1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910437860803321

Autore

Ferrario Paola <1963->

Titolo

Local variance estimation for uncensored and censored observations / / Paola Gloria Ferrario

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Dordrecht, : Springer, 2013

ISBN

3-658-02314-7

Edizione

[1st ed. 2013.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xvii, 130 pages) : illustrations

Collana

Gale eBooks

Disciplina

519.546

Soggetti

Data mining

Variational inequalities

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

Least Squares Estimation of the Local Variance via Plug-In.- Local Averaging Estimation of the Local Variance via Plug-In -- Partitioning Estimation of the Local Variance via Nearest Neighbors -- Estimation of the Local Variance under Censored Observations.

Sommario/riassunto

Paola Gloria Ferrario develops and investigates several methods of nonparametric local variance estimation. The first two methods use regression estimations (plug-in), achieving least squares estimates as well as local averaging estimates (partitioning or kernel type). Furthermore, the author uses a partitioning method for the estimation of the local variance based on first and second nearest neighbors (instead of regression estimation). Approaching specific problems of application fields, all the results are extended and generalised to the case where only censored observations are available. Further, simulations have been executed comparing the performance of two different estimators (R-Code available!). As a possible application of the given theory the author proposes a survival analysis of patients who are treated for a specific illness.   Contents ·         Least Squares Estimation of the Local Variance via Plug-In ·         Local Averaging Estimation of the Local Variance via Plug-In ·         Partitioning Estimation of the Local Variance via Nearest Neighbors ·         Estimation of the Local Variance under Censored Observations     Target Groups ·         Researchers and graduate students in the fields of mathematics and statistics ·         Practitioners in the fields of medicine,



reliability, finance, and insurance     Author Paola Gloria Ferrario received her doctorate degree (doctor rerum naturalium) from the University of Stuttgart, Germany, in 2012, after having studied Mathematical Engineering at the Polytechnic of Milano, Italy. She taught mathematics to students of economics at University of Hohenheim and now works as a researcher at the University of Lübeck, Germany.

2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910557134303321

Autore

Loja Maria Amélia Ramos

Titolo

Numerical and Symbolic Computation : Developments and Applications

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Basel, Switzerland, : MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute, 2020

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (140 p.)

Soggetti

History of engineering and technology

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Sommario/riassunto

This book is a comprehensive set of articles reflecting on the application of symbolic and/or numerical computation in a range of scientific areas within the fields of engineering and science. These articles constitute extended versions of communications presented at the 4th International Conference on Numerical and Symbolic Computation-SYMCOMP 2019-that took place in Porto, Portugal, from 11 to 12 April 2019 The different chapters present diverse perspectives on the existing effective connections between mathematical methods and procedures and other knowledge areas. The intrinsic multidisciplinary character is visible throughout the whole book as a result of the applicability of the scope and the applications considered. The reader will find this book to be a useful resource for identifying problems of interest in different engineering and science areas, and in the development of mathematical models and procedures used in the context of prediction or verification computational tools as well as in



the aided-learning/teaching context. This book is a must-read for anyone interested in the recent developments and applications of symbolic and numerical computation for a number of multidisciplinary engineering and science problems.