Regression Analysis (Ashish Sen and Muni Srivastava)
Regression Analysis (Ashish Sen and Muni Srivastava)
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回归分析(Ashish Sen 和 Muni Srivastava)
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10.1137/1034042
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1992
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K. Berk
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of Neyman and Pearson, is a most powerful test against any simple alternative value outside the set. Finally, the required calculations can be performed, if in no other way, by the same authors’ result relating the asymptotic distribution of the statistic -2 log L to X2. Altogether, L can be used as the cornerstone of a complete system of estimation, many of whose properties are attractive and which can be directly programmed on a computer without needing a closed-form solution. The book by Gavin J. S. Ross discusses nonlinear estimation by MLE from the point of view that different parameterizations of a problem are possible and that they should be transformed to suit the purpose at hand. There are some limitations to using this idea in the present context. The transformation property of the MLE, mentioned above, suggests that in principle an estimate of a particular parameter set cannot be affected by transforming, estimating, and then transforming back again. One can well imagine that in practice there might be a computational advantage in accuracy or speed. However, the author takes this as obvious: he does not cite any theorems. (More generally, I would guess that the greatest obstacle that the moderately sophisticated user finds in trying to use MLE is difficult in believing in the correctness of the computed estimates. Therefore, I would have liked to have seen a clear theoretical development of the numerical analysis issues as such, disentangled from the other issues.) The intended audience for the book is not stated. A complete beginner might be hindered by some expository glitches, imprecision in theoretical matters, and carelessness. In an example in 2.1.4, the conventional method (a) yields estimates (2.549, 9.956), while parameter transformation (e) "to improve the performance of the optimization algorithm in (a)" leads to 0 (2.549, 9.956). Perhaps the improvement lay in the time to convergence, but we are given no further information. In 1.2.1 MLE’S are said to be "consistent in the sense that as the sample size increases, tends asymptotically to 0." Also in 1.2.1, as sample size increases the dispersion of the MLE "attains" the CramerRao lower bound, meaning "that in large samples nOn-MLES cannot have a greater variance than the MLE." Here, "smaller" or "practically smaller" is meant for "greater." Nonetheless, a user having some familiarity with nonlinear estimation and wishing to explore the parameter transformation point of viewmperhaps using the Maximum Likelihood Program in the Numerical Algorithms Group (NAG) subroutine library--will find in this book a wealth of information and suggestions. A user seeking a more general introduction to the possibilities and meaning of nonlinear estimation and willing to tackle a lengthy textbook might be better served by the book [1] of Seber and Wild. Another approach is described [2] by Bates and Watts.