Abstract
Luo & Tsai (2012, Biometrika) introduced the proportional likelihood ratio model. They proposed an iterative algorithm for the estimation of the baseline distribution function but did not establish its convergence. Here we provide a proof of convergence.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 778-780 |
Number of pages | 3 |
Journal | Biometrika |
Volume | 100 |
Issue number | 3 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Sep 2013 |
Bibliographical note
Funding Information:The research of Ori Davidov was supported by the Israeli Science Foundation. We wish to thank the editor and referees for their quick handling of the paper as well as for their comments and suggestions.
Keywords
- Fixed point theorem
- Semiparametric regression
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Statistics and Probability
- General Mathematics
- Agricultural and Biological Sciences (miscellaneous)
- General Agricultural and Biological Sciences
- Statistics, Probability and Uncertainty
- Applied Mathematics