Title Multiple outlier detection tests for parametric models /
Authors Bagdonavičius, Vilijandas ; Petkevičius, Linas
DOI 10.3390/math8122156
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Is Part of Mathematics.. Basel : MDPI. 2020, vol. 8, no. 12, art. no. 2156, p. [1-23].. eISSN 2227-7390
Keywords [eng] location-scale models ; outliers identification ; unknown number of outliers ; outlier region ; robust estimators
Abstract [eng] We propose a simple multiple outlier identification method for parametric location-scale and shape-scale models when the number of possible outliers is not specified. The method is based on a result giving asymptotic properties of extreme z-scores. Robust estimators of model parameters are used defining z-scores. An extensive simulation study was done for comparing of the proposed method with existing methods. For the normal family, the method is compared with the well known Davies-Gather, Rosner’s, Hawking’s and Bolshev’s multiple outlier identification methods. The choice of an upper limit for the number of possible outliers in case of Rosner’s test application is discussed. For other families, the proposed method is compared with a method generalizing Gather-Davies method. In most situations, the new method has the highest outlier identification power in terms of masking and swamping values. We also created R package outliersTests for proposed test.
Published Basel : MDPI
Type Journal article
Language English
Publication date 2020
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