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Some Advanced Semiparametric Single-index Modeling for Spatially-Temporally Correlated Data

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dc.contributor Statistics
dc.contributor Kim, Inyoung
dc.contributor Terrell, George R.
dc.contributor Du, Pang
dc.contributor Smith, Eric P.
dc.creator Mahmoud, Hamdy F. F.
dc.date 2017-04-02T06:00:22Z
dc.date 2017-04-02T06:00:22Z
dc.date 2014-10-09
dc.date.accessioned 2023-02-28T18:22:02Z
dc.date.available 2023-02-28T18:22:02Z
dc.identifier vt_gsexam:3837
dc.identifier http://hdl.handle.net/10919/76744
dc.identifier.uri http://localhost:8080/xmlui/handle/CUHPOERS/269774
dc.description Semiparametric modeling is a hybrid of the parametric and nonparametric modelings where some function forms are known and others are unknown. In this dissertation, we have made several contributions to semiparametric modeling based on the single index model related to the following three topics: the first is to propose a model for detecting change points simultaneously with estimating the unknown function; the second is to develop two models for spatially correlated data; and the third is to further develop two models for spatially-temporally correlated data. To address the first topic, we propose a unified approach in its ability to simultaneously estimate the nonlinear relationship and change points. We propose a single index change point model as our unified approach by adjusting for several other covariates. We nonparametrically estimate the unknown function using kernel smoothing and also provide a permutation based testing procedure to detect multiple change points. We show the asymptotic properties of the permutation testing based procedure. The advantage of our approach is demonstrated using the mortality data of Seoul, Korea from January, 2000 to December, 2007. On the second topic, we propose two semiparametric single index models for spatially correlated data. One additively separates the nonparametric function and spatially correlated random effects, while the other does not separate the nonparametric function and spatially correlated random effects. We estimate these two models using two algorithms based on Markov Chain Expectation Maximization algorithm. Our approaches are compared using simulations, suggesting that the semiparametric single index nonadditive model provides more accurate estimates of spatial correlation. The advantage of our approach is demonstrated using the mortality data of six cities, Korea from January, 2000 to December, 2007. The third topic involves proposing two semiparametric single index models for spatially and temporally correlated data. Our first model has the nonparametric function which can separate from spatially and temporally correlated random effects. We refer it to "semiparametric spatio-temporal separable single index model (SSTS-SIM)", while the second model does not separate the nonparametric function from spatially correlated random effects but separates the time random effects. We refer our second model to "semiparametric nonseparable single index model (SSTN-SIM)". Two algorithms based on Markov Chain Expectation Maximization algorithm are introduced to simultaneously estimate parameters, spatial effects, and times effects. The proposed models are then applied to the mortality data of six major cities in Korea. Our results suggest that SSTN-SIM is more flexible than SSTS-SIM because it can estimate various nonparametric functions while SSTS-SIM enforces the similar nonparametric curves. SSTN-SIM also provides better estimation and prediction.
dc.description Ph. D.
dc.format ETD
dc.format application/pdf
dc.publisher Virginia Tech
dc.rights In Copyright
dc.rights http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/
dc.subject Change Point
dc.subject Generalized Linear Model
dc.subject Generalized Additive Model
dc.subject Markov Chain Expectation Maximization
dc.subject Mixed model
dc.subject Permutation Test
dc.subject Semiparametric regression
dc.subject Single Index model
dc.subject Spatially correlated data
dc.subject Spatio-temporal data.
dc.title Some Advanced Semiparametric Single-index Modeling for Spatially-Temporally Correlated Data
dc.type Dissertation


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