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In this paper we develop a novel inferential approach based on geometric records for estimating the tail index of heavy-tailed distributions. We construct a maximum likelihood estimator for the Pareto model and establish its strong…

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A novel approach to obtain weighted likelihood estimates of multivariate location and scatter is discussed. A weighting scheme is proposed that is based on the distribution of the Mahalanobis distances rather than the distribution of the…

Methodology · Statistics 2017-06-20 Claudio Agostinelli , Luca Greco

In this paper, we introduce a new approach to constructing unbiased estimators when computing expectations of path functionals associated with stochastic differential equations (SDEs). Our randomization idea is closely related to…

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In this paper, we introduce a new technique that combines two popular methods to estimate uncertainty in object detection. Quantifying uncertainty is critical in real-world robotic applications. Traditional detection models can be ambiguous…

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We introduce a novel approach called the Bayesian Jackknife empirical likelihood method for analyzing survey data obtained from various unequal probability sampling designs. This method is particularly applicable to parameters described by…

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An Euler-type framework with equidistant step sizes is proposed for a class of time-changed stochastic differential equations.We establish the strong convergence rate of the standard Euler--Maruyama method under the global Lipschitz…

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We propose a new estimator for the high-dimensional linear regression model with observation error in the design where the number of coefficients is potentially larger than the sample size. The main novelty of our procedure is that the…

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To take sample biases and skewness in the observations into account, practitioners frequently weight their observations according to some marginal distribution. The present paper demonstrates that such weighting can indeed improve the…

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In this paper, by estimating the weight coefficient effectively, we establish an improvement of a Hardy-Hilbert type inequality proved by B.C. Yang, our main tool is Euler-Maclaurin expansion for the zeta function. As applications, some…

General Mathematics · Mathematics 2012-06-12 Guang-Sheng Chen

A Greek weight associated to a parameterized random variable $Z(\lambda)$ is a random variable $\pi$ such that $\nabla_{\lambda}E[\phi(Z(\lambda))]=E[\phi(Z(\lambda))\pi]$ for any function $\phi$. The importance of the set of Greek weights…

Probability · Mathematics 2007-10-25 Romuald Elie , Jean-David Fermanian , Nizar Touzi

Robust estimation under multivariate normal (MVN) mixture model is always a computational challenge. A recently proposed maximum pseudo \b{eta}-likelihood estimator aims to estimate the unknown parameters of a MVN mixture model in the…

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We address a parametric joint detection-estimation problem for discrete signals of the form $x(t) = \sum_{n=1}^{N} \alpha_n e^{-i \lambda_n t } + \epsilon_t$, $t \in \mathbb{N}$, with an additive noise represented by independent centered…

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Multivariate versions of classical orthogonal polynomials such as Jacobi, Hahn, Laguerre and Meixner are reviewed and their connection explored by adopting a probabilistic approach. Hahn and Meixner polynomials are interpreted as posterior…

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The formal weight enumerators were first introduced by M. Ozeki. They form a ring of invariant polynomials which is similar to that of the weight enumerators of Type II codes. Later, the zeta functions for linear codes were discovered and…

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A maximum likelihood method is used to deal with the combined estimation of multi-measurements of a branching ratio, where each result can be presented as an upper limit. The joint likelihood function is constructed using observed spectra…

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Equilibrium measures are special invariant measures of chaotic dynamical systems and iterated function systems, commonly studied as salient examples of fractal measures. While useful analytic expressions are rare, computational exploration…

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We prove quantitative, one-weight, weak-type estimates for maximal operators, singular integrals, fractional maximal operators and fractional integral operators. We consider a kind of weak-type inequality that was first studied by…

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We determine the Euclidean distance degree of a projective toric variety. This extends the formula of Matsui and Takeuchi for the degree of the $A$-discriminant in terms of Euler obstructions. Our primary goal is the development of reliable…

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