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Estimating parameters of polynomial models with errors in variables and no additional information

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The problem of estimating a polynomial model with a classical error in the input factor is under consideration in the functional case. The nonparametric method recently introduced for estimating structural dependences does not use any additional information, but it is very effortconsuming computationally and needs samples of large size.We propose some easier methods. The first approach is based on a preliminary estimation of the Berkson error variance under assumption of its normal distribution by the maximum likelihood method for a piecewise linearmodel. This estimate of variance is used for recovering the parameters of a polynomial by the methods of general and adjusted least squares. In case the error variance deviates from normal distribution, an adaptive method is developed that is based on the generalized lambda distribution. These approaches were applied for solving the problem of knowledge level evaluation.

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Original Russian Text © V.I. Denisov, A.Yu. Timofeeva, E.A. Khailenko, 2016, published in Sibirskii Zhurnal Industrial’noi Matematiki, 2016, Vol. XIX, No. 3, pp. 15–27.

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Denisov, V.I., Timofeeva, A.Y. & Khailenko, E.A. Estimating parameters of polynomial models with errors in variables and no additional information. J. Appl. Ind. Math. 10, 322–332 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1134/S1990478916030029

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