Marginal analysis of panel counts through estimating functions
基于估计函数的面板计数边际分析
We develop nonparametric estimation procedures for the marginal mean function of a counting process based on periodic observations, using two types of self-consistent estimating equations. The first is derived from the likelihood studied in Wellner & Zhang (2000), assuming a Poisson counting process, and gives a nondecreasing estimator, which is the same as the nonparametric maximum likelihood estimator of Wellner & Zhang and thus is consistent without the Poisson…