OPTIMAL APPROXIMATE SOLUTION OF THE MATRIX EQUATION AXB = C OVER SYMMETRIC MATRICES

Let SE denote the least-squares symmetric solution set of the matrix equation A×B = C, where A, B and C are given matrices of suitable size. To find the optimal approximate solution in the set SE to a given matrix, we give a new feasible method based on the projection theorem, the generalized SVD and the canonical correction decomposition.     

Least-error localization of discrete acoustic sources

We describe a new, least-error method for locating a discrete acoustic source (which generates a radially symmetric, outgoing wave) based on time-of-arrival data. This method localizes the source by minimizing the sum of the absolute values of the differences between the squares of the theoretical and actual times of arrival. The method is suited to noisy data, and whenever the errors in the data are unbiased, the more times of arrival used, the greater the expected accuracy of localization. The method is simplest for two dimensional data, requiring only elementary algebra. By means of simulations, we demonstrate the amelioration of localization with the number of times of arrival employed: the average inaccuracy falls asymptotically as the reciprocal of the square root of this number. The new method also yielded more accurate localization, on the average, than a least-square method. We make direct comparison with time-difference-of-arrival localizations, both for simulated data and for experimental data collected at a shooting range, demonstrating the favorability of the new method. We also demonstrate its facilitation of the localization of multiple, cotemporary sources: via partitioning of the data. Our method is suited to sensor networks with computationally empowered nodes.     

排序集抽样下指数分布的产品可靠度研究

为了提高指数分布产品可靠度的估计效率,研究了基于排序集抽样方法的极大似然估计量(Maximum likelihood estimator,MLE),证明了新MLE具有存在性、唯一性和渐近正态性,并通过排序集样本的Fisher信息得到MLE的渐近方差。针对似然方程没有显式解的问题,利用部分期望法对MLE进行修正,并给出其具体表达式。渐近相对效率和模拟相对效率的研究结果表明:排序集抽样下MLE和修正MLE的估计效率都一致高于简单随机抽样下MLE。最后,将推荐方法应用到转移性肾癌的临床研究中。     

Importance sampling correction versus standard averages of reversible MCMCs in terms of the asymptotic variance

We establish an ordering criterion for the asymptotic variances of two consistent Markov chain Monte Carlo (MCMC) estimators: an importance sampling (IS) estimator, based on an approximate reversible chain and subsequent IS weighting, and a standard MCMC estimator, based on an exact reversible chain. Essentially, we relax the criterion of the Peskun type covariance ordering by considering two different invariant probabilities, and obtain, in place of a strict ordering of asymptotic variances, a bound of the asymptotic variance of IS by that of the direct MCMC. Simple examples show that IS can have arbitrarily better or worse asymptotic variance than Metropolis–Hastings and delayed-acceptance (DA) MCMC. Our ordering implies that IS is guaranteed to be competitive up to a factor depending on the supremum of the (marginal) IS weight. We elaborate upon the criterion in case of unbiased estimators as part of an auxiliary variable framework. We show how the criterion implies asymptotic variance guarantees for IS in terms of pseudo-marginal (PM) and DA corrections, essentially if the ratio of exact and approximate likelihoods is bounded. We also show that convergence of the IS chain can be less affected by unbounded high-variance unbiased estimators than PM and DA chains.     

On the influence of model setting on stochastic frontier analysis

This article deals with the comparison of technical efficiency results through various stochastic frontier analysis models. Effects of model type, possible frontier shift, distribution of inefficiency term, different output variable, and estimator selection were explored. For this purpose, aggregated annual data within the EU construction sector from 2000 to 2015 were used for the efficiency estimation. The resulting efficiency values were compared by correlation coefficients. Among others, it has been shown that estimator selection may strongly affect efficiency estimate for particular models.     

基于协变量缺失的Horvitz-Thompson加权分位回归估计方法

含有协变量缺失的数据缺失问题是现代统计分析中的热点之一.当缺失数据中同时存在厚尾,偏斜和异方差问题时则更加难以处理.为此,本文提出一种逆概率加权分位回归估计来研究响应和协变量之间的关系.与经典估计方法相比具有明显优势,一方面,该估计量使用了所有可用的数据,并且允许缺失的协变量与响应高度相关;另一方面,该估计量在所有分位数水平上满足一致性和渐近正态性.通过模拟验证了该方法的在有限样本下的有效性,进一步将该方法推广到线性多元回归模型和非参数回归模型.     

指数分布抽样基本定理及在三参数一般指数分布参数估计中的应用

讨论三参数一般指数分布的参数估计,首先讨论了三参数一般指数分布参数的最大似然估计的求解问题,当其中参数α=1时,应用指数分布抽样基本定理,得到了三参数一般指数分布其它参数的一致最小方差无偏估计;并且由此给出求解三参数一般指数分布参数最大似然估计的迭代方法,得到了三参数一般指数分布参数最大似然估计的近似值,给出了模拟结果以说明迭代方法的收敛性;并以相关文献的观察数据作为样本,得到了三参数一般指数分布的参数估计,从而说明了迭代方法的有效性.     

Large deviations and moderate deviations for kernel density estimators of directional data

Let fn be the non-parametric kernel density estimator of directional data based on a kernel function K and a sequence of independent and identically distributed random variables taking values in d-dimensional unit sphere Sd-1. It is proved that if the kernel function is a function with bounded variation and the density function f of the random variables is continuous, then large deviation principle and moderate deviation principle for {sup x∈sd-1 ｜fn（x） - E（fn（x））｜, n ≥ 1} hold.     

两水平无重复因析试验散度效应BH估计的性质

本文研究了两水平无重复因析试验散度效应BH估计的性质,给出了BH估计无偏性的充分必要条件,求得了它的近似方差.并在多个模型下对BH与MH估计进行了模拟比较.     

简约SUR模型参数的协方差改进估计

考虑了SUR模型及其两个简约模型,给出简约模型下未知回归系数及其可估函数的协方差改进估计,并证明了在一定条件下该估计仍然是相应参数在原模型下的协方差改进估计.