Linear quantile autoregressive model estimation using Stochastic EM algorithm

Document Type : Original Paper

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Department of Statistics, Faculty of Basic Science, Zanjan University, Zanjan, Iran

Abstract

In this paper, the quantile autoregressive time series model is introduce and then

the model parameters are estimated using the Stochastic EM algorithm, which is an iterative method

to compute maximum likelihood estimates. The likelihood function for the quantile autoregressive

model is constructed based on the asymmetric Laplace distribution and a scale mixture

representation of this distribution is used to estimate the model parameters via Stochastic EM algorithm.

The efficiency and application of the proposed method are illustrated by some simulation studies and analyzing a real dataset.

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