Aleksandr Chen, Nadezhda Gribkova, Ričardas Zitikis
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In a number of research areas, such as non-convex optimization and machine learning, determining and assessing regions of monotonicity of functions is pivotal. Numerically, it can be done using the proportion of positive (or negative) increments of transformed ordered inputs. When the number of inputs grows, the proportion tends to an index of increase (or decrease) of the underlying function. In this paper, we introduce a most general index of monotonicity and provide its interpretation in all practically relevant scenarios, including those that arise when the distribution of inputs has jumps and flat regions, and when the function is only piecewise differentiable. This enables us to assess monotonicity of very general functions under particularly mild conditions on the inputs.
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Mathematical Methods of Statistics is an is an international peer reviewed journal dedicated to the mathematical foundations of statistical theory. It primarily publishes research papers with complete proofs and, occasionally, review papers on particular problems of statistics. Papers dealing with applications of statistics are also published if they contain new theoretical developments to the underlying statistical methods. The journal provides an outlet for research in advanced statistical methodology and for studies where such methodology is effectively used or which stimulate its further development.
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