Likelihood-based inference for the power regression model

In this paper we investigate an extension of the power-normal model, called the alpha-power model and specialize it to linear and nonlinear regression models, with and without correlated errors. Maximum likelihood estimation is considered with explicit derivation of the observed and expected Fisher...

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Autores: Martínez-Flórez, Guillermo, Bolfarine, Heleno, Gómez, Héctor W.
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2015
País:España
Institución:Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC)
Repositorio:UPCommons. Portal del coneixement obert de la UPC
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:upcommons.upc.edu:2117/88527
Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/2117/88527
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Correlation
maximum likelihood
power-normal distribution
regression.
Classificació AMS::60 Probability theory and stochastic processes::60E Distribution theory
Àrees temàtiques de la UPC::Matemàtiques i estadística::Estadística matemàtica
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Sumario:In this paper we investigate an extension of the power-normal model, called the alpha-power model and specialize it to linear and nonlinear regression models, with and without correlated errors. Maximum likelihood estimation is considered with explicit derivation of the observed and expected Fisher information matrices. Applications are considered for the Australian athletes data set and also to a data set studied in Xie et al. (2009). The main conclusion is that the proposed model can be a viable alternative in situations were the normal distribution is not the most adequate model.