Semiparametric Estimation Methods for Panel Count Data Using Monotone B -Splines
用单调 B 样条半参数估计面板计数数据
We study semiparametric likelihood-based methods for panel count data with proportional mean model E[ℕ(t)|Z]=Λ0(t)exp(β0TZ), where Z is a vector of covariates and Λ0(t) is the baseline mean function. We propose to estimate Λ0(t) and β0 jointly with Λ0(t) approximated by monotone B-splines and to compute the estimators using generalized Rosen algorithm proposed by Jamshidian (2004). We show that the proposed spline-based likelihood estimators of Λ0(t) are consistent with a…