基于主成分分析法的综合评价方法的改进

针对用主成分分析法做综合评价存在的问题,提出了改进的方法即当第一主成分的综合评价值和熵值法得到的综合评价值具有一致性时,将两种评价结果进行集成综合评价,若两种评价结果不具有一致性时则采用主成分聚类法进行综合评价.     

Using thresholding difference-based estimators for variable selection in partial linear models

A commonly used semiparametric model is considered. We adopt two difference based estimators of the linear component of the model and propose corresponding thresholding estimators that can be used for variable selection. For each thresholding estimator, variable selection in the linear component is developed and consistency of the variable selection procedure is shown. We evaluate our method in a simulation study and implement it on a real data set.     

Partially Linear Varying Coefficient Models Stratified by a Functional Covariate

We consider the problem of estimation in semiparametric varying coefficient models where the covariate modifying the varying coefficients is functional and is modeled nonparametrically. We develop a kernel-based estimator of the nonparametric component and a profiling estimator of the parametric component of the model and derive their asymptotic properties. Specifically, we show the consistency of the nonparametric functional estimates and derive the asymptotic expansion of the estimates of the parametric component. We illustrate the performance of our methodology using a simulation study and a real data application.     

An interval component for continuous constraints

Local consistency techniques for numerical constraints over interval domains combine interval arithmetic, constraint inversion and bisection to reduce variable domains. In this paper, we study the problem of integrating any specific interval arithmetic library in constraint solvers. For this purpose, we design an interface between consistency algorithms and arithmetic. The interface has a two-level architecture: functional interval arithmetic at low-level, which is only a specification to be implemented by specific libraries, and a set of operations required by solvers, such as relational interval arithmetic or bisection primitives. This work leads to the implementation of an interval component by means of C++ generic programming methods. The overhead resulting from generic programming is discussed.     

BIVARIATE ESTIMATION WITH LEFT-TRUNCATED DATA

1. Introductionffendomly truncated data frequently arise in medical studies; other application areas include economics, insurance and astronomy in a broad senses random truncation correspondsto biased sampling, where only partial or incomplete data are aVailable about the variableof interest. A typical realization. can occur as follows: Suppose that individuals/items experience tWO consecutive events in time, an initiating eveal at t and a terminating eveal ats. Usuajly, statistical niterest …     

Asymptotic properties of a particular nonlinear regression quantile estimation

In this paper we shall be concerned with the asymptotic properties of the regression quantile estimation in the nonlinear regression time series models. For these, first we prove the strong consistency and derive the asymptotic normality of the regression quantile estimators for a particular sinusoidal regression model with a simple harmonic component. Next, we extend the results to more complicated sinusoidal models of several harmonic components.     

A robust principal component analysis

A robust principal component analysis for samples from a bivariate distribution function is described. The method is based on robust estimators for dispersion in the univariate case along with a certain linearization of the bivariate structure. Besides the continuity of the functional defining the direction of the suitably modified principal axis, we prove consistency of the corresponding sequence of estimators. Asymptotic normality is established under some additional conditions.     

对使用主成分进行绩效指标值排名的讨论

对《基于数据的Goodgrant基金最优投资策略》一文使用主成分分析进行综合评价,对候选学校绩效指标值排名进行了探讨。首先,综合前人研究与本题实际,指出使用主成分分析进行综合评价存在的争议与不足;然后,分别建立TOPSIS模型和综合评价模型对候选学校的绩效指标值进行排名,并对不同方法得到的结果进行对比。结果表明,TOPSIS模型和综合评价模型得到的排名具有高度一致性,前50名重合率达98%,而与主成分分析综合评价的重合率仅有6%,说明使用TOPSIS等传统评价模型对候选学校绩效指标值进行排名更合适。     

Reducing component estimation for varying coefficient models with longitudinal data

Varying-coefficient models with longitudinal observations are very useful in epidemiology and some other practical fields.In this paper,a reducing component procedure is proposed for es- timating the unknown functions and their derivatives in very general models,in which the unknown coefficient functions admit different or the same degrees of smoothness and the covariates can be time- dependent.The asymptotic properties of the estimators,such as consistency,rate of convergence and asymptotic distribution,are derived.The asymptotic results show that the asymptotic variance of the reducing component estimators is smaller than that of the existing estimators when the coefficient functions admit different degrees of smoothness.Finite sample properties of our procedures are studied through Monte Carlo simulations.     

Robust estimation for partially linear models with large-dimensional covariates

We are concerned with robust estimation procedures to estimate the parameters in partially linear models with large-dimensional covariates. To enhance the interpretability, we suggest implementing a nonconcave regularization method in the robust estimation procedure to select important covariates from the linear component. We establish the consistency for both the linear and the nonlinear components when the covariate dimension diverges at the rate of o(n1/2), where n is the sample size. We show that the robust estimate of linear component performs asymptotically as well as its oracle counterpart which assumes the baseline function and the unimportant covariates were known a priori. With a consistent estimator of the linear component, we estimate the nonparametric component by a robust local linear regression. It is proved that the robust estimate of nonlinear component performs asymptotically as well as if the linear component were known in advance.Comprehensive simulation studies are carried out and an application is presented to examine the fnite-sample performance of the proposed procedures.     

纵向数据半参数回归模型的估计方法

本文考虑纵向数据半参数回归模型,通过考虑纵向数据的协方差结构,基于Profile最小二乘法和局部线性拟合的方法建立了模型中参数分量、回归函数和误差方差的估计量,来提高估计的有效性,在适当条件下给出了这些估计量的相合性.并通过模拟研究将该方法与最小二乘局部线性拟合估计方法进行了比较,表明了Profile最小二乘局部线性拟合方法在有限样本情况下具有良好的性质.     

Direct Linearization of Extended Lattice BSQ Systems

The direct linearization structure is presented of a “mild” but significant generalization of the lattice BSQ system. Some of the equations in this system were recently discovered in [1] through a search of a class of three‐component systems obeying the property of multidimensional consistency. We show that all the novel equations arising in this class follow from one and the same underlying structure. Lax pairs for these systems are derived and explicit expressions for the N ‐soliton solutions are obtained from the given structure.     

Tests of fit for the Rayleigh distribution based on the empirical Laplace transform

In this paper a class of goodness-of-fit tests for the Rayleigh distribution is proposed. The tests are based on a weighted integral involving the empirical Laplace transform. The consistency of the tests as well as their asymptotic distribution under the null hypothesis are investigated. As the decay of the weight function tends to infinity the test statistics approach limit values. In a particular case the resulting limit statistic is related to the first nonzero component of Neyman’s smooth test for this distribution. The new tests are compared with other omnibus tests for the Rayleigh distribution.     

Mixture Modeling for Longitudinal Data

In this article, we propose an unbiased estimating equation approach for a two-component mixture model with correlated response data. We adapt the mixture-of-experts model and a generalized linear model for component distribution and mixing proportion, respectively. The new approach only requires marginal distributions of both component densities and latent variables. We use serial correlations from subjects’ subgroup memberships, which improves estimation efficiency and classification accuracy, and show that estimation consistency does not depend on the choice of the working correlation matrix. The proposed estimating equation is solved by an expectation-estimating-equation (EEE) algorithm. In the E-step of the EEE algorithm, we propose a joint imputation based on the conditional linear property for the multivariate Bernoulli distribution. In addition, we establish asymptotic properties for the proposed estimators and the convergence property using the EEE algorithm. Our method is compared to an existing competitive mixture model approach in both simulation studies and an election data application. Supplementary materials for this article are available online.     

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.     

Data envelopment analysis vs. principal component analysis: An illustrative study of economic performance of Chinese cities

This article compares two approaches in aggregating multiple inputs and multiple outputs in the evaluation of decision making units (DMUs), data envelopment analysis (DEA) and principal component analysis (PCA). DEA, a non-statistical efficiency technique, employs linear programming to weight the inputs/outputs and rank the performance of DMUs. PCA, a multivariate statistical method, combines new multiple measures defined by the inputs/outputs. Both methods are applied to three real world data sets that characterize the economic performance of Chinese cities and yield consistent and mutually complementary results. Nonparametric statistical tests are employed to validate the consistency between the rankings obtained from DEA and PCA.     

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In this paper, we consider the ultra-high dimensional partially linear model, where the dimensionality p of linear component is much larger than the sample size n, and p can be as large as an exponential of the sample size n. Firstly, we transform the ultra-high dimensional partially linear model into the ultra-high dimensional linear model based the profile technique used in the semiparametric regression. Secondly, in order to finish the variable screening for high-dimensional linear component, we propose a variable screening method called as the profile greedy forward regression (PGFR) by combining the greedy algorithm with the forward regression (FR) method. The proposed PGFR method not only considers the correlation between the covariates, but also identifies all relevant predictors consistently and possesses the screening consistency property under the some regularity conditions. We further propose the BIC criterion to determine whether the selected model contains the true model with probability tending to one. Finally, some simulation studies and a real application are conducted to examine the finite sample performance of the proposed PGFR procedure.     

Nonparametric inference for sequential <Emphasis Type="Italic">k</Emphasis>-out-of-<Emphasis Type="Italic">n</Emphasis> systems

The k-out-of-n model is commonly used in reliability theory. In this model the failure of any component of the system does not influence the components still at work. Sequential k-out-of-n systems have been introduced as an extension of k-out-of-n systems where the failure of some component of the system may influence the remaining ones. We consider nonparametric estimation of the cumulative hazard function, the reliability function and the quantile function of sequential k-out-of-n systems. Furthermore, nonparametric hypothesis testing for sequential k-out-of-n-systems is examined. We make use of counting processes to show strong consistency and weak convergence of the estimators and to derive the asymptotic distribution of the test statistics.     

On Consistency of the Nearest Neighbor Estimator of the Density Function and Its Applications

In this paper, we mainly study the consistency of the nearest neighbor estimator of the density function based on asymptotically almost negatively associated samples. The weak consistency,strong consistency, uniformly strong consistency and the convergence rates are established under some mild conditions. As applications, we further investigate the strong consistency and the rate of strong consistency for hazard rate function estimator.     

次序一致性判断矩阵的相关理论及排序

给出了完全次序一致性的定义和次序一致性矩阵的标准形式,并证明了满意一致性与次序一致性的等价性,然后给出了同时适用于互反与互补两种判断矩阵的完全次序一致性检验及改进的交互式算法,最后在次序一致性的基础上给出了模糊互补判断矩阵排序的一种新方法,并给出了一个算例.