On the relationship between empirical likelihood and empirical saddlepoint approximation for multivariate M-estimators
多元 M 估计中经验似然与经验鞍点近似的关系
By comparing the expansions of the empirical log-likelihood ratio and the empirical cumulant generating function calculated at the saddlepoint, we investigate the relationship between empirical likelihood and empirical saddlepoint approximations. This leads to a nonparametric approximation of the density of a multivariate M-estimator based on the empirical likelihood and, on the other hand, it provides nonparametric confidence regions based on the empirical cumulant…