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Penalized composite likelihood estimation for hidden Markov models with unknown number of states 具有未知状态数的隐马尔可夫模型的惩罚性复合似然估计
IF 0.9 4区 数学
Statistics & Probability Letters Pub Date : 2024-08-17 DOI: 10.1016/j.spl.2024.110247
Yong Lin, Mian Huang
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The Berry–Esseen bound in de Jong’s CLT 德容的 CLT 中的 Berry-Esseen 约束
IF 0.9 4区 数学
Statistics & Probability Letters Pub Date : 2024-08-13 DOI: 10.1016/j.spl.2024.110244
Christian Döbler
{"title":"The Berry–Esseen bound in de Jong’s CLT","authors":"Christian Döbler","doi":"10.1016/j.spl.2024.110244","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.spl.2024.110244","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>We prove a Berry–Esseen bound in de Jong’s classical CLT for normalized, completely degenerate <span><math><mi>U</mi></math></span>-statistics, which says that the convergence of the fourth moment sequence to three and a Lindeberg–Feller type negligibility condition are sufficient for asymptotic normality. Our bound is of the same optimal order as the bound on the Wasserstein distance to normality that has recently been proved by Döbler and Peccati (2017).</p></div>","PeriodicalId":49475,"journal":{"name":"Statistics & Probability Letters","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.9,"publicationDate":"2024-08-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S016771522400213X/pdfft?md5=8b71a50e6a7c140238a353d5821aeb07&pid=1-s2.0-S016771522400213X-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141997483","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"数学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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Methods for testing the random utility model 测试随机效用模型的方法
IF 0.9 4区 数学
Statistics & Probability Letters Pub Date : 2024-08-12 DOI: 10.1016/j.spl.2024.110230
Antonio Forcina , Valentino Dardanoni
{"title":"Methods for testing the random utility model","authors":"Antonio Forcina ,&nbsp;Valentino Dardanoni","doi":"10.1016/j.spl.2024.110230","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.spl.2024.110230","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>The Random Utility Model, central in stochastic choice theory, is equivalent to assume that a probability vector belongs to a convex cone. We investigate its underlying geometry, introduce two new testing procedures, and compare them by simulation.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":49475,"journal":{"name":"Statistics & Probability Letters","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.9,"publicationDate":"2024-08-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142020657","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"数学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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Asymptotic coarse Ricci curvature of inhomogeneous random graph 非均质随机图的渐近粗里奇曲率
IF 0.9 4区 数学
Statistics & Probability Letters Pub Date : 2024-08-12 DOI: 10.1016/j.spl.2024.110245
Mingao Yuan
{"title":"Asymptotic coarse Ricci curvature of inhomogeneous random graph","authors":"Mingao Yuan","doi":"10.1016/j.spl.2024.110245","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.spl.2024.110245","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>In this paper, we study the coarse Ricci curvature of inhomogeneous random graph on vertex set <span><math><mrow><mrow><mo>[</mo><mi>n</mi><mo>]</mo></mrow><mo>≔</mo><mrow><mo>{</mo><mn>1</mn><mo>,</mo><mn>2</mn><mo>,</mo><mo>…</mo><mo>,</mo><mi>n</mi><mo>}</mo></mrow></mrow></math></span>. In this graph, each pair of vertices <span><math><mrow><mo>(</mo><mi>i</mi><mo>,</mo><mi>j</mi><mo>)</mo></mrow></math></span> forms an edge independently with probability <span><math><mrow><mfrac><mrow><mi>λ</mi></mrow><mrow><msup><mrow><mi>n</mi></mrow><mrow><mi>α</mi></mrow></msup></mrow></mfrac><mi>g</mi><mfenced><mrow><mfrac><mrow><mi>i</mi></mrow><mrow><mi>n</mi></mrow></mfrac><mo>,</mo><mfrac><mrow><mi>j</mi></mrow><mrow><mi>n</mi></mrow></mfrac></mrow></mfenced></mrow></math></span> for some function <span><math><mrow><mi>g</mi><mrow><mo>(</mo><mi>x</mi><mo>,</mo><mi>y</mi><mo>)</mo></mrow><mo>∈</mo><mrow><mo>(</mo><mn>0</mn><mo>,</mo><mn>1</mn><mo>]</mo></mrow></mrow></math></span>, constants <span><math><mrow><mi>λ</mi><mo>&gt;</mo><mn>0</mn></mrow></math></span> and <span><math><mrow><mi>α</mi><mo>∈</mo><mrow><mo>[</mo><mn>0</mn><mo>,</mo><mn>1</mn><mo>]</mo></mrow></mrow></math></span>. We derive the asymptotic coarse Ricci curvature of this random graph. Phase transition phenomenon exists as <span><math><mi>α</mi></math></span> varies from zero to one.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":49475,"journal":{"name":"Statistics & Probability Letters","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.9,"publicationDate":"2024-08-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141990799","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"数学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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When is the discrete Weibull distribution infinitely divisible? 什么时候离散威布尔分布是无限可分的?
IF 0.9 4区 数学
Statistics & Probability Letters Pub Date : 2024-08-10 DOI: 10.1016/j.spl.2024.110238
Markus Kreer , Ayse Kizilersu , Anthony W. Thomas
{"title":"When is the discrete Weibull distribution infinitely divisible?","authors":"Markus Kreer ,&nbsp;Ayse Kizilersu ,&nbsp;Anthony W. Thomas","doi":"10.1016/j.spl.2024.110238","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.spl.2024.110238","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>For the discrete Weibull probability distribution we prove that it is only infinitely divisible if the shape parameter lies in the range <span><math><mrow><mn>0</mn><mo>&lt;</mo><mi>β</mi><mo>≤</mo><mn>1</mn></mrow></math></span> . The proof is based on some results of Steutel and van Harn (2004). For this case we construct the corresponding compound Poisson distribution and thus the related Lévy process.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":49475,"journal":{"name":"Statistics & Probability Letters","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.9,"publicationDate":"2024-08-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141997482","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"数学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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Stochastic comparison of parallel systems with heterogeneous dependent exponential components 具有异质依赖指数成分的并行系统的随机比较
IF 0.9 4区 数学
Statistics & Probability Letters Pub Date : 2024-08-10 DOI: 10.1016/j.spl.2024.110242
Ebrahim Amini-Seresht , Baha-Eldin Khaledi , Salman Izadkhah
{"title":"Stochastic comparison of parallel systems with heterogeneous dependent exponential components","authors":"Ebrahim Amini-Seresht ,&nbsp;Baha-Eldin Khaledi ,&nbsp;Salman Izadkhah","doi":"10.1016/j.spl.2024.110242","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.spl.2024.110242","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Let <span><math><mrow><mi>X</mi><mo>=</mo><mrow><mo>(</mo><msub><mrow><mi>X</mi></mrow><mrow><mn>1</mn></mrow></msub><mo>,</mo><mo>…</mo><mo>,</mo><msub><mrow><mi>X</mi></mrow><mrow><mi>n</mi></mrow></msub><mo>)</mo></mrow></mrow></math></span> and <span><math><mrow><mi>Y</mi><mo>=</mo><mrow><mo>(</mo><msub><mrow><mi>Y</mi></mrow><mrow><mn>1</mn></mrow></msub><mo>,</mo><mo>…</mo><mo>,</mo><msub><mrow><mi>Y</mi></mrow><mrow><mi>n</mi></mrow></msub><mo>)</mo></mrow></mrow></math></span> be two random vectors with common Archimedean copula with generator function <span><math><mi>ϕ</mi></math></span>, where, for <span><math><mrow><mi>i</mi><mo>=</mo><mn>1</mn><mo>,</mo><mo>…</mo><mo>,</mo><mi>n</mi></mrow></math></span>, <span><math><msub><mrow><mi>X</mi></mrow><mrow><mi>i</mi></mrow></msub></math></span> is an exponential random variable with hazard rate <span><math><msub><mrow><mi>λ</mi></mrow><mrow><mi>i</mi></mrow></msub></math></span> and <span><math><msub><mrow><mi>Y</mi></mrow><mrow><mi>i</mi></mrow></msub></math></span> is an exponential random variable with hazard rate <span><math><mi>λ</mi></math></span>. In this paper we prove that under some sufficient conditions on the function <span><math><mi>ϕ</mi></math></span>, the largest order statistic corresponding to <span><math><mi>X</mi></math></span> is larger than that of <span><math><mi>Y</mi></math></span> according to the dispersive ordering and hazard rate ordering. The new results generalized the results in Dykstra et al. (1997) and Khaledi and Kochar (2000). We show that the new results can be applied to some well known Archimedean copulas.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":49475,"journal":{"name":"Statistics & Probability Letters","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.9,"publicationDate":"2024-08-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141978115","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"数学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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Adapted Chatterjee correlation coefficient 经调整的查特吉相关系数
IF 0.9 4区 数学
Statistics & Probability Letters Pub Date : 2024-08-10 DOI: 10.1016/j.spl.2024.110241
Ya Wang , Linjiajie Fang , Bingyi Jing
{"title":"Adapted Chatterjee correlation coefficient","authors":"Ya Wang ,&nbsp;Linjiajie Fang ,&nbsp;Bingyi Jing","doi":"10.1016/j.spl.2024.110241","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.spl.2024.110241","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>The need to accurately quantify dependence between random variables is a growing concern across various academic disciplines. Current correlation coefficients are typically intended for one of two purposes: testing independence or measuring relationship strength. Despite some attempts to address both aspects, the performance of these measures is still easily affected by oscillation and local noise. To address these limitations, we propose a new coefficient of correlation called the Adapted Chatterjee Correlation Coefficient <span><math><mrow><mo>(</mo><mi>A</mi><msup><mrow><mi>C</mi></mrow><mrow><mn>3</mn></mrow></msup><mo>)</mo></mrow></math></span>. <span><math><mrow><mi>A</mi><msup><mrow><mi>C</mi></mrow><mrow><mn>3</mn></mrow></msup></mrow></math></span> is designed to accurately identify both independence and functional dependence between variables, even in the presence of noise. We establish the consistency and asymptotic theories of <span><math><mrow><mo>(</mo><mi>A</mi><msup><mrow><mi>C</mi></mrow><mrow><mn>3</mn></mrow></msup><mo>)</mo></mrow></math></span>. Additionally, we present a novel method, called Iterative Signal Detection Procedure (ISDP), for local signal identification. Our numerical studies and real data application demonstrate that <span><math><mrow><mi>A</mi><msup><mrow><mi>C</mi></mrow><mrow><mn>3</mn></mrow></msup></mrow></math></span> outperforms state-of-the-art methods in terms of general performance and detecting local signals.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":49475,"journal":{"name":"Statistics & Probability Letters","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.9,"publicationDate":"2024-08-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142011750","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"数学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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Replication in random translation designs 随机翻译设计中的复制
IF 0.9 4区 数学
Statistics & Probability Letters Pub Date : 2024-08-03 DOI: 10.1016/j.spl.2024.110229
Timothy W. Waite
{"title":"Replication in random translation designs","authors":"Timothy W. Waite","doi":"10.1016/j.spl.2024.110229","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.spl.2024.110229","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Replication is a commonly recommended feature of experimental designs. However, its impact in model-robust design is relatively under-explored; indeed, replication is impossible within the current formulation of random translation designs, which were introduced recently for model-robust prediction. Here we extend the framework of random translation designs to allow replication, and quantify the resulting performance impact. The extension permits a simplification of our earlier heuristic for constructing random translation strategies from a traditional <span><math><mi>V</mi></math></span>-optimal design. Namely, in the previous formulation any replicates of the <span><math><mi>V</mi></math></span>-optimal design first had to be split up before a random translation can be applied to the design points. With the new framework we can instead preserve the replicates instead if we so wish. Surprisingly, we find that in low-dimensional problems it is often substantially more efficient to continue to split replicates, while in high-dimensional problems it can be substantially better to retain replicates.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":49475,"journal":{"name":"Statistics & Probability Letters","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.9,"publicationDate":"2024-08-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0167715224001986/pdfft?md5=6bf5be484713f5b7cc10b814bce2da60&pid=1-s2.0-S0167715224001986-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141978357","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"数学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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On the unbiasedness of the likelihood ratio test for the multivariate one-sided problem 论多元单边问题似然比检验的无偏性
IF 0.9 4区 数学
Statistics & Probability Letters Pub Date : 2024-08-03 DOI: 10.1016/j.spl.2024.110231
Yining Wang , Michael P. McDermott
{"title":"On the unbiasedness of the likelihood ratio test for the multivariate one-sided problem","authors":"Yining Wang ,&nbsp;Michael P. McDermott","doi":"10.1016/j.spl.2024.110231","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.spl.2024.110231","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Let <span><math><mrow><msub><mrow><mi>X</mi></mrow><mrow><mn>1</mn></mrow></msub><mo>,</mo><mo>…</mo><mo>,</mo><msub><mrow><mi>X</mi></mrow><mrow><mi>n</mi></mrow></msub></mrow></math></span> be a random sample from a multivariate normal distribution with nonnegative mean <span><math><mi>μ</mi></math></span> and unknown covariance matrix <span><math><mi>Σ</mi></math></span>. The likelihood ratio test of <span><math><mrow><msub><mrow><mi>H</mi></mrow><mrow><mn>0</mn></mrow></msub><mo>:</mo><mspace></mspace><mi>μ</mi><mo>=</mo><mi>0</mi></mrow></math></span> conditional on <span><math><mrow><mi>V</mi><mo>=</mo><mo>∑</mo><msub><mrow><mi>X</mi></mrow><mrow><mi>i</mi></mrow></msub><msubsup><mrow><mi>X</mi></mrow><mrow><mi>i</mi></mrow><mrow><mo>′</mo></mrow></msubsup></mrow></math></span> is proven to be unbiased. Some related topics are also discussed.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":49475,"journal":{"name":"Statistics & Probability Letters","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.9,"publicationDate":"2024-08-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141978356","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"数学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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Population-level information for improving quantile regression efficiency 提高量化回归效率的人口信息
IF 0.9 4区 数学
Statistics & Probability Letters Pub Date : 2024-08-03 DOI: 10.1016/j.spl.2024.110227
Yang Lv , Guoyou Qin , Zhongyi Zhu
{"title":"Population-level information for improving quantile regression efficiency","authors":"Yang Lv ,&nbsp;Guoyou Qin ,&nbsp;Zhongyi Zhu","doi":"10.1016/j.spl.2024.110227","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.spl.2024.110227","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Observational studies often rely on sample survey data for estimation, given the difficulty of obtaining exhaustive information for the entire population. However, the use of sample data can lead to a reduction in estimation efficiency due to sampling error. When certain population-level data are accessible, devising an effective strategy to integrate them into the underlying estimation process proves advantageous. This paper proposes a methodology based on empirical likelihood for conducting quantile regression analysis on longitudinal data while incorporating population-level information. Both theoretical analysis and numerical simulations demonstrate that the proposed approach outperforms estimation methods that do not leverage population-level data.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":49475,"journal":{"name":"Statistics & Probability Letters","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.9,"publicationDate":"2024-08-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141940535","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"数学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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