CONSTRUCTION OF EXPERT-STATISTICAL MODELS FROM INCOMPLETE DATA

The article deals with the problem of constructing a linear regression model based on incomplete data containing gaps, using statistical and expert information. The reasons for the gaps in the data can be, in particular, a temporary malfunction (failure) of the measuring equipment when taking various technical characteristics, or negligence in the work of statistical services when fixing the reporting indicators. Very often, gaps arise when processing various kinds of sociological information in the form of questionnaires, when respondents refuse to answer a specific question (but answer others) or give an inadmissible, in particular, evasive answer. The approach proposed in the work involves filling the gaps with intervals, the boundaries of which are formed by experts, guided by both their experience and knowledge about the object of research, and using the well-known methods of point filling in the gaps. After that, the estimation of the parameters of the model, depending on the nature of the initial uncertainty in the data, is reduced to solving problems of linear or partially Boolean linear programming. The case is considered when the solution of the formalizing uncertainty in the initial data of the interval system of linear algebraic equations is not unique. The problem of constructing a linear regression equation for the influence of the volume of export of large-tonnage containers and the freight turnover of the PRC railway transport on the volume of import of large-capacity containers at the Zabaikalsk-Manchuria railway checkpoint is solved.