{"title":"Parametric estimation of non-crossing quantile functions","authors":"G. Sottile, P. Frumento","doi":"10.1177/1471082X211036517","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/1471082X211036517","url":null,"abstract":"Quantile regression (QR) has gained popularity during the last decades, and is now considered a standard method by applied statisticians and practitioners in various fields. In this work, we applied QR to investigate climate change by analysing historical temperatures in the Arctic Circle. This approach proved very flexible and allowed to investigate the tails of the distribution, that correspond to extreme events. The presence of quantile crossing, however, prevented using the fitted model for prediction and extrapolation. In search of a possible solution, we first considered a different version of QR, in which the QR coefficients were described by parametric functions. This alleviated the crossing problem, but did not eliminate it completely. Finally, we exploited the imposed parametric structure to formulate a constrained optimization algorithm that enforced monotonicity. The proposed example showed how the relatively unexplored field of parametric quantile functions could offer new solutions to the long-standing problem of quantile crossing. Our approach is particularly convenient in situations, like the analysis of time series, in which the fitted model may be used to predict extreme quantiles or to perform extrapolation. The described estimator has been implemented in the R package qrcm.","PeriodicalId":49476,"journal":{"name":"Statistical Modelling","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.0,"publicationDate":"2021-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"45294117","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}
{"title":"Random effect models for multivariate mixed data: A Parafac-based finite mixture approach","authors":"M. Alfò, P. Giordani","doi":"10.1177/1471082X211037405","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/1471082X211037405","url":null,"abstract":"We discuss a flexible regression model for multivariate mixed responses. Dependence between outcomes is introduced via the joint distribution of discrete outcome- and individual-specific random effects that represent potential unobserved heterogeneity in each outcome profile. A different number of locations can be used for each margin, and the association structure is described by a tensor that can be further simplified by using the Parafac model. A case study illustrates the proposal.","PeriodicalId":49476,"journal":{"name":"Statistical Modelling","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.0,"publicationDate":"2021-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"47044601","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}
{"title":"On Bayesian model selection for INGARCH models viatrans-dimensional Markov chain Monte Carlo methods","authors":"Panagiota Tsamtsakiri, D. Karlis","doi":"10.1177/1471082X211034705","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/1471082X211034705","url":null,"abstract":"There is an increasing interest in models for discrete valued time series. Among them, the integer autoregressive conditional heteroscedastic (INGARCH) is a model that has found several applications. In the present article, we study the problem of model selection for this family of models. Namely we consider that an observation conditional on the past follows a Poisson distribution where its mean depends on its past mean values and on past observations. We consider both linear and log-linear models. Our purpose is to select the most appropriate order of such models, using a trans-dimensional Bayesian approach that allows jumps between competing models. A small simulation experiment supports the usage of the method. We apply the methodology to real datasets to illustrate the potential of the approach.","PeriodicalId":49476,"journal":{"name":"Statistical Modelling","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.0,"publicationDate":"2021-08-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"46186285","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}
{"title":"Vertex Exchange Method for non-parametric estimation of mixing distributions in logistic mixed models","authors":"L. Marquart, G. Verbeke","doi":"10.1177/1471082X19889143","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/1471082X19889143","url":null,"abstract":"The conventional normality assumption for the random effects distribution in logistic mixed models can be too restrictive in some applications. In our data example of a longitudinal study modelling employment participation of Australian women, the random effects exhibit non-normality due to a potential mover–stayer scenario. In such a scenario, the women observed to remain in the same initial response state over the study period may consist of two subgroups: latent stayers—those with extremely small probability of transitioning response states—and latent movers, those with a probability of transitioning response states. The similarities between estimating the random effects using non-parametric approaches and mover–stayer models have previously been highlighted. We explore non-parametric approaches to model univariate and bivariate random effects in a potential mover–stayer scenario. As there are limited approaches available to fit the non-parametric maximum likelihood estimate for bivariate random effects in logistic mixed models, we implement the Vertex Exchange Method (VEM) to estimate the random effects in logistic mixed models. The approximation of the non-parametric maximum likelihood estimate derived by the VEM algorithm induces more flexibility of the random effects, identifying regions corresponding to potential latent stayers in the non-employment category in our data example.","PeriodicalId":49476,"journal":{"name":"Statistical Modelling","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.0,"publicationDate":"2021-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1177/1471082X19889143","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"47681941","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}
{"title":"Withdrawal: Administrative Duplicate Publication","authors":"","doi":"10.1177/1471082x20979104","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/1471082x20979104","url":null,"abstract":"SAGE Publishing regrets that due to an administrative error, this article was accidentally published Online First and in Volume 20 Issue 6 with different DOIs. There was no duplication of the article in the printed and online version of Volume 20 Issue 6.","PeriodicalId":49476,"journal":{"name":"Statistical Modelling","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.0,"publicationDate":"2021-07-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"138539669","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}
{"title":"Withdrawal: Administrative Duplicate Publication","authors":"","doi":"10.1177/1471082x20979104","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/1471082x20979104","url":null,"abstract":"SAGE Publishing regrets that due to an administrative error, this article was accidentally published Online First and in Volume 20 Issue 6 with different DOIs. There was no duplication of the article in the printed and online version of Volume 20 Issue 6.","PeriodicalId":49476,"journal":{"name":"Statistical Modelling","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.0,"publicationDate":"2021-07-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"138539714","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}
D. S. Mikis, A. Robert, Georgikopoulos Nikolaos, Demaio Fernanda
{"title":"Principal component regression in GAMLSS applied to Greek–German government bond yield spreads","authors":"D. S. Mikis, A. Robert, Georgikopoulos Nikolaos, Demaio Fernanda","doi":"10.1177/1471082X211022980","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/1471082X211022980","url":null,"abstract":"A solution to the problem of having to deal with a large number of interrelated explanatory variables within a generalized additive model for location, scale and shape (GAMLSS) is given here using as an example the Greek–German government bond yield spreads from 25 April 2005 to 31 March 2010. Those were turbulent financial years, and in order to capture the spreads behaviour, a model has to be able to deal with the complex nature of the financial indicators used to predict the spreads. Fitting a model, using principal components regression of both main and first order interaction terms, for all the parameters of the assumed distribution of the response variable seems to produce promising results.","PeriodicalId":49476,"journal":{"name":"Statistical Modelling","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.0,"publicationDate":"2021-06-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1177/1471082X211022980","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"44097647","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}
{"title":"A spatially explicit N-mixture model for the estimation of disease prevalence","authors":"Ben Brintz, L. Madsen, Claudio Fuentes","doi":"10.1177/1471082X211020872","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/1471082X211020872","url":null,"abstract":"This article develops an approximate N-mixture model for infectious disease counts that accounts for under-reporting as well as spatial dependence induced by person-to-person spread of disease. We employ the model to estimate actual case counts in Oregon of chlamydia, an easily-treated but usually asymptomatic sexually transmitted disease. We describe a combined parametric bootstrap to account for uncertainty in parameter estimates as well as sampling variability in actual case counts. A simulation study illustrates that our method performs well in many scenarios when the model is correctly specified, and also gives reasonable results when the model is misspecified, and no spatial dependence exists.","PeriodicalId":49476,"journal":{"name":"Statistical Modelling","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.0,"publicationDate":"2021-06-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1177/1471082X211020872","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"46148761","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}
{"title":"Recurrent Events Analysis with Piece-wise exponential Additive Mixed Models","authors":"J. Ramjith, Andreas Bender, Roes Kcb, Jonker Ma","doi":"10.21203/RS.3.RS-563303/V1","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.21203/RS.3.RS-563303/V1","url":null,"abstract":"\u0000 Background: Recurrent events analysis plays an important role in many applications, including the study of chronic diseases or recurrence of infections. Historically, most models for the analysis of time-to-event data, including recurrent events, have been based on Cox proportional hazards regression. Recently, however, the Piece-wise exponential Additive Mixed Model (PAMM) has gained popularity as a flexible framework for survival analysis. While many papers and tutorials have been presented in the literature on the application of Cox based models, few papers have provided detailed instructions for the application of PAMMs and to our knowledge, none exist for recurrent events analysis. Methods: The PAMM is introduced as a framework for recurrent events analysis. We describe the application of the model to unstratified and stratified shared frailty models for recurrent events. We illustrate how penalized splines can be used to estimate non-linear and time-varying covariate effects without a priori assumptions about their functional shape. The model is motivated for both, analysis on the gap timescale (\"clock-reset\") and calendar timescale (\"clock-forward\"). The data augmentation necessary for the application to recurrent events is described and explained in detail. Results: Simulations confirmed that the model provides unbiased estimates of covariate effects and the frailty variance, as well as equivalence to the Cox model when proportional hazards are assumed. Applications to recurrence of staphylococcus aureus and malaria in children illustrates the estimation of seasonality, bivariate non-linear effects, multiple timescales and relaxation of the proportional hazards assumption via time-varying effects. The R package pammtools has been extended to facilitate estimation, visualization and interpretation of PAMMs for recurrent events analysis. Conclusion: PAMMs provide a flexible framework for the analysis of time-to-event and recurrent events data. The estimation of PAMMs is based on Generalized Additive Mixed Models and thus extends the researcher’s toolbox for recurrent events analysis.","PeriodicalId":49476,"journal":{"name":"Statistical Modelling","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.0,"publicationDate":"2021-06-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"48112585","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}