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A note on the Gao et al. (2019) uniform mixture model in the case of regression

Tsionas, Mike G.; Andrikopoulos, Athanasios

Authors

Mike G. Tsionas

Athanasios Andrikopoulos



Abstract

© 2019, The Author(s). We extend the uniform mixture model of Gao et al. (Ann Oper Res, 2019. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10479-019-03236-9) to the case of linear regression. Gao et al. (Ann Oper Res, 2019. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10479-019-03236-9) proposed that to characterize the probability distributions of multimodal and irregular data observed in engineering, a uniform mixture model can be used. This model is a weighted combination of multiple uniform distribution components. This case is of empirical interest since, in many instances, the distribution of the error term in a linear regression model cannot be assumed unimodal. Bayesian methods of inference organized around Markov chain Monte Carlo are proposed. In a Monte Carlo experiment, significant efficiency gains are found in comparison to least squares justifying the use of the uniform mixture model.

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Tsionas, M. G., & Andrikopoulos, A. (2020). A note on the Gao et al. (2019) uniform mixture model in the case of regression. Annals of Operations Research, 289(2), 495-501. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10479-019-03475-w

Journal Article Type Article
Acceptance Date Nov 12, 2019
Online Publication Date Nov 21, 2019
Publication Date Jun 1, 2020
Deposit Date Nov 23, 2019
Publicly Available Date Nov 25, 2019
Journal Annals of Operations Research
Print ISSN 0254-5330
Publisher Springer Verlag
Peer Reviewed Peer Reviewed
Volume 289
Issue 2
Pages 495-501
DOI https://doi.org/10.1007/s10479-019-03475-w
Keywords Multimodal data; Uniform mixture model; Regression models; Statistical inference; Bayesian analysis
Public URL https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/3225300
Additional Information First Online: 21 November 2019
Contract Date Nov 25, 2019

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