• Communications for Statistical Applications and Methods
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• 제29권3호
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• pp.373-391
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• 2022

The distribution of observations in most econometric studies with spatial heterogeneity is skewed. Usually, a single transformation of the data is used to approximate normality and to model the transformed data with a normal assumption. This assumption is however not always appropriate due to the fact that panel data often exhibit non-normal characteristics. In this work, the normality assumption is relaxed in spatial mixed models, allowing for spatial heterogeneity. An inference procedure based on Bayesian mixed modeling is carried out with a multivariate skew-elliptical distribution, which includes the skew-t, skew-normal, student-t, and normal distributions as special cases. The methodology is illustrated through a simulation study and according to the empirical literature, we fit our models to non-life insurance consumption observed between 1998 and 2002 across a spatial panel of 103 Italian provinces in order to determine its determinants. Analyzing the posterior distribution of some parameters and comparing various model comparison criteria indicate the proposed model to be superior to conventional ones.

• International Journal of Reliability and Applications
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• 제4권3호
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• pp.97-111
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• 2003

By applying Theorem 2.6.4 (Fang and Zhang, 1990, p.66) the dispersion matrix of a multivariate power exponential (MPE) distribution is derived. It is shown that the MPE and the gamma distributions are related and thus the MPE and chi-square distributions are related. By extending Fang and Xu's Theorem (1987) from the normal distribution to the Univariate Power Exponential (UPE) distribution an explicit expression is derived for calculating the probability of an UPE random variable over an interval. A representation of the characteristic function (c.f.) for an UPE distribution is given. Based on the MPE distribution the probability density functions of the generalized non-central chi-square, the generalized non-central t, and the generalized non-central F distributions are derived.

• Structural Engineering and Mechanics
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• 제62권3호
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• pp.365-372
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• 2017

Reliability analysis is a probabilistic approach to determine a safety level of a system. Reliability is defined as a probability of a system (or a structure, in structural engineering) to functionally perform under given conditions. In the 1960s, Basler defined the reliability index as a measure to elucidate the safety level of the system, which until today is a commonly used parameter. However, the reliability index has been formulated based on the pivotal assumption which assumed that the considered limit state function is normally distributed. Nevertheless, it is not guaranteed that the limit state function of systems follow as normal distributions; therefore, there is a need to define a new reliability index for no-normal distributions. The main contribution of this paper is to define a sophisticated reliability index for limit state functions which their distributions are non-normal. To do so, the new definition of reliability index is introduced for non-normal limit state functions according to the probability functions which are calculated based on the convolution theory. Eventually, as the state of the art, this paper introduces a simplified method to calculate the reliability index for non-normal distributions. The simplified method is developed to generate non-normal limit state in terms of normal distributions using series of Gaussian functions.

• 대한수학회보
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• 제38권2호
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• pp.379-387
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• 2001

In this paper, we study the value distribution of meromorphic functions and prove the following theorem: Let f(z) be a transcendental meromorphic function. If f and f'have the same zeros, then f'(z) takes any non-zero value b infinitely many times.

• 응용통계연구
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• 제33권1호
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• pp.11-23
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• 2020

표본조사는 비용과 시간을 절약하면서도 주어진 정확성을 만족하는 통계를 얻을 수 있다. 그러나 최근에는 다수의 무응답 발생으로 인해 조사의 정확성이 크게 떨어지고 있다. 무응답은 다양한 이유로 발생하고 있으나 무응답이 관심변수와 함수 관계가 있는 경우에는 이 정보를 이용하여 무응답을 적절히 처리해야 추정의 정확성이 유지될 수 있다. 최근 Chung과 Shin (2017, 2019), Min과 Shin (2018)은 응답률이 관심변수의 지수 또는 선형함수이고 초모집단모형의 오차가 정규분포를 따를 때 무응답으로 인해 발생한 편향을 제거함으로써 추정의 정확성이 향상되는 것을 확인하였다. 이에 본 연구에서는 사업체조사에서 초모집단모형의 오차가 감마분포 또는 로그-정규분포를 따르는 경우에서의 무응답 편향보정 추정량을 제안하였다. 또한 모의실험을 통하여 제안된 추정량의 우수성을 확인하였다.

• Journal of the Korean Statistical Society
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• 제35권4호
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• pp.419-439
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• 2006

The article develops a new class of distributions by introducing a nonnegative perturbing function to $t_\nu$ distribution having location and scale parameters. The class is obtained by using transformations and conditioning. The class strictly includes $t_\nu$ and $skew-t_\nu$ distributions. It provides yet other models useful for selection modeling and robustness analysis. Analytic forms of the densities are obtained and distributional properties are studied. These developments are followed by an easy method for estimating the distribution by using Markov chain Monte Carlo. It is shown that the method is straightforward to specify distribution ally and to implement computationally, with output readily adopted for constructing required criterion. The method is illustrated by using a simulation study.

• 산업경영시스템학회지
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• 제42권2호
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• pp.18-27
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• 2019

The process control methods based on the statistical analysis apply the analysis method or mathematical model under the assumption that the process characteristic is normally distributed. However, the distribution of data collected by the automatic measurement system in real time is often not followed by normal distribution. As the statistical analysis tools, the process capability index (PCI) has been used a lot as a measure of process capability analysis in the production site. However, PCI has been usually used without checking the normality test for the process data. Even though the normality assumption is violated, if the analysis method under the assumption of the normal distribution is performed, this will be an incorrect result and take a wrong action. When the normality assumption is violated, we can transform the non-normal data into the normal data by using an appropriate normal transformation method. There are various methods of the normal transformation. In this paper, we consider the Box-Cox transformation among them. Hence, the purpose of the study is to expand the analysis method for the multivariate process capability index using Box-Cox transformation. This study proposes the multivariate process capability index to be able to use according to both methodologies whether data is normally distributed or not. Through the computational examples, we compare and discuss the multivariate process capability index between before and after Box-Cox transformation when the process data is not normally distributed.

• 대한안전경영과학회지
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• 제3권3호
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• pp.175-190
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• 2001

We propose, a new process capability index $C_{psk}$(WV) applying the weighted variance control charting method for non-normally distributed. The main idea of the weighted variance method(WVM) is to divide a skewed or asymmetric distribution into two normal distributions from its mean to create two new distributions which have the same mean but different standard deviations. In this paper we propose an example, a distributions generated from the Johnson family of distributions, to demonstrate how the weighted variance-based process capability indices perform in comparison with another two non-normal methods, namely the Clements and the Wright methods. This example shows that the weighted valiance-based indices are more consistent than the other two methods in terms of sensitivity to departure to the process mean/median from the target value for non-normal processes. Second method show using the percentage nonconforming by the Pearson, Johnson and Burr systems. This example shows a little difference between the Pearson system and Burr system, but Johnson system underestimated than the two systems for process capability.

• Journal of the Korean Data and Information Science Society
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• 제21권2호
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• pp.241-250
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• 2010

원형자료에 대한 모형화 분석은 주로 von Mises 분포를 비롯한 대칭형의 경우를 중심으로 많은 연구가 이루어져 왔다. 최근 선형자료의 분석에서 다양한 비대칭의 자료에 적합한 왜정규분포의 활용에 대한 연구가 활발히 수행되고 있다. 본 논문에서는 Pewsey (2000a)에 의해 처음 소개된 겹친왜정규분포를 이용한 비대칭의 원형자료에 대한 적합을 다루었다. 특히 비대칭 다봉형 원형자료의 적합을 위해 겹친왜정규혼합분포를 제안하고, EM 알고리즘을 통한 모수추정 과정을 제시하였다. 모의실험을 통해 EM 알고리즘을 통한 모수추정의 정확성을 확인하고, 실제 지방국도의 일일교통량 자료의 모형화 분석에 적용하였다.

• 한국임상수의학회지
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• 제27권1호
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• pp.66-70
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• 2010

Reference interval is critical for interpreting laboratory results, monitoring response to therapy and predicting the prognosis of the patients in clinical settings. The aim of the present study was to update established reference intervals for routine hematologic and serum chemistry values for a population of clinically healthy dogs (range, 1-8 years) seen in an animal hospital. Blood was obtained by venipuncture while animals were physically restrained, and samples were analyzed for 9 chemistries on MS9-5H (Melot Schloesing Lab, France) and 6 hematology on Vet Test 8008 (IDEXX, USA). Data from 105 dogs (52 males and 53 females) for hematology and 113 dogs (37 males and 76 females) for chemistry were used to determine reference intervals using the parametric, nonparametric and bootstrap methods. Prior to analysis, all parameters were tested for normal distribution using Anderson-Darling criterion. Of the 9 biochemical analytes, alkaline phosphatase, alanine aminotransferase, aspartate aminotransferase, creatinine, total protein, and glucose concentrations did not fit normal distribution for both original and transformed data. All but eosinophil count satisfied normal distribution for either original or transformed data. Parametric method can be used for original cholesterol concentrations, RBC, WBC, and neutrophil counts. This technique can also be used for power-transformed values of blood urea nitrogen concentrations and for logarithm of lymphocyte and monocyte counts. Non-parametric or bootstrap method was the preferred choice for the remaining 7 biochemical parameters and eosinophil count as they did not follow normal distributions. All three statistical techniques performed in similar reference intervals. When establishing reference intervals for clinical laboratory data, it is essential to assess the distribution of the original data to increase the accuracy of the interval, and non-parametric or bootstrap methods are of alternative for the data that do not fit normal distribution.