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Shape restricted nonparametric regression with Bernstein polynomials

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  • Wang, J.
  • Ghosh, S.K.

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The objective of this article is to develop a computationally efficient estimator of the regression function subject to various shape constraints. In particular, nonparametric estimators of monotone and/or convex (concave) regression functions are obtained by using a nested sequence of Bernstein polynomials. One of the key distinguishing features of the proposed estimator is that a given shape constraint (e.g., monotonicity and/or convexity) is maintained for any finite sample size and satisfied over the entire support of the predictor space. Moreover, it is shown that the Bernstein polynomial based regression estimator can be obtained as a solution of a constrained least squares method and hence the estimator can be computed efficiently using a quadratic programming algorithm. Finally, the asymptotic properties (e.g., strong uniform consistency) of the estimator are established under very mild conditions, and finite sample properties are explored using several simulation studies and real data analysis. The predictive performances are compared with some of the existing methods.

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  • Wang, J. & Ghosh, S.K., 2012. "Shape restricted nonparametric regression with Bernstein polynomials," Computational Statistics & Data Analysis, Elsevier, vol. 56(9), pages 2729-2741.
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:csdana:v:56:y:2012:i:9:p:2729-2741
    DOI: 10.1016/j.csda.2012.02.018
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