General relative error criterion and M-estimation

作     者：Ying YANG Fei YE 

作者机构：Department of Mathematical Sciences Tsinghua University Beijing 100084 China 

出 版 物：《Frontiers of Mathematics in China》 (中国高等学校学术文摘·数学（英文）)

年 卷 期：2013年第8卷第3期

页      面：695-715页

核心收录：

学科分类：12[管理学] 02[经济学] 07[理学] 08[工学] 070103[理学-概率论与数理统计] 0202[经济学-应用经济学] 020208[经济学-统计学] 1201[管理学-管理科学与工程(可授管理学、工学学位)] 081104[工学-模式识别与智能系统] 0714[理学-统计学（可授理学、经济学学位）] 0835[工学-软件工程] 0701[理学-数学] 0811[工学-控制科学与工程] 0812[工学-计算机科学与技术（可授工学、理学学位）] 

基　　金：国家自然科学基金 Tsinghua Yue-Yuen Medical Science Fund 

主　　题：Relative error accelerated failure time model M-estimation asymptotic normality general loss function 

摘      要：Relative error rather than the error itself is of the main interest in many practical applications. Criteria based on minimizing the sum of absolute relative errors （MRE） and the sum of squared relative errors （RLS） were proposed in the different areas. Motivated by K. Chen et al.＇s recent work [J. Amer. Statist. Assoc., 2010, 105： 1104-1112] on the least absolute relative error （LARE） estimation for the accelerated failure time （AFT） model, in this paper, we establish the connection between relative error estimators and the M-estimation in the linear model. This connection allows us to deduce the asymptotic properties of many relative error estimators （e.g., LARE） by the well-developed M-estimation theories. On the other hand, the asymptotic properties of some important estimators （e.g., MRE and RLS） cannot be established directly. In this paper, we propose a general relative error criterion （GREC） for estimating the unknown parameter in the AFT model. Then we develop the approaches to deal with the asymptotic normalities for M-estimators with differentiable loss functions on R or R／{0} in the linear model. The simulation studies are conducted to evaluate the performance of the proposed estimates for the different scenarios. Illustration with a real data example is also provided.