M-estimators for Isotonic Regression

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 thes...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores: Alvarez, Enrique Ernesto, Yohai, Victor Jaime
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2012
País:Argentina
Institución:Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas
Repositorio:CONICET Digital (CONICET)
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:ri.conicet.gov.ar:11336/198372
Acceso en línea:http://hdl.handle.net/11336/198372
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:ISOTONIC REGRESSION
M-ESTIMATORS
ROBUST ESTIMATES
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Sumario: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.