Penalized Likelihood Estimation of Hazard and Intensity Functions
风险率与强度函数的惩罚似然估计
SUMMARY A nonparametric estimate is proposed for the hazard function using penalized likelihood methods. The estimate turns out to be a hyperbolic spline function which is continuous with its first derivative discontinuous only at a finite number of points. It always assumes positive values, unlike Anderson and Senthilselvan’s (1980) quadratic spline estimate. This method is modified for the estimation of the intensity function of a nonstationary Poisson process. An example…