Nonparametric inference for Markovian interval processes
type: Item
instance of: scholarly article
title: Nonparametric inference for Markovian interval processes
zbMATH Open document ID: 0885.62048
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-4149(96)00129-9
published in: Stochastic Processes and their Applications
publication date: 1998-03-29T00:00:00Z
review text: A multivariate counting process \(N=(N_1,\ldots ,N_p)\) is considered. It is assumed that each individual intensity depends (only) on the current time and on the time elapsed from the last counts of other components (such a process is called a Markov interval process). The times passed since preceding counts, \(z(t)=(z_1(t),\ldots ,z_p(t))\), are treated as covariates in a nonparametric hazard regression model \(\lambda _i(t)=\alpha _i(t,z(t)),\;i=1,\ldots ,p\). The procedure of estimation constructs first the nonparametric estimator of a double cumulative hazard rate [cf. the references to recent papers of the author and \textit{I.W. McKeague}, e.g., Scand. J. Stat. 18, No. 3, 177-195 (1991; Zbl 0803.62038)], then estimators of functions \(\alpha _i\) are obtained via smoothing. Two main theorems prove the large sample properties, namely the consistency of estimates (uniform on compact sets), and asymptotic normality of estimated ``increments'' (w.r. to variable \(z\)) of double cumulative intensities. The approach is then utilized for the construction of tests of hypotheses, namely for tests of a) linearity of dependence on \(z\), b) independence of components. Finally, the method is applied to modelling the relationship between neurons organized to a net where activation of each cell depends on impulses from the others. Up to now the description of such a network has mostly been based on cross-correlation analysis.
Mathematics Subject Classification ID: 62G07
Mathematics Subject Classification ID: 62M05
Mathematics Subject Classification ID: 60G55
Mathematics Subject Classification ID: 62P10
zbMATH DE Number: 1134818
zbMATH Keywords: counting process
zbMATH Keywords: hazard regression
zbMATH Keywords: Markov process
zbMATH Keywords: kernel smoothing
zbMATH Keywords: goodness-of-fit test
zbMATH Keywords: biologocal neural networks
author: Klaus J. Utikal
reviewed by: Petr Volf
MaRDI profile type: Publication
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