DGQR estimation for interval censored quantile regression with varying-coefficient models.
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SUBMITTER: Li C
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7654815 | biostudies-literature | 2020
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DGQR estimation for interval censored quantile regression with varying-coefficient models.
Li ChunJing C Li Yun Y Ding Xue X Dong XiaoGang X
PloS one 20201110 11
This paper propose a direct generalization quantile regression estimation method (DGQR estimation) for quantile regression with varying-coefficient models with interval censored data, which is a direct generalization for complete observed data. The consistency and asymptotic normality properties of the estimators are obtained. The proposed method has the advantage that does not require the censoring vectors to be identically distributed. The effectiveness of the method is verified by some simula ...[more]
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