M-estimators for Isotonic Regression
Methodology
2011-05-26 v1 Statistics Theory
Statistics Theory
Abstract
In this paper we propose a family of robust estimates for isotonic regression: isotonic M-estimators. We show that their asymptotic distribution is, up to an scalar factor, the same as that of Brunk's classical isotonic estimator. We also derive the influence function and the breakdown point of these estimates. Finally we perform a Monte Carlo study that shows that the proposed family includes estimators that are simultaneously highly efficient under gaussian errors and highly robust when the error distribution has heavy tails.
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@article{arxiv.1105.5065,
title = {M-estimators for Isotonic Regression},
author = {Enrique E. Álvarez and Víctor J. Yohai},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1105.5065},
year = {2011}
}