Health consequences of microbial interactions with hydrocarbons, oils, and lipids
Handbook of immunosenescence : basic understanding and clinical implications
Green criminology and green theories of justice : an introduction to a political economic view of eco-justice
Genomic designing of climate-smart vegetable crops
Genetic and metabolic engineering for improved biofuel production from lignocellulosic biomass
Extra-coronal restorations : concepts and clinical application
Enterprise information systems : 21st International Conference, ICEIS 2019, Heraklion, Crete, Greece, May 3-5, 2019, Revised Selected Papers
Encyclopedia of signaling molecules
Ecology, conservation, and restoration of Chilika Lagoon, India
Early onset scoliosis : a clinical casebook
Drying atlas : drying kinetics and quality of agricultural products
Diabetes and Aging-related Complications
Deep learning in medical image analysis : challenges and applications
Current microbiological research in Africa : selected applications for sustainable environmental management
Cullin-RING ligases and protein neddylation : biology and therapeutics
Crafting qualitative research : beyond positivist traditions
Consequences of microbial interactions with hydrocarbons, oils, and lipids : biodegradation and bioremediation
Clinical manual of fever in children
Clinical approaches in endodontic regeneration : current and emerging therapeutic perspectives
Climate change and soil interactions
Climate change and food security with emphasis on wheat
Children’s Palliative Care: An International Case-Based Manual
Cellular internet of things : from massive deployments to critical 5G applications
Carotenoids : properties, processing and applications
Brazilian paleofloras : from Paleozoic to Holocene
Botulinum toxins, fillers and related substances
Binary code fingerprinting for cybersecurity : application to malicious code fingerprinting
Atlas of sexually transmitted diseases : clinical aspects and differential diagnosis
Aquatic biopolymers : understanding their industrial significance and environmental implications
Anomalies of the Developing Dentition : a Clinical Guide to Diagnosis and Management
Animal agriculture : sustainability, challenges and innovations
Anaerobic utilization of hydrocarbons, oils, and lipids
Agri-food industry strategies for healthy diets and sustainability : new challenges in nutrition and public health
A handbook of nuclear applications in humans' lives
100 cases in clinical pharmacology, therapeutics and prescribing
New Partnerships Emerge for COVID-19 Relief: Dade County Farm Bureau...
Harvested produce crops feed Florida Department of Corrections’ (FDC) more than 87,000 inmates; action saves food costs while reducing COVID-19 related supply chain impacts.
(PRWeb April 20, 2020)
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AgileAssets v7.5 Improves Flexibility, Field Productivity for Tunnel...
Web and mobile applications enhance efficiency and data accuracy using satellite maps and offline capabilities.
(PRWeb April 23, 2020)
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Gun Rights: California Gun Owners & Ammo Dealers Fire Back Against...
Ammunition Depot comments on Judge Roger T. Benitez ruling that Californians may again purchase ammo without a background check and order ammo online.
(PRWeb April 24, 2020)
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Viable Policy Pathways Expand Access to Renewable Energy for...
Newly launched REBA Institute shares research suggesting multiple policy pathways increase access, lower costs and drive decarbonization of the electricity sector.
(PRWeb May 05, 2020)
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Health Worker Data Alliance: Monitoring Emotional, Physical and...
Surveys provide secure, anonymous feedback from staff at all levels of healthcare organizations
(PRWeb May 06, 2020)
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Colorado Court Rules STRmix Is “Relevant and Reliable” Practice for...
Defendant’s Motion to Exclude Expert Testimony regarding evidence generated by STRmix denied.
(PRWeb May 08, 2020)
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Penalized generalized empirical likelihood with a diverging number of general estimating equations for censored data
Niansheng Tang, Xiaodong Yan, Xingqiu Zhao.
Source: The Annals of Statistics, Volume 48, Number 1, 607--627.
Abstract:
This article considers simultaneous variable selection and parameter estimation as well as hypothesis testing in censored survival models where a parametric likelihood is not available. For the problem, we utilize certain growing dimensional general estimating equations and propose a penalized generalized empirical likelihood, where the general estimating equations are constructed based on the semiparametric efficiency bound of estimation with given moment conditions. The proposed penalized generalized empirical likelihood estimators enjoy the oracle properties, and the estimator of any fixed dimensional vector of nonzero parameters achieves the semiparametric efficiency bound asymptotically. Furthermore, we show that the penalized generalized empirical likelihood ratio test statistic has an asymptotic central chi-square distribution. The conditions of local and restricted global optimality of weighted penalized generalized empirical likelihood estimators are also discussed. We present a two-layer iterative algorithm for efficient implementation, and investigate its convergence property. The performance of the proposed methods is demonstrated by extensive simulation studies, and a real data example is provided for illustration.
Asymptotic genealogies of interacting particle systems with an application to sequential Monte Carlo
Jere Koskela, Paul A. Jenkins, Adam M. Johansen, Dario Spanò.
Source: The Annals of Statistics, Volume 48, Number 1, 560--583.
Abstract:
We study weighted particle systems in which new generations are resampled from current particles with probabilities proportional to their weights. This covers a broad class of sequential Monte Carlo (SMC) methods, widely-used in applied statistics and cognate disciplines. We consider the genealogical tree embedded into such particle systems, and identify conditions, as well as an appropriate time-scaling, under which they converge to the Kingman $n$-coalescent in the infinite system size limit in the sense of finite-dimensional distributions. Thus, the tractable $n$-coalescent can be used to predict the shape and size of SMC genealogies, as we illustrate by characterising the limiting mean and variance of the tree height. SMC genealogies are known to be connected to algorithm performance, so that our results are likely to have applications in the design of new methods as well. Our conditions for convergence are strong, but we show by simulation that they do not appear to be necessary.