Joint Quantile Regression for Spatial Data

10/29/2019
by   Xu Chen, et al.
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Linear quantile regression is a powerful tool to investigate how predictors may affect a response heterogeneously across different quantile levels. Unfortunately, existing approaches find it extremely difficult to adjust for any dependency between observation units, largely because such methods are not based upon a fully generative model of the data. For analyzing spatially indexed data, we address this difficulty by generalizing the joint quantile regression model of Yang and Tokdar (2017) and characterizing spatial dependence via a Gaussian or t copula process on the underlying quantile levels of the observation units. A Bayesian semiparametric approach is introduced to perform inference of model parameters and carry out spatial quantile smoothing. An effective model comparison criteria is provided, particularly for selecting between different model specifications of tail heaviness and tail dependence. Extensive simulation studies and an application to particulate matter concentration in northeast US are presented to illustrate substantial gains in inference quality, accuracy and uncertainty quantification over existing alternatives.

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