Asymmetric Kernels for Boundary Modification in Distribution Function Estimation

Kernel-type estimators are popular in density and distribution function estimation. However, they suffer from boundary effects. In order to modify this drawback, this study has proposed two new kernel estimators for the cumulative distribution function based on two asymmetric kernels including the...

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Main Authors: Habib Allah Mombeni, Behzad Mansouri, MohammadReza Akhoond
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Instituto Nacional de Estatística | Statistics Portugal 2021-12-01
Series:Revstat Statistical Journal
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Online Access:https://revstat.ine.pt/index.php/REVSTAT/article/view/350
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Summary:Kernel-type estimators are popular in density and distribution function estimation. However, they suffer from boundary effects. In order to modify this drawback, this study has proposed two new kernel estimators for the cumulative distribution function based on two asymmetric kernels including the Birnbaum–Saunders kernel and the Weibull kernel. We show the asymptotic convergence of our proposed estimators in boundary as well as interior design points. We illustrate the performance of our proposed estimators using a numerical study and show that our proposed estimators outperform the other commonly used methods. The illustration of our proposed estimators to a real data set indicates that they provide better estimates than those of the formerly-known methodologies.
ISSN:1645-6726
2183-0371