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A Robust Estimation Procedure for the Linear Regression Model

  • Kim, Bu-Yong
    • Journal of the Korean Statistical Society
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    • v.16 no.2
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    • pp.80-91
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    • 1987
  • Minimum $L_i$ norm estimation is a robust procedure ins the sense that it leads to an estimator which has greater statistical eficiency than the least squares estimator in the presence of outliers. And the $L_1$ norm estimator has some desirable statistical properties. In this paper a new computational procedure for $L_1$ norm estimation is proposed which combines the idea of reweighted least squares method and the linear programming approach. A modification of the projective transformation method is employed to solve the linear programming problem instead of the simplex method. It is proved that the proposed algorithm terminates in a finite number of iterations.

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Nonlinear Image Denoising Algorithm in the Presence of Heavy-Tailed Noise (Heavy-tailed 잡음에 노출된 이미지에서의 비선형 잡음제거 알고리즘)

  • Hahn, Hee-Il
    • Proceedings of the KIEE Conference
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    • 2006.04a
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    • pp.18-20
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    • 2006
  • The statistics for the neighbor differences between the particular pixels and their neighbors are introduced. They are incorporated into the filter to remove additive Gaussian noise contaminating images. The derived denoising method corresponds to the maximum likelihood estimator for the heavy-tailed Gaussian distribution. The error norm corresponding to our estimator from the robust statistics is equivalent to Huber's minimax norm. Our estimator is also optimal in the respect of maximizing the efficacy under the above noise environment.

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Moving Averages Based on Robust Statistical Analysis

  • Pak, Ro-Jin
    • Journal of the Korean Data and Information Science Society
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    • v.14 no.3
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    • pp.471-479
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    • 2003
  • Moving averages are the most popular statistics in analyzing time-series data like stock indices. However, moving averages are quite sensitive to unusual observations. In other words, they are not robust against unusual observations. We introduce the moving averages in terms of an M-estimator, and show how we can take advantages of using the proposed moving averages in fitting the data more than usual moving averages.

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Minimum Hellinger Distance Bsed Goodness-of-fit Tests in Normal Models: Empirical Approach

  • Dong Bin Jeong
    • Communications for Statistical Applications and Methods
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    • v.6 no.3
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    • pp.967-976
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    • 1999
  • In this paper we study the Hellinger distance based goodness-of-fit tests that are analogs of likelihood ratio tests. The minimum Hellinger distance estimator (MHDE) in normal models provides an excellent robust alternative to the usual maximum likelihood estimator. Our simulation results show that the Hellinger deviance test (Simpson 1989) based goodness-of-fit test is robust when data contain outliers. The proposed hellinger deviance test(Simpson 1989) is a more direcct method for obtaining robust inferences than an automated outlier screen method used before the likelihood ratio test data analysis.

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Reducing Bias of the Minimum Hellinger Distance Estimator of a Location Parameter

  • Pak, Ro-Jin
    • Journal of the Korean Data and Information Science Society
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    • v.17 no.1
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    • pp.213-220
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    • 2006
  • Since Beran (1977) developed the minimum Hellinger distance estimation, this method has been a popular topic in the field of robust estimation. In the process of defining a distance, a kernel density estimator has been widely used as a density estimator. In this article, however, we show that a combination of a kernel density estimator and an empirical density could result a smaller bias of the minimum Hellinger distance estimator than using just a kernel density estimator for a location parameter.

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Robust estimator design for the forward kinematics solution of stewart platform (스튜어트 플랫폼의 견실한 순기구학 추정기 설계)

  • 강지윤;김동환;이교일
    • 제어로봇시스템학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 1996.10b
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    • pp.28-31
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    • 1996
  • We propose an estimator design method of Stewart platform, which gives the 6DOF, positions and velcities of Stewart platform from the measured cylinder length. The solution of forward kinematics is not solved yet as a useful realtime application tool because of the complexity of the equation with multiple solutions. Hence we suggest an nonlinear estimator for the forward kinematics solution using Luenberger observer with nonlinear error correction term. But the way of residual gain selection of the estimator is not clear, so we suggest an algebraic Riccati equation for gain matrix using Lyapunov method. This algorithm gives the sufficient condition of the stability of error dynamics and can be extended to general nonlinear system.

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A Comparative Study of a Robust Estimate Method for Abnormal Traffic Detection (이상 트래픽 탐지를 위한 로버스트 추정 방법 비교 연구)

  • Jung, Jae-Yoon;Kim, Sahm
    • Communications for Statistical Applications and Methods
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    • v.18 no.4
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    • pp.517-525
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    • 2011
  • This paper shows the performance evaluation of a robust estimator based on the GARCH model. We first introduce the method of a robust estimate in the GARCH model and the method of an outlier detection in the GARCH model. The results of the real internet traffic data show the out-performance of the robust estimator over the outlier detection method in the GARCH model. In addition, the method of the robust estimate is less complex than the method of the outlier detection method in the GARCH model.

Jensen's Alpha Estimation Models in Capital Asset Pricing Model

  • Phuoc, Le Tan
    • The Journal of Asian Finance, Economics and Business
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    • v.5 no.3
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    • pp.19-29
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    • 2018
  • This research examined the alternatives of Jensen's alpha (α) estimation models in the Capital Asset Pricing Model, discussed by Treynor (1961), Sharpe (1964), and Lintner (1965), using the robust maximum likelihood type m-estimator (MM estimator) and Bayes estimator with conjugate prior. According to finance literature and practices, alpha has often been estimated using ordinary least square (OLS) regression method and monthly return data set. A sample of 50 securities is randomly selected from the list of the S&P 500 index. Their daily and monthly returns were collected over a period of the last five years. This research showed that the robust MM estimator performed well better than the OLS and Bayes estimators in terms of efficiency. The Bayes estimator did not perform better than the OLS estimator as expected. Interestingly, we also found that daily return data set would give more accurate alpha estimation than monthly return data set in all three MM, OLS, and Bayes estimators. We also proposed an alternative market efficiency test with the hypothesis testing Ho: α = 0 and was able to prove the S&P 500 index is efficient, but not perfect. More important, those findings above are checked with and validated by Jackknife resampling results.

A Comparison of Robust Parameter Estimations for Autoregressive Models (자기회귀모형에서의 로버스트한 모수 추정방법들에 관한 연구)

  • Kang, Hee-Jeong;Kim, Soon-Young
    • Journal of the Korean Data and Information Science Society
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    • v.11 no.1
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    • pp.1-18
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    • 2000
  • In this paper, we study several parameter estimation methods used for autoregressive processes and compare them in view of forecasting. The least square estimation, least absolute deviation estimation, robust estimation are compared through Monte Carlo simulations.

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Robust inference with order constraint in microarray study

  • Kang, Joonsung
    • Communications for Statistical Applications and Methods
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    • v.25 no.5
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    • pp.559-568
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    • 2018
  • Gene classification can involve complex order-restricted inference. Examining gene expression pattern across groups with order-restriction makes standard statistical inference ineffective and thus, requires different methods. For this problem, Roy's union-intersection principle has some merit. The M-estimator adjusting for outlier arrays in a microarray study produces a robust test statistic with distribution-insensitive clustering of genes. The M-estimator in conjunction with a union-intersection principle provides a nonstandard robust procedure. By exact permutation distribution theory, a conditionally distribution-free test based on the proposed test statistic generates corresponding p-values in a small sample size setup. We apply a false discovery rate (FDR) as a multiple testing procedure to p-values in simulated data and real microarray data. FDR procedure for proposed test statistics controls the FDR at all levels of ${\alpha}$ and ${\pi}_0$ (the proportion of true null); however, the FDR procedure for test statistics based upon normal theory (ANOVA) fails to control FDR.