Title
Fast, closed-form, and efficient estimators for hierarchical models with AR(1) covariance and unequal cluster sizes.
Abstract
This article is concerned with statistically and computationally efficient estimation in a hierarchical data setting with unequal cluster sizes and an AR(1) covariance structure. Maximum likelihood estimation for AR(1) requires numerical iteration when cluster sizes are unequal. A near optimal non-iterative procedure is proposed. Pseudo-likelihood and split-sample methods are used, resulting in computing weights to combine cluster size specific parameter estimates. Results show that the method is statistically nearly as efficient as maximum likelihood, but shows great savings in computation time.
Year
DOI
Venue
2018
10.1080/03610918.2017.1316395
COMMUNICATIONS IN STATISTICS-SIMULATION AND COMPUTATION
Keywords
Field
DocType
Maximum likelihood,Pseudo-likelihood,Unequal cluster size
Econometrics,Autoregressive model,Maximum likelihood,Statistics,Hierarchical database model,Mathematics,Covariance,Estimator,Computation
Journal
Volume
Issue
ISSN
47.0
5.0
0361-0918
Citations 
PageRank 
References 
0
0.34
0
Authors
7
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Lisa Hermans100.34
Vahid Nassiri220.70
Geert Molenberghs35023.04
Michael G. Kenward4225.96
Simon Vander Elst500.34
Marc Aerts621.96
Geert Verbeke700.34