We evaluate the extreme differences between the consecutive expected record values appearing in an arbitrary i.i.d. sample in the standard deviation units. We also discuss the relevant estimates for parent distributions coming from restricted families and other scale units.
We propose a class of unbiased and strongly consistent nonparametric kernel estimates of a probability density function, based on a random choice of the sample size and the kernel function. The expected sample size can be arbitrarily small and mild conditions on the local behavior of the density function are imposed.
We present optimal upper bounds for expectations of order statistics from i.i.d. samples with a common distribution function belonging to the restricted family of probability measures that either precede or follow a given one in the star ordering. The bounds for families with monotone failure density and rate on the average are specified. The results are obtained by projecting functions onto convex cones of Hilbert spaces.
A sequence of equivariant estimators of a location parameter, which is asymptotically most robust with respect to bias oscillation function, is derived for two types of disturbances: e-contamination and Kolmogorov-Levy neighbourhoods. The sequence consists of properly chosen order statistics modified by adding a constant. As examples, the most bias-robust estimators for unimodal symmetric, Weibull, double-exponential and beta distributions are presented.
Asymptotic robustness of estimators of scale parameter with respect to scale invariant bias oscillation function is studied for two types of disturbances. In the case of £-contamination, the most robust sequence of equivariant estimators for model distribution with a positive support and the most robust sequence of equivariant symmetric estimators for symmetric model distribution are constructed. In the case of Kolmogorov-Levy neighbourhoods, the solution is derived without any assumptions about...
This is a survey paper describing achievements of professor Ryszard Zieliński in the subject of nonparametric estimation of population quantiles based on samples of fixed size, and applications of the quantile estimators in the robust estimation of location parameter. Zielinski assumed that a finite sequence of independent identically distributed random variables X1, . . . ,Xn is observed, and their common distribution function F belongs to the family F of continuous and strictly increasing distribution...
Using tools of approximation theory, we evaluate rates of bias convergence for sequences of generalized L-statistics based on i.i.d. samples under mild smoothness conditions on the weight function and simple moment conditions on the score function. Apart from standard methods of weighting, we introduce and analyze L-statistics with possibly random coefficients defined by means of positive linear functionals acting on the weight function.
We apply the method of projecting functions onto convex cones in Hilbert spaces to derive sharp upper bounds for the expectations of spacings from i.i.d. samples coming from restricted families of distributions. Two families are considered: distributions with decreasing density and with decreasing failure rate. We also characterize the distributions for which the bounds are attained.
Performance of coherent reliability systems is strongly connected with distributions of order statistics of failure times of components. A crucial assumption here is that the distributions of possibly mutually dependent lifetimes of components are exchangeable and jointly absolutely continuous. Assuming absolute continuity of marginals, we focus on properties of respective copulas and characterize the marginal distribution functions of order statistics that may correspond to absolute continuous...
We present sharp upper bounds for the deviations of expected generalized order statistics from the population mean in various scale units generated by central absolute moments. No restrictions are imposed on the parameters of the generalized order statistics model. The results are derived by combining the unimodality property of the uniform generalized order statistics with the Moriguti and Hölder inequalities. They generalize evaluations for specific models of ordered observations.
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