Foreword |
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Preface |
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Acknowledgments |
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Notation |
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Acronyms |
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About the Companion Website |
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1 Introduction to Asymptotic Convergence |
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1 | (26) |
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1.2 Probability Spaces and Distribution Functions |
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1.3 Laws of Large Numbers |
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1.3.1 Convergence in Probability and Almost Sure |
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3 | (1) |
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1.3.2 Expectation and Variance |
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4 | (1) |
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1.3.3 Statements of the Law of Large Numbers |
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4 | (1) |
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1.3.4 Some History and an Example |
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1.3.5 Some More Asymptotic Theory and Application |
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6 | (2) |
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1.4 The Modus Operandi Related by Location Estimation |
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1.5 Efficiency of Location Estimators |
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17 | (3) |
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1.6 Estimation of Location and Scale |
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20 | (7) |
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2 The Functional Approach |
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2.1 Estimation and Conditions A |
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27 | (10) |
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37 | (4) |
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2.3 Weak Continuity and Weak Convergence |
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41 | (3) |
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2.4 Frechet Differentiability |
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44 | (4) |
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2.5 The Influence Function |
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48 | (3) |
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2.6 Efficiency for Multivariate Parameters |
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51 | (1) |
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52 | (7) |
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3 More Results on Differentiability |
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59 | (20) |
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3.1 Further Results on Frechet Differentiability |
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59 | (1) |
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3.2 M-Estimators: Their Introduction |
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59 | (11) |
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3.2.1 Non-Smooth Analysis and Conditions A' |
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61 | (4) |
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3.2.2 Existence and Uniqueness for Solutions of Equations |
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65 | (2) |
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3.2.3 Results for M-estimators with Non-Smooth Ψ |
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67 | (3) |
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3.3 Regression M-Estimators |
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70 | (3) |
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3.4 Stochastic Frechet Expansions and Further Considerations |
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3.5 Locally Uniform Frechet Expansion |
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74 | (2) |
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76 | (3) |
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79 | (20) |
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4.1 Introduction to Multiple Roots |
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4.2 Asymptotics for Multiple Roots |
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80 | (2) |
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4.3 Consistency in the Face of Multiple Roots |
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4.3.2 Asymptotic Properties of Roots and Tests |
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92 | (2) |
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4.3.3 Application of Asymptotic Theory |
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94 | (3) |
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4.3.4 Normal Mixtures and Conclusion |
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97 | (2) |
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5 Differentiability and Bias Reduction |
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5.1 Differentiability, Bias Reduction, and Variance Estimation |
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99 | (9) |
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5.1.1 The Jackknife Bias and Variance Estimation |
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5.1.2 Simple Location and Scale Bias Adjustments |
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102 | (3) |
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105 | (2) |
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5.1.4 The Choice to Jackknife or Bootstrap |
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107 | (1) |
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5.2 Further Results on the Newton Algorithm |
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108 | (5) |
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6 Minimum Distance Estimation and Mixture Estimation |
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6.1 Minimum Distance Estimation and Revisiting Mixture Modeling |
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113 | (12) |
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6.2 The L2-Minimum Distance Estimator for Mixtures |
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125 | (10) |
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6.2.1 The L2-Estimator for Mixing Proportions |
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126 | (4) |
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6.2.2 The L2-Estimator for Switching Regressions |
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130 | (3) |
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6.2.3 An Example Application of Switching Regressions |
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133 | (2) |
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6.3 Other Minimum Distance Estimation Applications |
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135 | (12) |
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6.3.1 Mixtures of Exponential Distributions |
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136 | (3) |
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6.3.2 Gamma Distributions and Quality Assurance |
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139 | (8) |
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7 L-Estimates and Trimmed Likelihood Estimates |
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147 | (28) |
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7.1 A Preview of Estimation Using Order Statistics |
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147 | (5) |
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7.1.1 The Functional Form of L-Estimators of Location |
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150 | (2) |
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7.2 The Trimmed Likelihood Estimator |
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152 | (8) |
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7.2.1 LTS and Breakdown Point |
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154 | (2) |
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7.2.2 TLE Asymptotics for the Normal Distribution |
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156 | (4) |
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7.3 Adaptive Trimmed Likelihood and Identification of Outliers |
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160 | (3) |
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7.4 Adaptive Trimmed Likelihood in Regression |
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163 | (6) |
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7.5 What to do if n is Large? |
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169 | (6) |
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7.5.1 TLE Asymptotics for Location and Regression |
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170 | (5) |
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8 Trimmed Likelihood for Multivariate Data |
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175 | (6) |
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8.1 Identification of Multivariate Outliers |
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175 | (6) |
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9 Further Directions and Conclusion |
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181 | (6) |
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Appendix A Specific Proof of Theorem 2.1 |
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187 | (2) |
Appendix B Specific Calculations in Examples 4.1 and 4.2 |
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189 | (4) |
Appendix C Calculation of Moments in Example 4.2 |
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193 | (2) |
Bibliography |
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Index |
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