A note on prediction via estimation of the conditional mode function. (English) Zbl 0614.62045
Let \(\{(X_ i,Y_ i)\}^{\infty}_{i=1}\) be a stationary \(\Phi\)- mixing process where Y is real valued. The paper considers modal regression defined by the regression function \(\theta\) (x) which equals the mode of the conditional distribution of Y given \(X=x\). For the case where \(X_ i\) is a first order moving average process and \(Y_ i=\beta X_ i+\eta_ i\) where \(\eta_ i\) is a mixture of normals it is pointed out that the classical regression based on \(E(Y| X=x)\) would give biased and inconsistent estimators of \(\beta\). On the other hand the numerical computations show that the modal regression approach gives very accurate estimates of \(\beta\).
The proposed estimator \(\theta_ n(x)\) of \(\theta\) (x) is the mode of the estimated conditional density obtained by using suitable kernels. Under suitable regularity conditions on the model as well as the kernels it is shown that \(\theta_ n(x)\) is uniformly and strongly consistent for \(\theta\) (x).
The proposed estimator \(\theta_ n(x)\) of \(\theta\) (x) is the mode of the estimated conditional density obtained by using suitable kernels. Under suitable regularity conditions on the model as well as the kernels it is shown that \(\theta_ n(x)\) is uniformly and strongly consistent for \(\theta\) (x).
Reviewer: B.K.Kale
MSC:
62G05 | Nonparametric estimation |
62G20 | Asymptotic properties of nonparametric inference |
62M20 | Inference from stochastic processes and prediction |
60G25 | Prediction theory (aspects of stochastic processes) |
Keywords:
conditional mode function; strictly stationary time series; modal prediction; phi-mixing process; kernel density estimate; strongly and uniformly consistent estimate; modal regression; first order moving average process; mixture of normalsReferences:
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