Multivariate density estimation using dimension reducing information and tail flattening transformations for truncated or censored data

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  • Tine Buch-Kromann
  • Jens Nielsen
This paper introduces a multivariate density estimator for truncated and censored data with special emphasis on extreme values based on survival analysis. A local constant density estimator is considered. We extend this estimator by means of tail flattening transformation, dimension reducing prior knowledge and a combination of both. The asymptotic theory is derived for the proposed estimators. It shows that the extensions might improve the performance of the density estimator when the transformation and the prior knowledge is not too far away from the true distribution. A simulation study shows that the density estimator based on tail flattening transformation and prior knowledge substantially outperforms the one without prior knowledge, and therefore confirms the asymptotic results. The proposed estimators are illustrated and compared in a data study of fire insurance claims.
Original languageEnglish
JournalAnnals of the Institute of Statistical Mathematics
Volume64
Issue number1
Pages (from-to)167-192
ISSN0020-3157
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2012

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