Title of article :
Nonlinear Regression Models Based on Slash Skew-Elliptical Errors
Author/Authors :
Pirzadeh Nahooji, Siavash Department of Statistics - Science and Research Branch - Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran , Farnoosh, Rahman School of Mathematics - Iran University of Science and Technology, Narmak, Tehran, Iran , Nematollahi, Nader Department of Statistics - Allameh Tabataba’i University, Tehran, Iran
Abstract :
In this paper, the nonlinear regression models when the model errors follow a slash skew-elliptical distribution, are considered. In the special case of nonlinear regression models under slash skew-t distribution, we present some distributional properties, and to estimate their parameters, we use an EM-type algorithm. Also, to find the estimation errors, we derive the observed information matrix analytically. To describe the influence of the observations on the ML estimates, we use a sensitivity analysis. Finally, we conduct some simulation studies and a real data analysis to show the performance of the proposed model.
Keywords :
EM algorithm , Slash skew-t distribution , Slash skew-elliptical distribution , EM algorithm , Nonlinear regression , Skew normal distribution
Journal title :
Journal of the Iranian Statistical Society (JIRSS)