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Quantile regression with varying coefficients
Quantile regression provides a framework for modeling statistical quantities
of interest other than the conditional mean. The regression methodology is well
developed for linear models, but less so for nonparametric models. We consider
conditional quantiles with varying coefficients and propose a methodology for
their estimation and assessment using polynomial splines. The proposed
estimators are easy to compute via standard quantile regression algorithms and
a stepwise knot selection algorithm. The proposed Rao-score-type test that
assesses the model against a linear model is also easy to implement. We provide
asymptotic results on the convergence of the estimators and the null
distribution of the test statistic. Empirical results are also provided,
including an application of the methodology to forced expiratory volume (FEV)
data.Comment: Published at http://dx.doi.org/10.1214/009053606000000966 in the
Annals of Statistics (http://www.imstat.org/aos/) by the Institute of
Mathematical Statistics (http://www.imstat.org
On the Divisibility of Trinomials by Maximum Weight Polynomials over F2
Divisibility of trinomials by given polynomials over finite fields has been
studied and used to construct orthogonal arrays in recent literature. Dewar et
al.\ (Des.\ Codes Cryptogr.\ 45:1-17, 2007) studied the division of trinomials
by a given pentanomial over \F_2 to obtain the orthogonal arrays of strength
at least 3, and finalized their paper with some open questions. One of these
questions is concerned with generalizations to the polynomials with more than
five terms. In this paper, we consider the divisibility of trinomials by a
given maximum weight polynomial over \F_2 and apply the result to the
construction of the orthogonal arrays of strength at least 3.Comment: 10 pages, 1 figur
Interactional Functions of Demonstratives in Korean and Japanese Conversation.
Ph.D. Thesis. University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa 2018
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