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HIERARCHICAL ERROR ESTIMATORS FOR LOWEST-ORDER MIXED FINITE ELEMENT METHODS

  • Kim, Kwang-Yeon
    • Korean Journal of Mathematics
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    • v.22 no.3
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    • pp.429-441
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    • 2014
  • In this work we study two a posteriori error estimators of hierarchical type for lowest-order mixed finite element methods. One estimator is computed by solving a global defect problem based on the splitting of the lowest-order Brezzi-Douglas-Marini space, and the other estimator is locally computable by applying the standard localization to the first estimator. We establish the reliability and efficiency of both estimators by comparing them with the standard residual estimator. In addition, it is shown that the error estimator based on the global defect problem is asymptotically exact under suitable conditions.

Weighted Least Absolute Error Estimation of Regression Parameters

  • Song, Moon-Sup
    • Journal of the Korean Statistical Society
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    • v.8 no.1
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    • pp.23-36
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    • 1979
  • In the multiple linear regression model a class of weighted least absolute error estimaters, which minimize the sum of weighted absolute residuals, is proposed. It is shown that the weighted least absolute error estimators with Wilcoxon scores are equivalent to the Koul's Wilcoxon type estimator. Therefore, the asymptotic efficiency of the proposed estimator with Wilcoxon scores relative to the least squares estimator is the same as the Pitman efficiency of the Wilcoxon test relative to the Student's t-test. To find the estimates the iterative weighted least squares method suggested by Schlossmacher is applicable.

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Nonlinear Regression Quantile Estimators

  • Park, Seung-Hoe;Kim, Hae kyung;Park, Kyung-Ok
    • Journal of the Korean Statistical Society
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    • v.30 no.4
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    • pp.551-561
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    • 2001
  • This paper deals with the asymptotic properties for statistical inferences of the parameters in nonlinear regression models. As an optimal criterion for robust estimators of the regression parameters, the regression quantile method is proposed. This paper defines the regression quintile estimators in the nonlinear models and provides simple and practical sufficient conditions for the asymptotic normality of the proposed estimators when the parameter space is compact. The efficiency of the proposed estimator is especially well compared with least squares estimator, least absolute deviation estimator under asymmetric error distribution.

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A Study of Parameter Estimation with the Prior-Information by Using the Multiple Stratification (사전정보가 있는 경우 다중층화를 이용한 모수추정연구)

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    • Journal of Applied Reliability
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    • v.3 no.2
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    • pp.117-125
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    • 2003
  • In sampling survey, prior-information about population has been generally ignored to estimate parameters. But if there is some believable prior-information about population, it is very useful to get more efficiency estimators by using the prior-information. This paper shows how to estimate the parameter, to evaluate the variance of the estimator, and to un-biasness of the estimator by using multiple stratification with prior-information about survey population. The proposed method is illustrated with a set of hypothetical data. The results show that the proposed estimator is very efficiency and strongly recommendable.

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Pooling shrinkage estimator of reliability for exponential failure model using the sampling plan (n, C, T)

  • Al-Hemyari, Z.A.;Jehel, A.K.
    • International Journal of Reliability and Applications
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    • v.12 no.1
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    • pp.61-77
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    • 2011
  • One of the most important problems in the estimation of the parameter of the failure model, is the cost of experimental sampling units, which can be reduced by using any prior information available about ${\theta}$, and devising a two-stage pooling shrunken estimation procedure. We have proposed an estimator of the reliability function (R(t)) of the exponential model using two-stage time censored data when a prior value about the unknown parameter (${\theta}$) is available from the past. To compare the performance of the proposed estimator with the classical estimator, computer intensive calculations for bias, mean squared error, relative efficiency, expected sample size and percentage of the overall sample size saved expressions, were done for varying the constants involved in the proposed estimator (${\tilde{R}}$(t)).

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Sequential Estimation in Exponential Distribution

  • Park, Sang-Un
    • Communications for Statistical Applications and Methods
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    • v.14 no.2
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    • pp.309-316
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    • 2007
  • In this paper, we decompose the whole likelihood based on grouped data into conditional likelihoods and study the approximate contribution of additional inspection to the efficiency. We also combine the conditional maximum likelihood estimators to construct an approximate maximum likelihood estimator. For an exponential distribution, we see that a large inspection size does not increase the efficiency much if the failure rate is small, and the maximum likelihood estimator can be approximated with a linear function of inspection times.

Efficient Quasi-likelihood Estimation for Nonlinear Time Series Models and Its Application

  • Kim, Sahmyeong;Cha, Kyungyup;Lee, Sungduck
    • Communications for Statistical Applications and Methods
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    • v.10 no.1
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    • pp.101-113
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    • 2003
  • Quasi likelihood estimators defined by Wedderburn are derived for several nonlinear time series models. And also, the least squared estimator and Quasi-likelihood estimator are compared in sense of asymptotic relative efficiency at those models. Finally, we apply these estimations to a real data on exchanging rate and stock market prices.

GENERALIZING THE REFINED PICKANDS ESTIMATOR OF THE EXTREME VALUE INDEX

  • Yun, Seok-Hoon
    • Journal of the Korean Statistical Society
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    • v.33 no.3
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    • pp.339-351
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    • 2004
  • In this paper we generalize and improve the refined Pickands estimator of Drees (1995) for the extreme value index. The finite-sample performance of the refined Pickands estimator is not good particularly when the sample size n is small. For each fixed k = 1,2,..., a new estimator is defined by a convex combination of k different generalized Pickands estimators and its asymptotic normality is established. Optimal weights defining the estimator are also determined to minimize the asymptotic variance of the estimator. Finally, letting k depend upon n, we see that the resulting estimator has a better finite-sample behavior as well as a better asymptotic efficiency than the refined Pickands estimator.

A Child Labour Estimator for Lahore Based on Literacy and Poverty Variables

  • Siddiqi, Ahmed F.
    • The Korean Journal of Applied Statistics
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    • v.21 no.5
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    • pp.889-900
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    • 2008
  • Child labour is a disturbing issue for any society. It is attempted here in this article to develop an estimator to assess the numerical strength of this menace in Lahore division. A Horvitz and Thompson (1952) type of estimator is developed where weights are calculated on the basis of poverty and illiteracy to increase the sampling efficiency. Different characteristic features of this estimator, like its unbiasedness, variance, probability distribution, confidence intervals are also developed for its study from different angles.

Adaptive L-estimation for regression slope under asymmetric error distributions (비대칭 오차모형하에서의 회귀기울기에 대한 적합된 L-추정법)

  • 한상문
    • The Korean Journal of Applied Statistics
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    • v.6 no.1
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    • pp.79-93
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    • 1993
  • We consider adaptive L-estimation of estimating slope parameter in regression model. The proposed estimator is simple extension of trimmed least squares estimator proposed by ruppert and carroll. The efficiency of the proposed estimator is especially well compared with usual least squares estimator, least absolute value estimator, and M-estimators designed for asymmetric distributions under asymmetric error distributions.

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