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Asymptotic Conditional Distribution of Exceedance Counts: Fragility Index with Different Margins
Let be a random vector, whose components are not
necessarily independent nor are they required to have identical distribution
functions . Denote by the number of exceedances among
above a high threshold . The fragility index, defined by
if this limit exists, measures the
asymptotic stability of the stochastic system as the threshold
increases. The system is called stable if and fragile otherwise. In this
paper we show that the asymptotic conditional distribution of exceedance counts
(ACDEC) , , exists, if the
copula of is in the domain of attraction of a multivariate extreme
value distribution, and if
exists for
and some . This enables the computation of
the FI corresponding to and of the extended FI as well as of the
asymptotic distribution of the exceedance cluster length also in that case,
where the components of are not identically distributed
Statistical Communication Theory
Contains reports on two research projects.National Science Foundation (Grant GP-2495)National Institutes of Health (Grant MH-04737-04),National Aeronautics and Space Administration (Grant NsG-496
A D-vine copula mixed model for joint meta-analysis and comparison of diagnostic tests
For a particular disease, there may be two diagnostic tests developed, where each of the tests is subject to several studies. A quadrivariate generalised linear mixed model (GLMM) has been recently proposed to joint meta-analyse and compare two diagnostic tests. We propose a D-vine copula mixed model for joint meta-analysis and comparison of two diagnostic tests. Our general model includes the quadrivariate GLMM as a special case and can also operate on the original scale of sensitivities and specificities. The method allows the direct calculation of sensitivity and specificity for each test, as well as the parameters of the summary receiver operator characteristic (SROC) curve, along with a comparison between the SROCs of each test. Our methodology is demonstrated with an extensive simulation study and illustrated by meta-analysing two examples where two tests for the diagnosis of a particular disease are compared. Our study suggests that there can be an improvement on GLMM in fit to data since our model can also provide tail dependencies and asymmetries
A Hybrid Lagrangian Variation Method for Bose-Einstein Condensates in Optical Lattices
Solving the Gross--Pitaevskii (GP) equation describing a Bose--Einstein
condensate (BEC) immersed in an optical lattice potential can be a numerically
demanding task. We present a variational technique for providing fast, accurate
solutions of the GP equation for systems where the external potential exhibits
rapid varation along one spatial direction. Examples of such systems include a
BEC subjected to a one--dimensional optical lattice or a Bragg pulse. This
variational method is a hybrid form of the Lagrangian Variational Method for
the GP equation in which a hybrid trial wavefunction assumes a gaussian form in
two coordinates while being totally unspecified in the third coordinate. The
resulting equations of motion consist of a quasi--one--dimensional GP equation
coupled to ordinary differential equations for the widths of the transverse
gaussians. We use this method to investigate how an optical lattice can be used
to move a condensate non--adiabatically.Comment: 16 pages and 1 figur
An information theoretic approach to statistical dependence: copula information
We discuss the connection between information and copula theories by showing
that a copula can be employed to decompose the information content of a
multivariate distribution into marginal and dependence components, with the
latter quantified by the mutual information. We define the information excess
as a measure of deviation from a maximum entropy distribution. The idea of
marginal invariant dependence measures is also discussed and used to show that
empirical linear correlation underestimates the amplitude of the actual
correlation in the case of non-Gaussian marginals. The mutual information is
shown to provide an upper bound for the asymptotic empirical log-likelihood of
a copula. An analytical expression for the information excess of T-copulas is
provided, allowing for simple model identification within this family. We
illustrate the framework in a financial data set.Comment: to appear in Europhysics Letter
Strong Approximation of Empirical Copula Processes by Gaussian Processes
We provide the strong approximation of empirical copula processes by a
Gaussian process. In addition we establish a strong approximation of the
smoothed empirical copula processes and a law of iterated logarithm
Signal Processing
Contains research objectives and reports on work completed and one research project.Joint Services Electronics Programs (U. S. Army, U. S. Navy, and U. S. Air Force) under Contract DA 28-043-AMC-02536(E
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Estimating the Binary Endogenous Effect of Insurance on Doctor Visits by Copula-Based Regression Additive Models
This paper seeks to estimate the causal effect of having health insurance on health care utilization, while accounting for potential endogeneity bias. The topic has impor- tant policy implications, because health insurance reforms implemented in U.S. in recent decades have focused on extending coverage to the previously uninsured. Consequently, understanding the effects of those reforms requires an accurate estimate of the causal effect of insurance on utilization. However, obtaining such an estimate is complicated by the discreteness inherent in common measures of health care usage. This paper presents a flexible estimation approach, based on copula functions, that consistently estimates the coefficient of a binary endogenous regressor in count data settings. The relevant numeri- cal computations can be easily carried out using the freely available GJRM R package. The empirical results find significant evidence of favorable selection into insurance. Ignoring such selection, insurance appears to increase doctor visit usage by 62%, but adjusting for it, the effect increases to 134%
The Bivariate Normal Copula
We collect well known and less known facts about the bivariate normal
distribution and translate them into copula language. In addition, we prove a
very general formula for the bivariate normal copula, we compute Gini's gamma,
and we provide improved bounds and approximations on the diagonal.Comment: 24 page
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