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Local linear estimator for stochastic diferential equations driven by α-stable Lvy motions

We study tile local linear estimator for tile drift coefficient of stochastic differential equations driven by α-stable Levy motions observed at discrete instants. Under regular conditions, we derive the weak consis- tency and central limit theorem of the estimator. Compared with Nadaraya-Watson estimator, the local linear estimator has a bias reduction whether the kernel function is symmetric or not under different schemes. A silnu- lation study demonstrates that the local linear estimator performs better than Nadaraya-Watson estimator, especially on the boundary.

The nonparametric estimation of long memory spatio-temporal random field models

This paper considers the local linear estimation of a multivariate regression function and its derivatives for a stationary long memory(long range dependent) nonparametric spatio-temporal regression model.Under some mild regularity assumptions, the pointwise strong convergence, the uniform weak consistency with convergence rates and the joint asymptotic distribution of the estimators are established. A simulation study is carried out to illustrate the performance of the proposed estimators.

Local Polynomial-Brunk Estimation in Semi-Parametric Monotone Errors-in-Variables Model with Right-Censored Data

This paper introduces a semi-parametric model with right-censored data and a monotone constraint on the nonparametrie part. The authors study the local linear estimators of the parametric coefficients and apply B-spline method to approximate the nonparametric part based on grouped data. The authors obtain the rates of convergence for parametric and nonparametric estimators. Moreover, the authors also prove that the nonparametric estimator is consistent at the boundary. At last, the authors investigate the finite sample performance of the estimation.

BERRY-ESSEEN BOUNDS OF ERROR VARIANCE ESTIMATION IN PARTLY LINEAR MODELS

Consider the regression model Y i=x τ iβ+g(t i)+ε i for i=1,…, n. Here (x i, t i) are known and nonrandom design points and ε i are i.i.d. random errors.The family of nonparametric estimates n(·) of g(·) including some known estimates is proposed. Based on the model Y i=x τ i+ n(t i)+ε i, the Berry-Esseen bounds of the distribution of the least-squares estimator of β are investigated.

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 noncon- cave 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（√n）, 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 finite-sample performance of the proposed procedures.

Corrected-loss estimation for Error-in-Variable partially linear model

We consider an Error-in-Variable partially linear model where the covariates of linear part are measured with error which follows a normal distribution with a known covariance matrix. We propose a corrected-loss estimation of the covariate effect. The proposed estimator is asymptotically normal. Simulation studies are presented to show that the proposed method performs well with finite samples, and the proposed method is applied to a real data set.

TWO-STEP ESTIMATORS IN PARTIAL LINEAR MODELS WITH MISSING RESPONSE VARIABLES AND ERROR-PRONE COVARIATES

A partial linear model with missing response variables and error-prone covariates is considered. The imputation approach is developed to estimate the regression coefficients and the nonparametric function. The proposed parametric estimators are shown to be asymptotically normal, and the estimators for the nonparametric part are proved to converge at an optimal rate. To construct confidence regions for the regression coefficients and the nonparametric function, respectively, the authors also propose the empirical-likelihood-based statistics and investigate the limit distributions of the empirical likelihood ratios. The simulation study is conducted to compare the finite sample behavior for the proposed estimators. An application to an AIDS dataset is illustrated.

EMPIRICAL LIKELIHOOD FOR LONGITUDINAL PARTIALLY LINEAR MODEL WITH α-MIXING ERRORS

This paper considers large sample inference for the regression parameter in a partially linear regression model with longitudinal data and a-mixing errors. The authors introduce an estimated empirical likelihood for the regression parameter and show that its limiting distribution is a mixture of central chi-squared distributions. Also, the authors derive an adjusted empirical likelihood method which is shown to have a central chi-square limiting distribution. A simulation study is carried out to assess the performance of the empirical likelihood method.

Semi-parametric estimation for the Box-Cox transformation model with partially linear structure

The Box-Cox transformation model has been widely used in applied econometrics, positive accounting, positive finance and statistics. There is a large literature on Box-Cox transformation model with linear structure. However, there is seldom seen on the discussion for such a model with partially linear structure. Considering the importance of the partially linear model, in this paper, a relatively simple semi-parametric estimation procedure is proposed for the Box-Cox transformation model without presuming the linear functional form and without specifying any parametric form of the disturbance, which largely reduces the risk of model misspecification. We show that the proposed estimator is consistent and asymptotically normally distributed. Its covariance matrix is also in a closed form, which can be easily estimated. Finally, a simulation study is conducted to see the finite sample performance of our estimator.

THE RATES OF CONVERGENCE OF M-ESTIMATORS FOR PARTLY LINEAR MODELS IN DEPENDENT CASES

Consider the partly linear model K = X1& + go(Ti) + ei, where {(Ti, Xi)}T is a strictlystationary Sequence of random variable8, the ei’8 are i.i.d. random errorsl the K’s are realvalued responsest fo is a &vector of parameters, X is a &vector of explanatory variables,Ti is another explanatory variable ranging over a nondegenerate compact interval. Bnd ona segmnt of observations (T1, Xi 1 Y1 ),’’’ f (Tn, X;, Yn), this article investigates the rates ofconvrgence of the M-estimators for Po and go obtained from the minimisation problemwhere H is a space of B-spline functions of order m + 1 and p(-) is a function chosen suitablyUnder some regularity conditions, it is shown that the estimator of go achieves the optimalglobal rate of convergence of estimators for nonparametric regression, and the estdriator offo is asymptotically normal. The M-estimators here include regression quantile estimators,Li-estimators, Lp-norm estimators, Huber’s type M-estimators and usual least squares estimators. Applications of the asymptotic theory to testing the hypothesis H0: A’β0 =β are alsodiscussed, where β is a given vector and A is a known d × do matrix with rank d0.

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 Focal 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.

SIEVE LEAST SQUARES ESTIMATOR FOR PARTIAL LINEAR MODELS WITH CURRENT STATUS DATA

Current status data often arise in survival analysis and reliability studies, when a continuous response is reduced to an indicator of whether the response is greater or less than an observed random threshold value. This article considers a partial linear model with current status data. A sieve least squares estimator is proposed to estimate both the regression parameters and the nonparametric function. This paper shows, under some mild condition, that the estimators are strong consistent. Moreover, the parameter estimators are normally distributed, while the nonparametric component achieves the optimal convergence rate. Simulation studies are carried out to investigate the performance of the proposed estimates. For illustration purposes, the method is applied to a real dataset from a study of the calcification of the hydrogel intraocular lenses, a complication of cataract treatment.

Randomly Weighted LAD-Estimation for Partially Linear Errors-in-Variables Models

The authors consider the partially linear model relating a response Y to predictors （x, T） with a mean function x^Tβ0 ＋ g（T） when the x＇s are measured with an additive error. The estimators of parameter β0 are derived by using the nearest neighbor-generalized randomly weighted least absolute deviation （LAD for short） method. The resulting estimator of the unknown vector 30 is shown to be consistent and asymptotically normal. In addition, the results facilitate the construction of confidence regions and the hypothesis testing for the unknown parameters. Extensive simulations are reported, showing that the proposed method works well in practical settings. The proposed methods are also applied to a data set from the study of an AIDS clinical trial group.

Weighted Profile Least Squares Estimation for a Panel Data Varying-Coefficient Partially Linear Model

This paper is concerned with inference of panel data varying-coefficient partially linear models with a one-way error structure. The model is a natural extension of the well-known panel data linear model （due to Baltagi 1995） to the setting of semiparametric regressions. The authors propose a weighted profile least squares estimator （WPLSE） and a weighted local polynomial estimator （WLPE） for the parametric and nonparametric components, respectively. It is shown that the WPLSE is asymptotically more efficient than the usual profile least squares estimator （PLSE）, and that the WLPE is also asymptotically more efficient than the usual local polynomial estimator （LPE）. The latter is an interesting result. According to Ruckstuhl, Welsh and Carroll （2000） and Lin and Carroll （2000）, ignoring the correlation structure entirely and ＂pretending＂ that the data are really independent will result in more efficient estimators when estimating nonparametric regression with longitudinal or panel data. The result in this paper shows that this is not true when the design points of the nonparametric component have a closeness property within groups. The asymptotic properties of the proposed weighted estimators are derived. In addition, a block bootstrap test is proposed for the goodness of fit of models, which can accommodate the correlations within groups illustrate the finite sample performances of the Some simulation studies are conducted to proposed procedures.