多周期Probit模型中MLE的存在性

本文我们讨论了多周期Probit模型中MLE的存在性问题,给出了当协方差阵已知时,参数的MLE存在的充要条件;当协方差阵未知但具有序列结构时,参数的MLE存在的一个必要条件和一个充分条件.     

区间数据情形下线性模型的经验似然推断

§1Introduction Instatisticalapplications,weoftenencounterintervalcensoreddatawhenafailure timeYcannotbeobserved,butcanonlybedeterminedtolieinanintervalobtainedfroma sequenceofexaminationtimes.Forinstance,themaximumdosagewhichpatientscan endureisconcerned.LetYibethemaximumdosagewhichtheithpatientcanendure,Ui,j(j=1,2,...,k)bethedosagewhichthepatienthasbeentested.ItisobviousthatYiis unobservable.SupposetheithpatientisnormalwhenthedosageisUi,j,andhe(orshe)is abnormalwhenthedosageisUi,j+1.Then…     

带有辅助信息的ROC曲线两种估计的比较

在医学研究中,常常使用受试者操作特性曲线(ROC)曲线来研究两样本的比较问题。Lloyd构造了ROC曲线的核平滑估计,并给出了其渐近偏差以及渐近标准差。此外,当还可以获悉某一处理组上的辅助信息时,Zhou,Zhou & Ma利用经验似然的方法构造了ROC曲线的核平滑经验似然估计。本文利用"亏量"这个概念比较了带有辅助信息的情况下,对核平滑经验似然估计与完全经验似然估计进行了比较。并给出了核平滑经验似然估计优于完全经验似然估计的结论,并且随着样本容量的增大,该亏量也是无限增大的。     

纵向数据单指标模型中参数的经验似然置信域

考虑纵向数据单指标模型,针对纵向数据组间独立的特点,提出了模型中未知参数的三种经验对数似然比统计量.在适当条件下,证明了所提出的统计量依分布收敛于x~2分布,所得结果可以构造未知参数的置信域.进一步证明了所提出的纠偏的经验对数似然比有许多优良的性质.通过模拟研究对所提方法进行了说明.     

非正则位置参数模型中的拟极大似然估计

当分布密度的形式未知时，参数的极大似然估计没有明确的解析表达式，也不能通过设计算法由计算机运算得到。本文我们将从该分布中抽取的样本当作是来自另一个形式已知的分布密度的样本，该已知分布密度的选取依赖于未知的分布密度，但是具有与未知分布相似的边界性质。基于这两个分布族，我们提出了拟极大似然估计的概念，同时，对这种拟极大似然估计的渐近性质进行了讨论。结果表明拟极大拟然估计与极大似然估计有关相同的渐近性质，并且由于拟极大似然估计的获得不依赖于未知分布密度的形式，只与一已知的分布密度有关，使得通过计算机可以实现对其的求解。     

关于截断中值回归模型的经验似然推断

本文采用了Gengsheng和Min(2003)提出的经验似然方法,基于一个新的方程对中值回归模型的参数进行统计推断,数值模拟的结果表明,本文所得到的参数估计结果比Gengsheng和Min(2003)的模拟结果更精确.     

Maximum Kernel Likelihood Estimation

We introduce an estimator for the population mean based on maximizing likelihoods formed by parameterizing a kernel density estimate. Due to these origins, we have dubbed the estimator the maximum kernel likelihood estimate (MKLE). A speedy computational method to compute the MKLE based on binning is implemented in a simulation study which shows that the MKLE at an optimal bandwidth is decidedly superior in terms of efficiency to the sample mean and other measures of location for heavy tailed symmetric distributions. An empirical rule and a computational method to estimate this optimal bandwidth are developed and used to construct bootstrap confidence intervals for the population mean. We show that the intervals have approximately nominal coverage and have significantly smaller average width than the standard t and z intervals. Finally, we develop some mathematical properties for a very close approximation to the MKLE called the kernel mean. In particular, we demonstrate that the kernel mean is indeed unbiased for the population mean for symmetric distributions.     

一类零膨胀广义线性模型极大似然估计的相合性与渐近正态性

讨论了响应变量为单参数指数族且在零点处膨胀的广义线性模型的大样本性质,对其参数进行了极大似然估计,给出了一些正则条件.基于所提出的正则条件,证明了模型参数极大似然估计的相合性与渐近正态性.     

核实数据下删失线性EV模型的经验似然推断

本文考虑协变量带有误差的删失线性回归模型,借助于核实数据,对回归系数构造了两种经验对数似然比统计量,证明了所提出的估计的经验对数似然比统计量渐近收敛到一个自由度为1的独立χ2变量的加权和;而经调整后所得的调整的经验对数似然比统计量具有渐近标准χ2p分布,所得结果可以用来构造未知参数的置信域,通过模拟研究在置信域的精度及其平均区间长度大小方面进行了比较。     

A Monte Carlo method for an objective Bayesian procedure

This paper describes a method for an objective selection of the optimal prior distribution, or for adjusting its hyper-parameter, among the competing priors for a variety of Bayesian models. In order to implement this method, the integration of very high dimensional functions is required to get the normalizing constants of the posterior and even of the prior distribution. The logarithm of the high dimensional integral is reduced to the one-dimensional integration of a cerain function with respect to the scalar parameter over the range of the unit interval. Having decided the prior, the Bayes estimate or the posterior mean is used mainly here in addition to the posterior mode. All of these are based on the simulation of Gibbs distributions such as Metropolis' Monte Carlo algorithm. The improvement of the integration's accuracy is substantial in comparison with the conventional crude Monte Carlo integration. In the present method, we have essentially no practical restrictions in modeling the prior and the likelihood. Illustrative artificial data of the lattice system are given to show the practicability of the present procedure.