Large Sample Behavior of the Least Trimmed Squares Estimator

The least trimmed squares (LTS) estimator is popular in location, regression, machine learning, and AI literature. Despite the empirical version of least trimmed squares (LTS) being repeatedly studied in the literature, the population version of the LTS has never been introduced and studied. The lac...

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Main Author: Yijun Zuo
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Published: MDPI AG 2024-11-01
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description The least trimmed squares (LTS) estimator is popular in location, regression, machine learning, and AI literature. Despite the empirical version of least trimmed squares (LTS) being repeatedly studied in the literature, the population version of the LTS has never been introduced and studied. The lack of the population version hinders the study of the large sample properties of the LTS utilizing the empirical process theory. Novel properties of the objective function in both empirical and population settings of the LTS and other properties, are established for the first time in this article. The primary properties of the objective function facilitate the establishment of other original results, including the influence function and Fisher consistency. The strong consistency is established with the help of a generalized Glivenko–Cantelli Theorem over a class of functions for the first time. Differentiability and stochastic equicontinuity promote the establishment of asymptotic normality with a concise and novel approach.
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spelling doaj-art-82eefb307f5b42de849d31056117195d2024-11-26T18:11:55ZengMDPI AGMathematics2227-73902024-11-011222358610.3390/math12223586Large Sample Behavior of the Least Trimmed Squares EstimatorYijun Zuo0Department of Statistics and Probability, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 48824, USAThe least trimmed squares (LTS) estimator is popular in location, regression, machine learning, and AI literature. Despite the empirical version of least trimmed squares (LTS) being repeatedly studied in the literature, the population version of the LTS has never been introduced and studied. The lack of the population version hinders the study of the large sample properties of the LTS utilizing the empirical process theory. Novel properties of the objective function in both empirical and population settings of the LTS and other properties, are established for the first time in this article. The primary properties of the objective function facilitate the establishment of other original results, including the influence function and Fisher consistency. The strong consistency is established with the help of a generalized Glivenko–Cantelli Theorem over a class of functions for the first time. Differentiability and stochastic equicontinuity promote the establishment of asymptotic normality with a concise and novel approach.https://www.mdpi.com/2227-7390/12/22/3586trimmed squares of residualscontinuity and differentiability of objective functioninfluence functionFisher consistencyasymptotics
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Large Sample Behavior of the Least Trimmed Squares Estimator
Mathematics
trimmed squares of residuals
continuity and differentiability of objective function
influence function
Fisher consistency
asymptotics
title Large Sample Behavior of the Least Trimmed Squares Estimator
title_full Large Sample Behavior of the Least Trimmed Squares Estimator
title_fullStr Large Sample Behavior of the Least Trimmed Squares Estimator
title_full_unstemmed Large Sample Behavior of the Least Trimmed Squares Estimator
title_short Large Sample Behavior of the Least Trimmed Squares Estimator
title_sort large sample behavior of the least trimmed squares estimator
topic trimmed squares of residuals
continuity and differentiability of objective function
influence function
Fisher consistency
asymptotics
url https://www.mdpi.com/2227-7390/12/22/3586
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