ON CONFIDENCE REGIONS OF SEMIPARAMETRIC NONLINEAR REGRESSION MODELS(A GEOMETRIC APPROACH)

A geometric framework is proposed for semiparametric nonlinear regression models based on the concept of least favorable curve, introduced by Severini and Wong (1992). The authors use this framework to drive three kinds of improved approximate confidence regions for the parameter and parameter subset in terms of curvatures. The results obtained by Hamilton et al. (1982), Hamilton (1986) and Wei (1994) are extended to semiparametric nonlinear regression models.

Heteroscedasticity check in nonlinear semiparametric models based on nonparametric variance function

The assumption of homoscedasticity has received much attention in classical analysis of regression. Heteroscedasticity tests have been well studied in parametric and nonparametric regressions. The aim of this paper is to present a test of heteroscedasticity for nonlinear semiparametric regression models with nonparametric variance function. The validity of the proposed test is illustrated by two simulated examples and a real data example.

Semiparametric Estimation of Multivariate GARCH Models

The paper introduces a new simple semiparametric estimator of the conditional variance-covariance and correlation matrix (SP-DCC). While sharing a similar sequential approach to existing dynamic conditional correlation (DCC) methods, SP-DCC has the advantage of not requiring the direct parameterization of the conditional covariance or correlation processes, therefore also avoiding any assumption on their long-run target. In the proposed framework, conditional variances are estimated by univariate GARCH models, for actual and suitably transformed series, in the first step;the latter are then nonlinearly combined in the second step, according to basic properties of the covariance and correlation operator, to yield nonparametric estimates of the various conditional covariances and correlations. Moreover, in contrast to available DCC methods, SP-DCC allows for straightforward estimation also for the non-symultaneous case, i.e. for the estimation of conditional cross-covariances and correlations, displaced at any time horizon of interest. A simple expost procedure to ensure well behaved conditional variance-covariance and correlation matrices, grounded on nonlinear shrinkage, is finally proposed. Due to its sequential implementation and scant computational burden, SP-DCC is very simple to apply and suitable for the modeling of vast sets of conditionally heteroskedastic time series.

A Simulation Study on Comparing General Class of Semiparametric Transformation Models for Survival Outcome with Time-Varying Coefficients and Covariates

The consideration of the time-varying covariate and time-varying coefficient effect in survival models are plausible and robust techniques. Such kind of analysis can be carried out with a general class of semiparametric transformation models. The aim of this article is to develop modified estimating equations under semiparametric transformation models of survival time with time-varying coefficient effect and time-varying continuous covariates. For this, it is important to organize the data in a counting process style and transform the time with standard transformation classes which shall be applied in this article. In the situation when the effect of coefficient and covariates change over time, the widely used maximum likelihood estimation method becomes more complex and burdensome in estimating consistent estimates. To overcome this problem, alternatively, the modified estimating equations were applied to estimate the unknown parameters and unspecified monotone transformation functions. The estimating equations were modified to incorporate the time-varying effect in both coefficient and covariates. The performance of the proposed methods is tested through a simulation study. To sum up the study, the effect of possibly time-varying covariates and time-varying coefficients was evaluated in some special cases of semiparametric transformation models. Finally, the results have shown that the role of the time-varying covariate in the semiparametric transformation models was plausible and credible.

Semiparametric Regression and Model Refining

This paper presents a semiparametric adjustment method suitable for general cases.Assuming that the regularizer matrix is positive definite,the calculation method is discussed and the corresponding formulae are presented.Finally,a simulated adjustment problem is constructed to explain the method given in this paper.The results from the semiparametric model and G_M model are compared.The results demonstrate that the model errors or the systematic errors of the observations can be detected correctly with the semiparametric estimate method.

Error model identification of inertial navigation platform based on errors-in-variables model

Because the real input acceleration cannot be obtained during the error model identification of inertial navigation platform, both the input and output data contain noises. In this case, the conventional regression model and the least squares （LS） method will result in bias. Based on the models of inertial navigation platform error and observation error, the errors-in-variables （EV） model and the total least squares （TLS） method axe proposed to identify the error model of the inertial navigation platform. The estimation precision is improved and the result is better than the conventional regression model based LS method. The simulation results illustrate the effectiveness of the proposed method.

Shrinkage Estimation of Semiparametric Model with Missing Responses for Cluster Data

This paper simultaneously investigates variable selection and imputation estimation of semiparametric partially linear varying-coefficient model in that case where there exist missing responses for cluster data. As is well known, commonly used approach to deal with missing data is complete-case data. Combined the idea of complete-case data with a discussion of shrinkage estimation is made on different cluster. In order to avoid the biased results as well as improve the estimation efficiency, this article introduces Group Least Absolute Shrinkage and Selection Operator (Group Lasso) to semiparametric model. That is to say, the method combines the approach of local polynomial smoothing and the Least Absolute Shrinkage and Selection Operator. In that case, it can conduct nonparametric estimation and variable selection in a computationally efficient manner. According to the same criterion, the parametric estimators are also obtained. Additionally, for each cluster, the nonparametric and parametric estimators are derived, and then compute the weighted average per cluster as finally estimators. Moreover, the large sample properties of estimators are also derived respectively.

Strong Consistency of Estimators of a Semiparametric Regression Model under Fixed Design

In this paper, we consider the following semipaxametric regression model under fixed design： yi = xi′β＋g（xi）＋ei. The estimators of β, g（·） and σ^2 axe obtained by using the least squares and usual nonparametric weight function method and their strong consistency is proved under the suitable conditions.

APPLICATION OF FRF ESTIMATOR BASED ON ERRORS-IN-VARIABLES MODEL IN MULTI-INPUT MULTI-OUTPUT VIBRATION CONTROL SYSTEM

The FRF estimator based on the errors-in-variables （EV） model of multi-input multi-output （MIMO） system is presented to reduce the bias error of FRF HI estimator. The FRF HI estimator is influenced by the noises in the inputs of the system and generates an under-estimation of the true FRF. The FRF estimator based on the EV model takes into account the errors in both the inputs and outputs of the system and would lead to more accurate FRF estimation. The FRF estimator based on the EV model is applied to the waveform replication on the 6-DOF （degree-of-freedom） hydraulic vibration table. The result shows that it is favorable to improve the control precision of the MIMO vibration control system.

Variable Selection for Semiparametric Varying-Coefficient Partially Linear Models with Missing Response at Random

In this paper, we present a variable selection procedure by combining basis function approximations with penalized estimating equations for semiparametric varying-coefficient partially linear models with missing response at random. The proposed procedure simultaneously selects significant variables in parametric components and nonparametric components. With appropriate selection of the tuning parameters, we establish the consistency of the variable selection procedure and the convergence rate of the regularized estimators. A simulation study is undertaken to assess the finite sample performance of the proposed variable selection procedure.

Convergence Rates of Wavelet Estimators in Semiparametric Regression Models Under NA Samples

Consider the following heteroscedastic semiparametric regression model：where {Xi, 1 〈 i 〈 n} are random design points, errors {ei, 1 〈 i 〈 n} are negatively associated （NA） random variables, （r2 = h（ui）, and {ui} and {ti} are two nonrandom sequences on [0, 1]. Some wavelet estimators of the parametric component β, the non- parametric component g（t） and the variance function h（u） are given. Under some general conditions, the strong convergence rate of these wavelet estimators is O（n- 1 log n）. Hence our results are extensions of those re, sults on independent random error settings.

Average Estimation of Semiparametric Models for High-Dimensional Longitudinal Data

Model average receives much attention in recent years.This paper considers the semiparametric model averaging for high-dimensional longitudinal data.To minimize the prediction error,the authors estimate the model weights using a leave-subject-out cross-validation procedure.Asymptotic optimality of the proposed method is proved in the sense that leave-subject-out cross-validation achieves the lowest possible prediction loss asymptotically.Simulation studies show that the performance of the proposed model average method is much better than that of some commonly used model selection and averaging methods.

On a General Class of Semiparametric Hazards Regression Models for Recurrent Gap Times

In the article,we investigate a general class of semiparametric hazards regression models for recurrent gap times.The general class includes the proportional hazards model,the accelerated failure time model and the accelerated hazards models as special cases.The model is flexible in modelling recurrent gap times since a covariate effect is identified as having two separate components,namely a time-scale change on hazard progression and a relative hazards ratio.In order to infer the model parameters,the procedure is proposed based on estimating equations.The asymptotic properties of the proposed estimators are established and the finite sample properties are investigated via simulation studies.In addition,a lack of fit test is presented to assess the adequacy of the model and an application of data from a bladder cancer study is reported for illustration.

ASYMPTOTIC NORMALITY OF PARAMETERSESTIMATION IN EV MODEL WITH REPLICATEDOBSERVATIONS

This paper based on the essay [1], studies in case that replicated observations are available in some experimental points., the parameters estimation of one dimensional linear errors-in-variables (EV) models. Asymptotic normality is established.

Asymptotic Properties in Semiparametric Partially Linear Regression Models for Functional Data

We consider the semiparametric partially linear regression models with mean function XTβ ＋ g（z）, where X and z are functional data. The new estimators of β and g（z） are presented and some asymptotic results are given. The strong convergence rates of the proposed estimators are obtained. In our estimation, the observation number of each subject will be completely flexible. Some simulation study is conducted to investigate the finite sample performance of the proposed estimators.

Local asymptotic behavior of regression splines for marginal semiparametric models with longitudinal data

In this paper, we study the local asymptotic behavior of the regression spline estimator in the framework of marginal semiparametric model. Similarly to Zhu, Fung and He (2008), we give explicit expression for the asymptotic bias of regression spline estimator for nonparametric function f. Our results also show that the asymptotic bias of the regression spline estimator does not depend on the working covariance matrix, which distinguishes the regression splines from the smoothing splines and the seemingly unrelated kernel. To understand the local bias result of the regression spline estimator, we show that the regression spline estimator can be obtained iteratively by applying the standard weighted least squares regression spline estimator to pseudo-observations. At each iteration, the bias of the estimator is unchanged and only the variance is updated.

Empirical Likelihood Based Diagnostics for Heteroscedasticity in Semiparametric Varying-Coefficient Partially Linear Models with Missing Responses

This paper proposes an empirical likelihood based diagnostic technique for heteroscedasticity for semiparametric varying-coefficient partially linear models with missing responses. Firstly, the authors complement the missing response variables by regression method. Then, the empirical likelihood method is introduced to study the heteroscedasticity of the semiparametric varying-coefficient partially linear models with complete-case data. Finally, the authors obtain the finite sample property by numerical simulation.

L-two-optimal identification of errors-in-variables models:a frequency-domain approach

This paper proposes an L-two-optimal identification approach to cope with errors-in-variables model （EIVM） identification. With normalized coprime factor model （NCFM） representations, L-two-optimal approximate models are derived from the framework of an EIVM according to the kernel and image representations of related signals. Based on the optimal approximate models, the v-gap metric is employed as a minimization criterion to optimize the parameters of a system model, and thus the resulting optimization problem can be solved by linear matrix inequalities （LMIs）. In terms of the optimized system model, the noise model （NM） can be readily obtained by right multiplication of an inner. Compared with other EIVM identification methods, the proposed one has a wider scope of applications because the statistical properties of disturbing noises are not demanded. It is also capable of giving identifiabiUty. Finally, a numerical simulation is used to verify the effectiveness of the proposed method.

Bayesian quantile semiparametric mixed-effects double regression models

Semiparametric mixed-effects double regression models have been used for analysis of longitu-dinal data in a variety of applications,as they allow researchers to jointly model the mean and variance of the mixed-effects as a function of predictors.However,these models are commonly estimated based on the normality assumption for the errors and the results may thus be sensitive to outliers and/or heavy-tailed data.Quantile regression is an ideal alternative to deal with these problems,as it is insensitive to heteroscedasticity and outliers and can make statistical analysis more robust.In this paper,we consider Bayesian quantile regression analysis for semiparamet-ric mixed-effects double regression models based on the asymmetric Laplace distribution for the errors.We construct a Bayesian hierarchical model and then develop an efficient Markov chain Monte Carlo sampling algorithm to generate posterior samples from the full posterior dis-tributions to conduct the posterior inference.The performance of the proposed procedure is evaluated through simulation studies and a real data application.

Efficient Statistical Inference for Partially Nonlinear Errors-in-Variables Models

In this paper, we consider the partially nonlinear errors-in-variables models when the non- parametric component is measured with additive error. The profile nonlinear least squares estimator of unknown parameter and the estimator of nonparametric component are constructed, and their asymptotic properties are derived under general assumptions. Finite sample performances of the proposed statistical inference procedures are illustrated by Monte Carlo simulation studies.