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??Composite quantile regression model with measurement error is considered. The SIMEX estimators of the unknown regression coefficients are proposed based on the composite quantile regression. The proposed estimators not only eliminate the bias caused by measurement error, but also retain the advantages of the composite quantile regression estimation. The asymptotic properties of the SIMEX estimation are proved under some regular conditions. The finite sample properties of the proposed method are studied by a simulation study, and a real example is analyzed.     

部分线性单指标模型的复合分位数回归及变量选择

本文提出复合最小化平均分位数损失估计方法 (composite minimizing average check loss estimation,CMACLE)用于实现部分线性单指标模型(partial linear single-index models,PLSIM)的复合分位数回归(composite quantile regression,CQR).首先基于高维核函数构造参数部分的复合分位数回归意义下的相合估计,在此相合估计的基础上,通过采用指标核函数进一步得到参数和非参数函数的可达最优收敛速度的估计,并建立所得估计的渐近正态性,比较PLSIM的CQR估计和最小平均方差估计(MAVE)的相对渐近效率.进一步地,本文提出CQR框架下PLSIM的变量选择方法,证明所提变量选择方法的oracle性质.随机模拟和实例分析验证了所提方法在有限样本时的表现,证实了所提方法的优良性.     

Composite hierachical linear quantile regression

Multilevel （hierarchical） modeling is a generalization of linear and generalized linear modeling in which regression coefficients are modeled through a model, whose parameters are also estimated from data. Multilevel model fails to fit well typically by the use of the EM algorithm once one of level error variance （like Cauchy distribution） tends to infinity. This paper proposes a composite multilevel to combine the nested structure of multilevel data and the robustness of the composite quantile regression, which greatly improves the efficiency and precision of the estimation. The new approach, which is based on the Gauss-Seidel iteration and takes a full advantage of the composite quantile regression and multilevel models, still works well when the error variance tends to infinity, We show that even the error distribution is normal, the MSE of the estimation of composite multilevel quantile regression models nearly equals to mean regression. When the error distribution is not normal, our method still enjoys great advantages in terms of estimation efficiency.     

Composite Quantile Estimation in Partial Functional Linear Regression Model Based on Polynomial Spline

In this paper, we consider composite quantile regression for partial functional linear regression model with polynomial spline approximation. Under some mild conditions, the convergence rates of the estimators and mean squared prediction error, and asymptotic normality of parameter vector are obtained. Simulation studies demonstrate that the proposed new estimation method is robust and works much better than the least-squares based method when there are outliers in the dataset or the random error follows heavy-tailed distributions. Finally, we apply the proposed methodology to a spectroscopic data sets to illustrate its usefulness in practice.     

Efficient Quantile Estimation for Functional-Coefficient Partially Linear Regression Models

The quantile estimation methods are proposed for functional-coefficient partially linear regression (FCPLR) model by combining nonparametric and functional-coefficient regression (FCR) model. The local linear scheme and the integrated method are used to obtain local quantile estimators of all unknown functions in the FCPLR model. These resulting estimators are asymptotically normal, but each of them has big variance. To reduce variances of these quantile estimators, the one-step backfitting technique is used to obtain the efficient quantile estimators of all unknown functions, and their asymptotic normalities are derived. Two simulated examples are carried out to illustrate the proposed estimation methodology.     

An effective method to reduce the computational complexity of composite quantile regression

In this article, we aim to reduce the computational complexity of the recently proposed composite quantile regression (CQR). We propose a new regression method called infinitely composite quantile regression (ICQR) to avoid the determination of the number of uniform quantile positions. Unlike the composite quantile regression, our proposed ICQR method allows combining continuous and infinite quantile positions. We show that the proposed ICQR criterion can be readily transformed into a linear programming problem. Furthermore, the computing time of the ICQR estimate is far less than that of the CQR, though it is slightly larger than that of the quantile regression. The oracle properties of the penalized ICQR are also provided. The simulations are conducted to compare different estimators. A real data analysis is used to illustrate the performance.     

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This paper studies estimation in functional partial linear composite quantile regression model in which the dependent variable is related to both a function-valued random variable in linear form and a real-valued random variable in nonparametric form. The functional principal component analysis and regression splines are employed to estimate the slope function and the nonparametric function respectively, and the convergence rates of the estimators are obtained under some regularity conditions. Simulation studies and a real data example are presented for illustration of the performance of the proposed estimators.     

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.     

Efficient estimation and variable selection for infinite variance autoregressive models

In this paper, a self-weighted composite quantile regression estimation procedure is developed to estimate unknown parameter in an infinite variance autoregressive (IVAR) model. The proposed estimator is asymptotically normal and more efficient than a single quantile regression estimator. At the same time, the adaptive least absolute shrinkage and selection operator (LASSO) for variable selection are also suggested. We show that the adaptive LASSO based on the self-weighted composite quantile regression enjoys the oracle properties. Simulation studies and a real data example are conducted to examine the performance of the proposed approaches.     

Variable selection and coefficient estimation via composite quantile regression with randomly censored data

Composite quantile regression with randomly censored data is studied. Moreover, adaptive LASSO methods for composite quantile regression with randomly censored data are proposed. The consistency, asymptotic normality and oracle property of the proposed estimators are established. The proposals are illustrated via simulation studies and the Australian AIDS dataset.     

Partial functional linear quantile regression

This paper studies estimation in partial functional linear quantile regression in which the dependent variable is related to both a vector of finite length and a function-valued random variable as predictor variables. The slope function is estimated by the functional principal component basis. The asymptotic distribution of the estimator of the vector of slope parameters is derived and the global convergence rate of the quantile estimator of unknown slope function is established under suitable norm. It is showed that this rate is optimal in a minimax sense under some smoothness assumptions on the covariance kernel of the covariate and the slope function. The convergence rate of the mean squared prediction error for the proposed estimators is also be established. Finite sample properties of our procedures are studied through Monte Carlo simulations. A real data example about Berkeley growth data is used to illustrate our proposed methodology.     

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.

     

Variable selection via quantile regression with the process of Ornstein-Uhlenbeck type

Based on the data-cutoff method,we study quantile regression in linear models,where the noise process is of Ornstein-Uhlenbeck type with possible jumps.In single-level quantile regression,we allow the noise process to be heteroscedastic,while in composite quantile regression,we require that the noise process be homoscedastic so that the slopes are invariant across quantiles.Similar to the independent noise case,the proposed quantile estimators are root-n consistent and asymptotic normal.Furthermore,the adaptive least absolute shrinkage and selection operator(LASSO)is applied for the purpose of variable selection.As a result,the quantile estimators are consistent in variable selection,and the nonzero coefficient estimators enjoy the same asymptotic distribution as their counterparts under the true model.Extensive numerical simulations are conducted to evaluate the performance of the proposed approaches and foreign exchange rate data are analyzed for the illustration purpose.     

Composite quantile regression for single-index models with asymmetric errors

For the single-index model, a composite quantile regression technique is proposed in this paper to construct robust and efficient estimation. Theoretical analysis reveals that the proposed estimate of the single-index vector is highly efficient relative to its corresponding least squares estimate. For the single-index vector, the proposed method is always valid across a wide spectrum of error distributions; even in the worst case scenario, the asymptotic relative efficiency has a lower bound 86.4 %. Meanwhile, we employ weighted local composite quantile regression to obtain a consistent and robust estimate for the nonparametric component in the single-index model, which is adapted to both symmetric and asymmetric distributions. Numerical study and a real data analysis can further illustrate our theoretical findings.     

Generalized Partially Linear Measurement Error Models

This article considers generalized partially linear models when the linear covariate is measured with additive error. We propose estimators of parameter and nonparametric function by using local linear regression, the SIMEX technique, and generalized estimating equation. The asymptotic normality of the estimators of the parameter, and bias and variance of the estimators of the nonparametric component are derived under appropriate assumptions. In addition, the generalization to clustered measurements is discussed. The approaches are used to the analysis of data from the Framingham Heart Study. A simulation experiment is conducted for an illustration.     

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.     

Restricted estimation in multivariate measurement error regression model

We study a multivariate ultrastructural measurement error (MUME) model with more than one response variable. This model is a synthesis of multivariate functional and structural models. Three consistent estimators of regression coefficients, satisfying the exact linear restrictions have been proposed. Their asymptotic distributions are derived under the assumption of a non-normal measurement error and random error components. A simulation study is carried out to investigate the small sample properties of the estimators. The effect of departure from normality of the measurement errors on the estimators is assessed.     

删失分位数回归模型基于扩展兴趣信息准则的平均估计

本文结合分位数回归技术,基于删失回归模型,把Claeskens和Hjort的传统兴趣信息准侧(focused information criterion,FIC)扩展到兴趣向量的情形,提出扩展的兴趣信息准则(extended focused information criterion,E-FIC),有效解决了同时针对多个兴趣参数的平均估计问题,并且对删失响应变量的不同水平分位数进行建模,以全面反映响应变量分布特征,有效克服异常值和厚尾模型误差的影响.基于扩展的兴趣信息准则给出参数的平均估计方法,证明估计的渐近性质.通过Monte Carlo随机模拟试验比较所提估计方法和最小二乘方法在有限样本量下的表现,用所提方法对原发性胆汁性肝硬化数据集进行数据分析.     

基于轮换样本连续性调查的校准组合估计方法研究

校准估计是抽样调查中比较常用的一种利用辅助信息提高估计量精度的方法。回归组合估计量作为轮换样本连续性调查中使用的一种有效的估计量,是可以通过校准程序得到的。基于回归组合估计量和校准程序之间的关系,本文提出了轮换样本连续性抽样调查条件下的不同校准组合估计量及其方差估计。校准组合估计量的主要思想是在校准估计程序中将拼配样本和非拼配样本的辅助信息进行不同的组合利用。本文利用美国现时人口调查的微观数据进行数值模拟,来比较不同校准组合估计量的估计效率,模拟结果表明两步校准组合估计量和两步校准双组合估计量的表现相似,且估计精度都高于H-T估计量及回归组合估计量;而两步校准组合估计量由于其简便性更适合应用于实践中。最后以我国农村住户连续性抽样调查为例,设计一套符合我国实际的轮换样本连续性调查方案,并将提出的校准组合估计量运用于估计阶段,为中国政府统计调查提供一定的借鉴和参考.     

Efficient parameter estimation via modified Cholesky decomposition for quantile regression with longitudinal data

It is well known that specifying a covariance matrix is difficult in the quantile regression with longitudinal data. This paper develops a two step estimation procedure to improve estimation efficiency based on the modified Cholesky decomposition. Specifically, in the first step, we obtain the initial estimators of regression coefficients by ignoring the possible correlations between repeated measures. Then, we apply the modified Cholesky decomposition to construct the covariance models and obtain the estimator of within-subject covariance matrix. In the second step, we construct unbiased estimating functions to obtain more efficient estimators of regression coefficients. However, the proposed estimating functions are discrete and non-convex. We utilize the induced smoothing method to achieve the fast and accurate estimates of parameters and their asymptotic covariance. Under some regularity conditions, we establish the asymptotically normal distributions for the resulting estimators. Simulation studies and the longitudinal progesterone data analysis show that the proposed approach yields highly efficient estimators.