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Marginal integration M-estimators for additive models

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  • Graciela Boente

    (Universidad de Buenos Aires and IMAS, CONICET, Ciudad Universitaria)

  • Alejandra Martínez

    (Universidad de Buenos Aires and IMAS, CONICET, Ciudad Universitaria)

Abstract

Additive regression models have a long history in multivariate non-parametric regression. They provide a model in which the regression function is decomposed as a sum of functions, each of them depending only on a single explanatory variable. The advantage of additive models over general non-parametric regression models is that they allow to obtain estimators converging at the optimal univariate rate avoiding the so-called curse of dimensionality. Beyond backfitting, marginal integration is a common procedure to estimate each component in additive models. In this paper, we propose a robust estimator of the additive components which combines local polynomials on the component to be estimated with the marginal integration procedure. The proposed estimators are consistent and asymptotically normally distributed. A simulation study allows to show the advantage of the proposal over the classical one when outliers are present in the responses, leading to estimators with good robustness and efficiency properties.

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  • Graciela Boente & Alejandra Martínez, 2017. "Marginal integration M-estimators for additive models," TEST: An Official Journal of the Spanish Society of Statistics and Operations Research, Springer;Sociedad de Estadística e Investigación Operativa, vol. 26(2), pages 231-260, June.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:testjl:v:26:y:2017:i:2:d:10.1007_s11749-016-0508-0
    DOI: 10.1007/s11749-016-0508-0
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