Exponential stability of reaction-diffusion high-order Markovian jump Hopfield neural networks with time-varying delays

This paper studies the problems of global exponential stability of reaction-diffusion high-order Markovian jump Hopfield neural networks with time-varying delays. By employing a new Lyapunov-Krasovskii functional and linear matrix inequality, some criteria of global exponential stability in the mean square for the reaction-diffusion high-order neural networks are established, which are easily verifiable and have a wider adaptive. An example is also discussed to illustrate our results.     

Improved results for stochastic stabilization of a class of discrete-time singular Markovian jump systems with time-varying delay

In this paper, the problem of stochastic stabilization for a class of discrete-time singular Markovian jump systems with time-varying delay is investigated. By using the Lyapunov functional method and delay decomposition approach, improved delay-dependent sufficient conditions are presented, which guarantee the considered systems to be regular, causal and stochastically stabilizable. Finally, some numerical examples are provided to illustrate the effectiveness of the obtained methods.     

Detecting changes in the ar parameters of a nonstationary arma process

We present a method for detecting changes in the AR parameters of an ARMA process with arbitrarily time varying MA parameters. Assuming that a collection of observations and a set of nominal time invariant AR parameters are given, we test if the observations are generated by the nominal AR parameters or by a different set of time invariant AR parameters. The detection method is derived by using a local asymptotic approach and it is based on an estimation procedure which was shown to be consistent under nonstationarities.     

Dynamic analysis of Markovian jumping impulsive stochastic Cohen–Grossberg neural networks with discrete interval and distributed time-varying delays

In this paper, the dynamic analysis problem is considered for a new class of Markovian jumping impulsive stochastic Cohen–Grossberg neural networks (CGNNs) with discrete interval and distributed delays. The parameter uncertainties are assumed to be norm bounded and the discrete delay is assumed to be time-varying and belonging to a given interval, which means that the lower and upper bounds of interval time-varying delays are available. Based on the Lyapunov–Krasovskii functional and stochastic stability theory, delay-interval dependent stability criteria are obtained in terms of linear matrix inequalities. Some asymptotic stability criteria are formulated by means of the feasibility of a linear matrix inequality (LMI), which can be easily calculated by LMI Toolbox in Matlab. A numerical example is provided to show that the proposed results significantly improve the allowable upper bounds of delays over some existing results in the literature.     

L2 − L∞ filtering for Markovian jump systems with time-varying delays and partly unknown transition probabilities

This paper considers the L₂ − L_∞ filtering problem for Markovian jump systems. The systems under consideration involve time-varying delays, disturbance signal and partly unknown transition probabilities. The aim of this paper is to design a filter, which is suitable for exactly known and partly unknown transition probabilities, such that the filtering error system is stochastically stable and a prescribed L₂ − L_∞ disturbance attenuation level is guaranteed. By using the Lyapunov-Krasovskii functional, sufficient conditions are formulated in terms of linear matrix inequalities (LMIs). A numerical example is given to illustrate the effectiveness of the proposed main results. All these results are expected to be of use in the study of filter design for Markovian jump systems with partly unknown transition probabilities.     

On the quadratic estimation of covariance matrices in multivariate linear models

This paper investigates the estimation of covariance matrices in multivariate mixed models. Some sufficient conditions are derived for a multivariate quadratic form and a linear combination of multivariate quadratic forms to be the BQUE (quadratic unbiased and severally minimum varianced) estimators of its expectations.     

Jackknifing in partially linear regression models with serially correlated errors

In this paper jackknifing technique is examined for functions of the parametric component in a partially linear regression model with serially correlated errors. By deleting partial residuals a jackknife-type estimator is proposed. It is shown that the jackknife-type estimator and the usual semiparametric least-squares estimator (SLSE) are asymptotically equivalent. However, simulation shows that the former has smaller biases than the latter when the sample size is small or moderate. Moreover, since the errors are correlated, both the Tukey type and the delta type jackknife asymptotic variance estimators are not consistent. By introducing cross-product terms, a consistent estimator of the jackknife asymptotic variance is constructed and shown to be robust against heterogeneity of the error variances. In addition, simulation results show that confidence interval estimation based on the proposed jackknife estimator has better coverage probability than that based on the SLSE, even though the latter uses the information of the error structure, while the former does not.     

Consistency and asymptotic normality of the maximum quasi-likelihood estimator in quasi-likelihood nonlinear models with random regressors

This paper proposes some regularity conditions, which result in the existence, strong consistency and asymptotic normality of maximum quasi-likelihood estimator （MQLE） in quasi-likelihood nonlinear models （QLNM） with random regressors. The asymptotic results of generalized linear models （GLM） with random regressors are generalized to QLNM with random regressors.     

Estimation of the multivariate normal precision and covariance matrices in a star-shape model

In this paper, we introduce the star-shape models, where the precision matrix Ω (the inverse of the covariance matrix) is structured by the special conditional independence. We want to estimate the precision matrix under entropy loss and symmetric loss. We show that the maximal likelihood estimator (MLE) of the precision matrix is biased. Based on the MLE, an unbiased estimate is obtained. We consider a type of Cholesky decomposition of Ω, in the sense that Ω=Ψ′Ψ, where Ψ is a lower triangular matrix with positive diagonal elements. A special group , which is a subgroup of the group consisting all lower triangular matrices, is introduced. General forms of equivariant estimates of the covariance matrix and precision matrix are obtained. The invariant Haar measures on , the reference prior, and the Jeffreys prior of Ψ are also discussed. We also introduce a class of priors of Ψ, which includes all the priors described above. The posterior properties are discussed and the closed forms of Bayesian estimators are derived under either the entropy loss or the symmetric loss. We also show that the best equivariant estimators with respect to is the special case of Bayesian estimators. Consequently, the MLE of the precision matrix is inadmissible under either entropy or symmetric loss. The closed form of risks of equivariant estimators are obtained. Some numerical results are given for illustration. The project is supported by the National Science Foundation grants DMS-9972598, SES-0095919, and SES-0351523, and a grant from Federal Aid in Wildlife Restoration Project W-13-R through Missouri Department of Conservation.     

基于正交表的异方差估计方法改进

关于异方差模型的处理,方差估计及其性质研究是一个有意义的问题。本文针对一种基于正交表估计方差的非参数方法进行了改进。考虑到已有利用正交表的估计方法中,没有充分运用原始数据信息来确定因变量与自变量关系的不足,以及正交表使用中关于容差确定的不合理性,本文在这两方面进行了深入研究。模拟实验与实例分析表明,本文所提出的改进方法与原有正交表方法及HC4方法相比较,是一种更加有效的估计。     

The superiorities of bayes linear unbiased estimator in multivariate linear models

In this article,the Bayes linear unbiased estimator (BALUE) of parameters is derived for the multivariate linear models.The superiorities of the BALUE over the least square estimator (LSE) is studied in terms of the mean square error matrix (MSEM) criterion and Bayesian Pitman closeness (PC) criterion.     

Estimation of the Cholesky decomposition in a conditional independent normal model with missing data

We investigate the problem of estimating the Cholesky decomposition in a conditional independent normal model with missing data. Explicit expressions for the maximum likelihood estimators and unbiased estimators are derived. By introducing a special group, we obtain the best equivariant estimators.     

Estimation of covariance matrices in fixed and mixed effects linear models

The estimation of the covariance matrix or the multivariate components of variance is considered in the multivariate linear regression models with effects being fixed or random. In this paper, we propose a new method to show that usual unbiased estimators are improved on by the truncated estimators. The method is based on the Stein–Haff identity, namely the integration by parts in the Wishart distribution, and it allows us to handle the general types of scale-equivariant estimators as well as the general fixed or mixed effects linear models.     

Strong Consistency of the Maximum Product of Spacings Estimates with Applications in Nonparametrics and in Estimation of Unimodal Densities

Distributions with unimodal densities are among the most commonly used in practice. However, for many unimodal distribution families the likelihood functions may be unbounded, thereby leading to inconsistent estimates. The maximum product of spacings (MPS) method, introduced by Cheng and Amin and independently by Ranneby, has been known to give consistent and asymptotically normal estimators in many parametric situations where the maximum likelihood method fails. In this paper, strong consistency theorems for the MPS method are obtained under general conditions which are comparable to the conditions of Bahadur and Wang for the maximum likelihood method. The consistency theorems obtained here apply to both parametric models and some nonparametric models. In particular, in any unimodal distribution family the asymptotic MPS estimator of the underlying unimodal density is shown to be universally L¹ consistent without any further conditions (in parametric or nonparametric settings).