A CONSISTENCY RESULT IN GENERAL CENSORING MODELS
Authors:
Sebastian D
hler a;
Ludger R
schendorf a
hler a;
Ludger R
schendorf a
| Affiliation: | a University of Freiburg Institute for Mathematical Stochastics Eckerstr. 1 Freiburg Germany D-79104. |
DOI:
10.1080/0233188031000124536
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6 issues per year
Subjects:
Mathematical Statistics;
Statistical Theory & Methods;
Statistics;
Statistics for the Biological Sciences;
Stochastic Models & Processes;
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Abstract
In this paper we prove a consistency result for sieved maximum likelihood estimators of the density in general random censoring models with covariates. The proof is based on the method of functional estimation. The estimation error is decomposed in a deterministic approximation error and the stochastic estimation error. The main part of the proof is to establish a uniform law of large numbers for the conditional log-likelihood functional, by using results and techniques from empirical process theory.
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| Keywords: Censoring Model; Sieved Maximum Likelihood Estimator; Functional Estimation; Empirical Process Theory |

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