Improved maximum likelihood estimators in a heteroskedastic errors-in-variables model
Methodology
2015-08-27 v2
Abstract
This paper develops a bias correction scheme for a multivariate heteroskedastic errors-in-variables model. The applicability of this model is justified in areas such as astrophysics, epidemiology and analytical chemistry, where the variables are subject to measurement errors and the variances vary with the observations. We conduct Monte Carlo simulations to investigate the performance of the corrected estimators. The numerical results show that the bias correction scheme yields nearly unbiased estimates. We also give an application to a real data set.
Cite
@article{arxiv.0903.3146,
title = {Improved maximum likelihood estimators in a heteroskedastic errors-in-variables model},
author = {Alexandre G. Patriota and Artur J. Lemonte and Heleno Bolfarine},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0903.3146},
year = {2015}
}
Comments
12 pages. Statistical Papers