Article ID: | iaor201523764 |
Volume: | 42 |
Issue: | 1 |
Start Page Number: | 256 |
End Page Number: | 269 |
Publication Date: | Mar 2015 |
Journal: | Scandinavian Journal of Statistics |
Authors: | Liang Han-Ying, Ua-lvarez Jacobo, Iglesias-prez Mara |
Keywords: | statistics: general, simulation |
On the basis of the idea of the Nadaraya–Watson (NW) kernel smoother and the technique of the local linear (LL) smoother, we construct the NW and LL estimators of conditional mean functions and their derivatives for a left‐truncated and right‐censored model. The target function includes the regression function, the conditional moment and the conditional distribution function as special cases. It is assumed that the lifetime observations with covariates form a stationary α‐mixing sequence. Asymptotic normality of the estimators is established. Finite sample behaviour of the estimators is investigated via simulations. A real data illustration is included too.