A two-sample parametric group sequential procedure for monitoring clinical trials

A group sequential procedure is presented which allows for staggered entry of patients, random loss to followup, and utilizes the flexible boundary approach of Lan and DeMets. The proposed procedure assumes that response times are nearly exponentially distributed. An example as well as simulation studies comparing the performance of the proposed procedure with the group sequential logrank are also presented.     

A semiparametric maximum likelihood ratio test for the change point in copula models

In the present paper, a semiparametric maximum-likelihood-type test statistic is proposed and proved to have the same limit null distribution as the classical parametric likelihood one. Under some mild conditions, the limiting law of the proposed test statistic, suitably normalized and centralized, is shown to be double exponential, under the null hypothesis of no change in the parameter of copula models. We also discuss the Gaussian-type approximations for the semiparametric likelihood ratio. The asymptotic distribution of the proposed statistic under specified alternatives is shown to be normal, and an approximation to the power function is given. Simulation results are provided to illustrate the finite sample performance of the proposed statistical tests based on the double exponential and Gaussian-type approximations.     

Nonparametric and semiparametric estimation of the three way receiver operating characteristic surface

In many situations the diagnostic decision is not limited to a binary choice. Binary statistical tools such as receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curve and area under the ROC curve (AUC) need to be expanded to address three-category classification problem. Previous authors have suggest various ways to model the extension of AUC but not the ROC surface. Only simple parametric approaches are proposed for modeling the ROC measure under the assumption that test results all follow normal distributions. We study the estimation methods of three-dimensional ROC surfaces with nonparametric and semiparametric estimators. Asymptotical results are provided as a basis for statistical inference. Simulation studies are performed to assess the validity of our proposed methods in finite samples. We consider an Alzheimer's disease example from a clinical study in the US as an illustration. The nonparametric and semiparametric modelling approaches for the three way ROC analysis can be readily generalized to diagnostic problems with more than three classes.     

次分数布朗运动下带交易费用的备兑权证定价

为了体现金融资产的长记忆性,采用次分数布朗运动刻画备兑权证标的资产价格变化的行为模式。利用随机分析理论和偏微分方程方法,建立了次分数布朗运动下带交易费用的备兑权证定价模型,进一步研究了定价模型的参数估计问题。最后,采用我国权证市场实际数据进行了实证分析,通过比较不同定价模型的结果说明了长记忆性和交易费用对定价结果有着显著的影响。     

分数布朗运动下带违约风险的可转换债券定价

应用均衡定价方法,考虑股票价格和公司资产价值服从分数布朗运动以及存在公司违约风险情况下的可转债定价问题;建立相应的可转债定价模型,采用拟鞅定价方法,得出了欧式看涨期权的显式解,进而得出了可转债定价公式;最后利用数值算例进行分析,结论表明公司违约风险、股票价格和公司资产价格的长程关联性是可转债定价时不可忽略的因素。     

Discrete–Time Approximations of the Holmström–Milgrom Brownian–Motion Model of Intertemporal Incentive Provision

This paper studies the relation between discrete–time and continuous–time principal–agent models. We derive the continuous–time model as a limit of discrete–time models with ever shorter periods and show that optimal incentive schemes in the discrete–time models approximate the optimal incentive scheme in the continuous model, which is linear in accounts. Under the additional assumption that the principal observes only cumulative total profits at the end and the agent can destroy profits unnoticed, an incentive scheme that is linear in total profits is shown to be approximately optimal in the discrete–time model when the length of the period is small.     

Estimation of parameters of SDE driven by fractional Brownian motion with polynomial drift

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Strongly consistent and asymptotically normal estimators of the Hurst index and volatility parameters of solutions of stochastic differential equations with polynomial drift are proposed. The estimators are based on discrete observations of the underlying processes.     

Tabulating weighted sup-norm functionals used in change-point analysis

We introduce a number of weighted partial sum processes of which certain sup-norm functionals may be used, for example, to detect changes in the mean of independent observations. Their limiting distributions are derived mathematically, simulated and then tabulated. With this information, a detailed numerical investigation of the power of these functionals is carried out.* ^*Research mainly done while at Carleton University, partially supported by an NSERC Canada Grant of Miklós Csörg? at Carleton University, Ottawa. Also supported by the Austrian Science Foundation (FWF) under grant SFB#010 (‘Adaptive Information Systems and Modelling in Economics and Management Science’) while at Technische Universität Wien. ? ^?Research partially supported by an NSERC Canada Grant of Miklós Csörg? at Carleton University, Ottawa.      

Parameter identification for the discretely observed geometric fractional Brownian motion

This paper deals with the problem of estimating all the unknown parameters of geometric fractional Brownian processes from discrete observations. The estimation procedure is built upon the marriage of the quadratic variation and the maximum likelihood approach. The asymptotic properties of the estimators are provided. Moveover, we compare our derived method with the approach proposed by Misiran et al. [Fractional Black-Scholes models: complete MLE with application to fractional option pricing. In International conference on optimization and control; Guiyang, China; 2010. p. 573–586.], namely the complete maximum likelihood estimation. Simulation studies confirm theoretical findings and illustrate that our methodology is efficient and reliable. To show how to apply our approach in realistic contexts, an empirical study of Chinese financial market is also presented.     

虚构位移结构的类型学分析

文章以范围延伸路径虚构位移为分析对象,采用Talmy的运动事件为理论框架,从凸像、背衬、位移方式及位移路径等几个方面,在英语语言中对这一语言结构的类型特征研究基础上,分析汉语虚构位移表达的语言特点。文章认为当汉语结构中出现如＂来＂、＂去＂等本身已包括路径信息的趋向动词时,还要利用介词指明位移方向。