression coefficient in a linear model are constructed under m-dependent errors. It is shown that the blockwise empirical likelihood is a good way to deal with dependent samples.     

m-目依误差下部分线性模型的经验似然统计推断

本文中,我们针对误差为m-相依序列的固定设计的部分线性模型,运用经验似然方法和分组经验似然方法,构造了回归参数的对数经验似然比检验统计量,并且证明了分组经验似然比检验统计量在参数取真值时是渐近地服从卡方分布的.模拟计算表明分组经验似然方法的有效性.     

平衡增加的经验欧氏似然

经验(欧氏)似然方法是近年来非常流行的一种非参数统计方法.针对经验(欧氏)似然的凸包限制和计算复杂问题,本文借助Emerson和Owen (2009)所提出的平衡增加思想对经验欧氏似然进行修正,得到了平衡增加的经验欧氏似然.随后论文从理论和模拟两个方面进行了研究.理论上给出了该方法与经验欧氏似然检验函数之间的联系,即在固定的样本量n下随着添加点位置的连续变化,检验方法可以从简单的均值增加经验欧氏似然变化到经验欧氏似然检验;模拟结果显示,适当选取调整因子,平衡增加的经验欧氏似然相对于(调整)经验欧氏似然而言,在大多数情况下,其分布更接近于对应的极限分布.     

Empirical likelihood for linear models under m -dependent errors

In this paper, the empirical likelihood confidence regions for the regression coefficient in a linear model are constructed under m-dependent errors. It is shown that the blockwise empirical likelihood is a good way to deal with dependent samples. Partly supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China and the SF of Guangxi Normal University.     

Empirical Likelihood Ratio Confidence Interval for Positively Associated Series

Empirical likelihood is discussed by using the blockwise technique for strongly stationary,positivelyassociated random variables.Our results show that the statistics is asymptotically chi-square distributed andthe corresponding confidence interval can be constructed.     

MA$(q)$模型的经验似然推断

In this article we study the empirical likelihood inference for MA（q） model. We propose the moment restrictions, by which we get the empirical likelihood estimator of the model parameter, and we also propose an empirical log-likelihood ratio based on this estimator. Our result shows that the EL estimator is asymptotically normal, and the empirical log-likelihood ratio is proved to be asymptotical standard chi-square distribution.     

Empirical Likelihood Inference for AR（p） Model

In this article we study the empirical likelihood inference for AR（p） model. We propose the moment restrictions, by which we get the empirical likelihood estimator of the model parametric, and we also propose an empirical log-likelihood ratio base on this estimator. Our result shows that the EL estimator is asymptotically normal, and the empirical log-likelihood ratio is proved to be asymptotically standard chi-squared.     

Penalized empirical likelihood estimation of semiparametric models

We propose an empirical likelihood-based estimation method for conditional estimating equations containing unknown functions, which can be applied for various semiparametric models. The proposed method is based on the methods of conditional empirical likelihood and penalization. Thus, our estimator is called the penalized empirical likelihood (PEL) estimator. For the whole parameter including infinite-dimensional unknown functions, we derive the consistency and a convergence rate of the PEL estimator. Furthermore, for the finite-dimensional parametric component, we show the asymptotic normality and efficiency of the PEL estimator. We illustrate the theory by three examples. Simulation results show reasonable finite sample properties of our estimator.     

NA样本下基于递推型核估计的概率密度函数的经验似然推断(英文)

在NA样本下, 本文研究了基于递推型估计的概率密度函数的置信区间的构造, 证明了分块经验似然比统计量的极限分布为χ~2分布, 并利用此结果构造了概率密度函数的经验似然置信区间.     

Stein shrinkage and second-order efficiency for semiparametric estimation of the shift

The problem of estimating the shift (or, equivalently, the center of symmetry) of an unknown symmetric and periodic function f observed in Gaussian white noise is considered. Using the blockwise Stein method, a penalized profile likelihood with a data-driven penalization is introduced so that the estimator of the center of symmetry is defined as the maximizer of the penalized profile likelihood. This estimator has the advantage of being independent of the functional class to which the signal f is assumed to belong and, furthermore, is shown to be semiparametrically adaptive and efficient. Moreover, the second-order term of the risk expansion of the proposed estimator is proved to behave at least as well as the second-order term of the risk of the best possible estimator using monotone smoothing filter. Under mild assumptions, this estimator is shown to be second-order minimax sharp adaptive over the whole scale of Sobolev balls with smoothness β > 1. Thus, these results extend those of [10], where second-order asymptotic minimaxity is proved for an estimator depending on the functional class containing f and β ≥ 2 is required.      

Empirical likelihood estimation of discretely sampled processes of OU type

This paper presents an empirical likelihood estimation procedure for parameters of the discretely sampled process of Ornstein-Uhlenbeck type. The proposed procedure is based on the condi- tional characteristic function, and the maximum empirical likelihood estimator is proved to be consistent and asymptotically normal. Moreover, this estimator is shown to be asymptotically efficient under some mild conditions. When the background driving Lévy process is of type A or B, we show that the intensity parameter c...     

Likelihood Based Confidence Intervals for the Tail Index

For the estimation of the tail index of a heavy tailed distribution, one of the well-known estimators is the Hill estimator (Hill, 1975). One obvious way to construct a confidence interval for the tail index is via the normal approximation of the Hill estimator. In this paper we apply both the empirical likelihood method and the parametric likelihood method to obtaining confidence intervals for the tail index. Our limited simulation study indicates that the normal approximation method is worse than the other two methods in terms of coverage probability, and the empirical likelihood method and the parametric likelihood method are comparable.     

Empirical likelihood for AR-ARCH models based on LAD estimation

By employing the empirical likelihood method,confidence regions for the stationary AR(p)-ARCH(q) models are constructed.A self-weighted LAD estimator is proposed under weak moment conditions.An empirical log-likelihood ratio statistic is derived and its asymptotic distribution is obtained.Simulation studies show that the performance of empirical likelihood method is better than that of normal approximation of the LAD estimator in terms of the coverage accuracy,especially for relative small size of observation.     

Empirical likelihood based inference for semiparametric varying coefficient partially linear models with error-prone linear covariates

This paper considers statistical inference for semiparametric varying coefficient partially linear models with error-prone linear covariates. An empirical likelihood based statistic for parametric component is developed to construct confidence regions. The resulting statistic is shown to be asymptotically chi-square distributed. By the empirical likelihood ratio function, the maximum empirical likelihood estimator of the parameter is defined and the asymptotic normality is shown. A simulation experiment is conducted to compare the empirical likelihood, normal based and the naive empirical likelihood methods in terms of coverage accuracies of confidence regions.     

Empirical likelihood for linear models under negatively associated errors

In this paper, we discuss the construction of the confidence intervals for the regression vector β in a linear model under negatively associated errors. It is shown that the blockwise empirical likelihood (EL) ratio statistic for β is asymptotically χ²-type distributed. The result is used to obtain an EL based confidence region for β.     

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In this article, we develop efficient robust method for estimation of mean and covariance simultaneously for longitudinal data in regression model. Based on Cholesky decomposition for the covariance matrix and rewriting the regression model, we propose a weighted least square estimator, in which the weights are estimated under generalized empirical likelihood framework. The proposed estimator obtains high efficiency from the close connection to empirical likelihood method, and achieves robustness by bounding the weighted sum of squared residuals. Simulation study shows that, compared to existing robust estimation methods for longitudinal data, the proposed estimator has relatively high efficiency and comparable robustness. In the end, the proposed method is used to analyse a real data set.     

Asymptotic theory of multiple-set linear canonical analysis

This paper deals with asymptotics for multiple-set linear canonical analysis (MSLCA). A definition of this analysis, that adapts the classical one to the context of Euclidean random variables, is given and properties of the related canonical coefficients are derived. Then, estimators of the MSLCA’s elements, based on empirical covariance operators, are proposed and asymptotics for these estimators is obtained. More precisely, we prove their consistency and we obtain asymptotic normality for the estimator of the operator that gives MSLCA, and also for the estimator of the vector of canonical coefficients. These results are then used to obtain a test for mutual non-correlation between the involved Euclidean random variables.