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An adaptive composite quantile approach to dimension reduction

Statistics Theory 2014-08-15 v1 Statistics Theory

Abstract

Sufficient dimension reduction [J. Amer. Statist. Assoc. 86 (1991) 316-342] has long been a prominent issue in multivariate nonparametric regression analysis. To uncover the central dimension reduction space, we propose in this paper an adaptive composite quantile approach. Compared to existing methods, (1) it requires minimal assumptions and is capable of revealing all dimension reduction directions; (2) it is robust against outliers and (3) it is structure-adaptive, thus more efficient. Asymptotic results are proved and numerical examples are provided, including a real data analysis.

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@article{arxiv.1408.3221,
  title  = {An adaptive composite quantile approach to dimension reduction},
  author = {Efang Kong and Yingcun Xia},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1408.3221},
  year   = {2014}
}

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Published in at http://dx.doi.org/10.1214/14-AOS1242 the Annals of Statistics (http://www.imstat.org/aos/) by the Institute of Mathematical Statistics (http://www.imstat.org)

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