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Leiva, V., Liu, S. Z., Shi, L., & Cysneiros, F. J. A. (2016). Diagnostics in elliptical regression models with stochastic restrictions applied to econometrics. J. Appl. Stat., 43(4), 627–642.
Abstract: We propose an influence diagnostic methodology for linear regression models with stochastic restrictions and errors following elliptically contoured distributions. We study how a perturbation may impact on the mixed estimation procedure of parameters in the model. Normal curvatures and slopes for assessing influence under usual schemes are derived, including perturbations of case-weight, response variable, and explanatory variable. Simulations are conducted to evaluate the performance of the proposed methodology. An example with real-world economy data is presented as an illustration.
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Leiva, V., Santos-Neto, M., Cysneiros, F. J. A., & Barros, M. (2016). A methodology for stochastic inventory models based on a zero-adjusted Birnbaum-Saunders distribution. Appl. Stoch. Models. Bus. Ind., 32(1), 74–89.
Abstract: The Birnbaum-Saunders (BS) distribution is receiving considerable attention. We propose a methodology for inventory logistics that allows demand data with zeros to be modeled by means of a new discrete-continuous mixture distribution, which is constructed by using a probability mass at zero and a continuous component related to the BS distribution. We obtain some properties of the new mixture distribution and conduct a simulation study to evaluate the performance of the estimators of its parameters. The methodology for stochastic inventory models considers also financial indicators. We illustrate the proposed methodology with two real-world demand data sets. It shows its potential, highlighting the convenience of using it by improving the contribution margins of a Chilean food industry. Copyright (c) 2015 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
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Marchant, C., Leiva, V., & Cysneiros, F. J. A. (2016). A Multivariate Log-Linear Model for Birnbaum-Saunders Distributions. IEEE Trans. Reliab., 65(2), 816–827.
Abstract: Univariate Birnbaum-Saunders models have been widely applied to fatigue studies. Calculation of fatigue life is of great importance in determining the reliability of materials. We propose and derive new multivariate generalized Birnbaum-Saunders regression models. We use the maximum likelihood method and the EM algorithm to estimate their parameters. We carry out a simulation study to evaluate the performance of the corresponding maximum likelihood estimators. We illustrate the new models with real-world multivariate fatigue data.
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Marchant, C., Leiva, V., Cysneiros, F. J. A., & Vivanco, J. F. (2016). Diagnostics in multivariate generalized Birnbaum-Saunders regression models. J. Appl. Stat., 43(15), 2829–2849.
Abstract: Birnbaum-Saunders (BS) models are receiving considerable attention in the literature. Multivariate regression models are a useful tool of the multivariate analysis, which takes into account the correlation between variables. Diagnostic analysis is an important aspect to be considered in the statistical modeling. In this paper, we formulate multivariate generalized BS regression models and carry out a diagnostic analysis for these models. We consider the Mahalanobis distance as a global influence measure to detect multivariate outliers and use it for evaluating the adequacy of the distributional assumption. We also consider the local influence approach and study how a perturbation may impact on the estimation of model parameters. We implement the obtained results in the R software, which are illustrated with real-world multivariate data to show their potential applications.
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Sanchez, L., Leiva, V., Caro-Lopera, F. J., & Cysneiros, F. J. A. (2015). On matrix-variate Birnbaum-Saunders distributions and their estimation and application. Braz. J. Probab. Stat., 29(4), 790–812.
Abstract: Diverse phenomena from the real-world can be modeled using random matrices, allowing matrix-variate distributions to be considered. The normal distribution is often employed in this modeling, but usually the mentioned random matrices do not follow such a distribution. An asymmetric non-normal model that is receiving considerable attention due to its good properties is the Birnbaum-Saunders (BS) distribution. We propose a statistical methodology based on matrix-variate BS distributions. This methodology is implemented in the statistical software R. A simulation study is conducted to evaluate its performance. Finally, an application with real-world matrix-variate data is carried out to illustrate its potentiality and suitability.
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Santos-Neto, M., Cysneiros, F. J. A., Leiva, V., & Barros, M. (2016). Reparameterized Birnbaum-Saunders regression models with varying precision. Electron. J. Stat., 10(2), 2825–2855.
Abstract: We propose a methodology based on a reparameterized Birnbaum-Saunders regression model with varying precision, which generalizes the existing works in the literature on the topic. This methodology includes the estimation of model parameters, hypothesis tests for the precision parameter, a residual analysis and influence diagnostic tools. Simulation studies are conducted to evaluate its performance. We apply it to two real-world case-studies to show its potential with the R software.
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Santos-Neto, M., Cysneiros, F. J. A., Leiva, V., & Barros, M. (2014). A Reparameterized Birnbaum-Saunders Distribution And Its Moments, Estimation And Applications. REVSTAT-Stat. J., 12(3), 247–272.
Abstract: The Birnbaum-Saunders (BS) distribution is a model that is receiving considerable attention due to its good properties. We provide some results on moments of a reparameterized version of the BS distribution and a generation method of random numbers from this distribution. In addition, we propose estimation and inference for the mentioned parameterization based on maximum likelihood, moment, modified moment and generalized moment methods. By means of a Monte Carlo simulation study, we evaluate the performance of the proposed estimators. We discuss applications of the reparameterized BS distribution from different scientific fields and analyze two real-world data sets to illustrate our results. The simulated and real data are analyzed by using the R software.
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