Empirical likelihood inference for median regression models for censored survival data

Recent advances in median regression model have made it possible to use this model for analyzing a variety of censored survival data. For inference on the model parameter vector, there are now semiparametric procedures based on normal approximation that are valid without strong conditions on the error distribution. However, the accuracy of such procedures can be quite low when the censoring proportion is high. In this paper, we propose an alternative semiparametric procedure based on the empirical likelihood. We define the empirical likelihood ratio for the parameter vector and show that its limiting distribution is a weighted sum of chi-square distributions. Numerical results from a simulation study suggest that the empirical likelihood method is more accurate than the normal approximation based method of Ying et al. (J. Amer. Statist. Assoc. 90 (1995) 178).     

Testing heteroscedasticity in nonparametric regression models based on residual analysis

The importance of detecting heteroscedasticity in regression analysis is widely recognized because efficient inference for the regression function requires that heteroscedasticity should be taken into account. In this paper, a simple test for heteroscedasticity is proposed in nonparametric regression based on residual analysis. Furthermore, some simulations with a comparison with Dette and Munk＇s method are conducted to evaluate the performance of the proposed test. The results demonstrate that the method in this paper performs quite satisfactorily and is much more powerful than Dette and Munk＇s method in some cases.     

中国城镇居民消费支出的多元非线性回归模型研究

以1993-2007年数据为根据,采用逐步回归方法,建立中国城镇居民消费支出的多元非线性回归模型.结果表明:影响居民消费支出的主要因素有收入、消费意愿、居住面积、商品零售价格.消费支出随着收入、消费意愿、商品零售价格的提高而提高,随着人均居住面积的增加而先增后减.而且多元非线性回归模型比线性回归模型更能准确描述客观实际结果.     

A Confidence Region Approach to Tuning for Variable Selection

We develop an approach to tuning of penalized regression variable selection methods by calculating the sparsest estimator contained in a confidence region of a specified level. Because confidence intervals/regions are generally understood, tuning penalized regression methods in this way is intuitive and more easily understood by scientists and practitioners. More importantly, our work shows that tuning to a fixed confidence level often performs better than tuning via the common methods based on Akaike information criterion (AIC), Bayesian information criterion (BIC), or cross-validation (CV) over a wide range of sample sizes and levels of sparsity. Additionally, we prove that by tuning with a sequence of confidence levels converging to one, asymptotic selection consistency is obtained, and with a simple two-stage procedure, an oracle property is achieved. The confidence-region-based tuning parameter is easily calculated using output from existing penalized regression computer packages. Our work also shows how to map any penalty parameter to a corresponding confidence coefficient. This mapping facilitates comparisons of tuning parameter selection methods such as AIC, BIC, and CV, and reveals that the resulting tuning parameters correspond to confidence levels that are extremely low, and can vary greatly across datasets. Supplemental materials for the article are available online.     

基于大样本电梯抽查数据的风险评估Logistic模型

为了提高在用电梯监督抽查工作效率及有效性,在统计分析G市电梯安全监管抽查的大样本数据基础上,构建以电梯使用情况、电梯基本参数及制造维保相关情况等为指标的管理体系。根据电梯抽查数据的实质,先对数据进行变量筛选,然后构建风险分级,最后对前人的方法作出改进形成风险矩阵法并提出以Logistic方法为电梯整机风险建立量化模型,最终形成电梯整机风险评估体系。从理论的角度看,通过使用LIFT统计量和K-S统计量比较两种风险值计算模型,得出用Logistic方法进行风险分层更为准确。而实际的工程应用表明,利用Logistic回归法与基于平均风险值赋权比例法的组合为电梯安全监管抽样调查提供的筛选比例,比现有的方法更合理准确。     

回归分析与基于MIV的RBF神经网络在PM2.5的相关因素分析中的应用

PM2.5作为大气首要污染物,严重影响着人们的身体健康.为了研究影响PM2.5的相关指标,以武汉市的空气数据为研究对象,通过多元线性回归、偏最小二乘回归、基于MIV的RBF神经网络回归等方法对AQI中6个基本监测指标的PM2.5(含量)与其它5项分指标及其对应污染物(含量)之间的相关性进行分析;通过比较,基于MIV的RBF神经网络回归模型拟合度达到0.9302,效果最好,而且也优于BP人工神经网络回归算法,因此得出了精确可靠的影响PM2.5的指标权重大小,为减排PM2.5提供了可靠的理论依据.     

Electric load forecasting by support vector model

Accurately electric load forecasting has become the most important management goal, however, electric load often presents nonlinear data patterns. Therefore, a rigid forecasting approach with strong general nonlinear mapping capabilities is essential. Support vector regression (SVR) applies the structural risk minimization principle to minimize an upper bound of the generalization errors, rather than minimizing the training errors which are used by ANNs. The purpose of this paper is to present a SVR model with immune algorithm (IA) to forecast the electric loads, IA is applied to the parameter determine of SVR model. The empirical results indicate that the SVR model with IA (SVRIA) results in better forecasting performance than the other methods, namely SVMG, regression model, and ANN model.     

基于EEMD与模糊回归的投资组合选择模型及实证

随着模糊理论的不断发展与其在证券市场的广泛应用,越来越多的学者关注到参数模糊化对投资组合优化具有重要作用。本文利用集合经验模态分解(EEMD)和模糊线性回归相结合的预测方法,构建了基于对称三角模糊数的投资组合模型。并将提出的模型与集合经验模态分解和普通最小二乘结合的方法、单一模糊线性回归方法进行了对比分析,结果表明基于集合经验模态分解和模糊线性回归建立的投资组合模型最优,这对构建最优投资组合具有参考意义。     

基于灰色理论的线性回归模型的参数理论及应用

线性回归分析是数理统计学的基本内容之一,但传统数理统计学中的线性回归分析,是建立在非模糊的随机数据上的线性回归估计和回归系数检验。而现实经济社会中大量存在含有模糊或灰色等不分明性的数据,面对这类不分明性数据,简单地使用传统的统计分析方法显然是不足取的。要想较为科学合理地分析与决策,需要利用灰色系统的相关理论,应用于随机系统信息,从而建立灰色线性回归估计、预测和灰色回归系数检验的基本理论方法,并把该方法应用于金融分析实例中,与经典线性回归分析方法进行对比,足见灰色线性回归方法能够提供比经典线性回归较多的有效信息,从而提出处理不分明数据新的方法。     

医学研究中标准曲线修正的初探

目的:在医学研究和临床检验中经常使用定量检测法,在该方法中标准曲线被广泛应用,且其准确性直接影响检测结果.从统计学角度对其进行修正,使结果更为可靠.方法:应用直线回归法对直线型标准曲线进行处理,求出直线回归方程;对曲线型标准曲线,先将指数方程取对数后变成直线方程,然后求直线回归方程后再回代,求出曲线回归方程.结果:以蛋白量与其对应的OD值间关系求得直线回归方程y=0 .0 0 6x;以TNFα浓度与对应的OD值间关系求得指数回归方程y=0 .0 1 5 x0 .732 ,对两者进行F检验,回归效果均极显著.结论:应用回归法可获得定量检测法中常用的直线型及曲线型标准曲线的方程,据此可直接计算出待测样本所需数据,使其更为简便、准确、可靠.     

On Markov chain Monte Carlo Algorithms for Computing Conditional Expectations Based on Sufficient Statistics

Much work has focused on developing exact tests for the analysis of discrete data using log linear or logistic regression models. A parametric model is tested for a dataset by conditioning on the value of a sufficient statistic and determining the probability of obtaining another dataset as extreme or more extreme relative to the general model, where extremeness is determined by the value of a test statistic such as the chi-square or the log-likelihood ratio. Exact determination of these probabilities can be infeasible for high dimensional problems, and asymptotic approximations to them are often inaccurate when there are small data entries and/or there are many nuisance parameters. In these cases Monte Carlo methods can be used to estimate exact probabilities by randomly generating datasets (tables) that match the sufficient statistic of the original table. However, naive Monte Carlo methods produce tables that are usually far from matching the sufficient statistic. The Markov chain Monte Carlo method used in this work (the regression/attraction approach) uses attraction to concentrate the distribution around the set of tables that match the sufficient statistic, and uses regression to take advantage of information in tables that “almost” match. It is also more general than others in that it does not require the sufficient statistic to be linear, and it can be adapted to problems involving continuous variables. The method is applied to several high dimensional settings including four-way tables with a model of no four-way interaction, and a table of continuous data based on beta distributions. It is powerful enough to deal with the difficult problem of four-way tables and flexible enough to handle continuous data with a nonlinear sufficient statistic.     

基于遗传算法和半参数回归的神经网络集成股市预测研究

股票时间序列预测在经济和管理领域具有重要的应用前景,也是很多商业和金融机构成功的基础.首先利用奇异谱分析对股市时间序列重构,降低噪声并提取趋势序列.再利用C-C算法确定股市时间序列的嵌入维数和延迟阶数,对股市时间序列进行相空间重构,生成神经网络的学习矩阵.进一步利用Boosting技术和不同的神经网络模型,生成神经网络集成个体.最后采用带有惩罚项的半参数回归模型进行集成,并利用遗传算法选择最优的光滑参数,以此建立遗传算法和半参数回归的神经网络集成股市预测模型.通过上证指数开盘价进行实例分析,与传统的时间序列分析和其他集成方法对比,发现该方法能获得更准确的预测结果.计算结果表明该方法能充分反映股票价格时间序列趋势,为金融时间序列预测提供一个有效方法.     

Logistic回归模型的影响分析

Logistic回归模型的影响分析是Logistic回归诊断研究中的重要内容。常用的分析方法都是轮换地删除数据点后的逐步判断,而这个判断的过程主要体现在模型的诊断图上。鉴于此,通过构造诊断统计量来有效地开发诊断图成为影响分析的核心内容,并由此能较为准确地探寻出模型的强影响点。本文通过对Logistic回归模型帽子矩阵的分解以及对轮换地删除数据点后的系数估计的相对变化量进行加权,得出Logistic回归模型诊断图使其能比传统的诊断图更准确地判断出模型的强影响点。     

我国就业人数的数学模型探析及前景预测

基于经济学理论和逐步回归分析方法优选影响就业较大的9个指标,建立了城镇就业人口数与该9个指标之间的数学模型.针对建筑、交通运输行业,东部、西部地区以及不同学历问题,建立了城镇就业人数的较精确数学模型.考虑国家宏观调控政策的影响,利用灰色模型和非线性回归模型优选预测2009年及2010年上半年的就业前景.最后,对提高我国城镇就业人口数提出相关建议.     

BOOTSTRAP WAVELET IN THE NONPARAMETRIC REGRESSION MODEL WITH WEAKLY DEPENDENT PROCESSES

This paper introduces a method of bootstrap wavelet estimation in a nonparametric regression model with weakly dependent processes for both fixed and random designs. The asymptotic bounds for the bias and variance of the bootstrap wavelet estimators are given in the fixed design model. The conditional normality for a modified version of the bootstrap wavelet estimators is obtained in the fixed model. The consistency for the bootstrap wavelet estimator is also proved in the random design model. These results show that the bootstrap wavelet method is valid for the model with weakly dependent processes.     

Box-Cox变换用于分位数回归曲线相交问题的研究

将Box-Cox变换与分位数回归模型相结合(两阶段法),是分位数回归研究领域的一大进步。该法虽然两步都与分位数回归的检验函数紧密结合,但是由于没有利用分位数回归的优良性质,而是引入了中间参变量,因此增加了模型的累进误差,降低了模型精度。更重要的是,两阶段法没有对于分位数回归领域中普遍出现的分位数回归曲线的相交问题给出解决方法。针对这些问题,经研究应该首先确定Box-Cox变换的参数,避免模型中不确定因素的引入,然后对数据进行整体变换并结合分位数检验函数,直接利用分位数回归的优良性质,最终确定分位数回归模型的参数。实例证明,该方法提高了模型的精度,可以有效地解决分位数回归曲线的相交问题。     

面板数据分位数回归模型的参数估计与变量选择

本文研究了基于面板数据的分位数回归模型的变量选择问题.通过增加改进的自适应Lasso惩罚项,同时实现了固定效应面板数据的分位数回归和变量选择,得到了模型中参数的选择相合性和渐近正态性.随机模拟验证了该方法的有效性.推广了文献[14]的结论.     

基于线性混合模型的艾滋病最佳治疗时机选择

本文利用美国艾滋病医疗试验机构ACTG的193A研究中的一组非平衡重复测量数据。以log(cd4+1)为体现疗效的因变量,年龄、性别为固定效应,治疗时间和滞后治疗时间为随机效应,同时考虑疗法对疗效的影响引入其与治疗时间的交互效应,建立线性混合效应模型。用SAS软件求解。再通过建立以治疗时间斜率随机效应为因变量初始logcd4为解释变量的回归模型判断艾滋病最佳治疗时机。结果表明,当初始cd4为185个/mm~3时治疗时机最佳,即为无症状感染的晚期.与美国DHHS推荐的小于200个/mm~3一致,却更为科学和精确。本研究对艾滋病治疗的临床实践具有重要的指导意义。     

基于支持向量机的武器系统参数费用模型

在武器系统分析中,建立武器参数费用模型时,首先要挑选特征参数,这里采用R ough理论中的知识约简方法选择武器的特征参数;利用支持向量机建立了参数费用模型;给出了实例和解决此问题的支持向量机源程序.通过实例与线性回归法和神经网络法的结果进行了比较,结果表明支持向量机比较精确和简单.     

Monotone Shrinkage of Trees

Abstract

We investigate a new method for regression trees which obtains estimates and predictions subject to constraints on the coefficients representing the effects of splits in the tree. The procedure leads to both shrinking of the node estimates and pruning of branches in the tree and for some problems gives better predictions than cost-complexity pruning used in the classification and regression tree (CART) algorithm. The new method is based on the least absolute shrinkage and selection operator (LASSO) method developed by Tibshirani.