Special Issue "Novel Semiparametric Methods"

A special issue of Stats (ISSN 2571-905X).

Deadline for manuscript submissions: 30 November 2022 | Viewed by 1110

Special Issue Editor

Dr. Eddy Kwessi
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Department of Mathematics, Trinity University, 115 E Mars McLean, San Antonio, TX 78212, USA
Interests: Nonparametric statistics, machine learning, computational neuroscience, computational dynamical systems, functional data analysis, harmonic and functional analysis with applications to data analysis

Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

It is my pleasure to announce a Special Issue entitled “Novel Semiparametric Methods”. In this era of big data, there is evidence that some of the traditional methods of analysis of data do not always address the complexity of the data. Novel methods in semiparametric analysis include, but are not limited to, wavelets, orthogonal polynomial, and nontraditional bases to address the intricacies of nonlinear parts of semiparametric models. Additionally, estimates of linear parts using robust methods, such as quantiles, M-estimation, or rank estimation, with the hope of proposing robust combinations for functional data analysis, would be highly considered. Manuscripts with applications to economy, biology, finance, engineering, public heath would be appreciated. Special attention will be given to manuscripts addressing the statistical issues of prediction in COVID-19 models.

I look forward to receiving your submissions.

Dr. Eddy Kwessi
Guest Editor

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Submitted manuscripts should not have been published previously, nor be under consideration for publication elsewhere (except conference proceedings papers). All manuscripts are thoroughly refereed through a single-blind peer-review process. A guide for authors and other relevant information for submission of manuscripts is available on the Instructions for Authors page. Stats is an international peer-reviewed open access quarterly journal published by MDPI.

Please visit the Instructions for Authors page before submitting a manuscript. The Article Processing Charge (APC) for publication in this open access journal is 1200 CHF (Swiss Francs). Submitted papers should be well formatted and use good English. Authors may use MDPI's English editing service prior to publication or during author revisions.

Dr. Eddy Kwessi
Guest Editor

Manuscript Submission Information

Manuscripts should be submitted online at www.mdpi.com by registering and logging in to this website. Once you are registered, click here to go to the submission form. Manuscripts can be submitted until the deadline. All submissions that pass pre-check are peer-reviewed. Accepted papers will be published continuously in the journal (as soon as accepted) and will be listed together on the special issue website. Research articles, review articles as well as short communications are invited. For planned papers, a title and short abstract (about 100 words) can be sent to the Editorial Office for announcement on this website.

Submitted manuscripts should not have been published previously, nor be under consideration for publication elsewhere (except conference proceedings papers). All manuscripts are thoroughly refereed through a single-blind peer-review process. A guide for authors and other relevant information for submission of manuscripts is available on the Instructions for Authors page. Stats is an international peer-reviewed open access quarterly journal published by MDPI.

Please visit the Instructions for Authors page before submitting a manuscript. The Article Processing Charge (APC) for publication in this open access journal is 1200 CHF (Swiss Francs). Submitted papers should be well formatted and use good English. Authors may use MDPI's English editing service prior to publication or during author revisions.

Keywords

  • Semiparametric
  • methods
  • nonlinear
  • robust
  • quantile
  • M-estimation
  • Ranks
  • wavelets
  • orthogonal polynomial
  • COVID-19

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Modeling Secondary Phenotypes Conditional on Genotypes in Case–Control Studies
Stats 2022, 5(1), 203-214; https://doi.org/10.3390/stats5010014 - 22 Feb 2022
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Abstract
Traditional case–control genetic association studies examine relationships between case–control status and one or more covariates. It is becoming increasingly common to study secondary phenotypes and their association with the original covariates. The Orofacial Pain: Prospective Evaluation and Risk Assessment (OPPERA) project, a study [...] Read more.
Traditional case–control genetic association studies examine relationships between case–control status and one or more covariates. It is becoming increasingly common to study secondary phenotypes and their association with the original covariates. The Orofacial Pain: Prospective Evaluation and Risk Assessment (OPPERA) project, a study of temporomandibular disorders (TMD), motivates this work. Numerous measures of interest are collected at enrollment, such as the number of comorbid pain conditions from which a participant suffers. Examining the potential genetic basis of these measures is of secondary interest. Assessing these associations is statistically challenging, as participants do not form a random sample from the population of interest. Standard methods may be biased and lack coverage and power. We propose a general method for the analysis of arbitrary phenotypes utilizing inverse probability weighting and bootstrapping for standard error estimation. The method may be applied to the complicated association tests used in next-generation sequencing studies, such as analyses of haplotypes with ambiguous phase. Simulation studies show that our method performs as well as competing methods when they are applicable and yield promising results for outcome types, such as time-to-event, to which other methods may not apply. The method is applied to the OPPERA baseline case–control genetic study. Full article
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