Least informative distributions in Maximum q-log-likelihood estimation

11/15/2017
by   Mehmet Niyazi Cankaya, et al.
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We use the Maximum q-log-likelihood estimation for Least informative distributions (LID) in order to estimate the parameters in probability density functions (PDFs) efficiently and robustly when data include outlier(s). LIDs are derived by using convex combinations of two PDFs, f_ϵ=(1-ϵ)f_0+ϵ f_1. A convex combination of two PDFs is considered as a contamination f_1 as outlier(s) to underlying f_0 distributions and f_ϵ is a contaminated distribution. The optimal criterion is obtained by minimizing the change of Maximum q-log-likelihood function when the data have slightly more contamination. In this paper, we make a comparison among ordinary Maximum likelihood, Maximum q-likelihood estimations, LIDs based on _q and Huber M-estimation. Akaike and Bayesian information criterions (AIC and BIC) based on _q and LID are proposed to assess the fitting performance of functions. Real data sets are applied to test the fitting performance of estimating functions that include shape, scale and location parameters.

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