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<journal-id>0120-1751</journal-id>
<journal-title><![CDATA[Revista Colombiana de Estadística]]></journal-title>
<abbrev-journal-title><![CDATA[Rev.Colomb.Estad.]]></abbrev-journal-title>
<issn>0120-1751</issn>
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<publisher-name><![CDATA[Departamento de Estadística - Universidad Nacional de Colombia.]]></publisher-name>
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<article-title xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[Random Time-Varying Coefficient Model Estimation through Radial Basis Functions]]></article-title>
<article-title xml:lang="es"><![CDATA[Estimación de los coeficientes de un modelo de coeficientes dinámicos y aleatorios a través de funciones radiales kernel]]></article-title>
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<surname><![CDATA[SOSA]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[JUAN CAMILO]]></given-names>
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<surname><![CDATA[DÍAZ]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[LUIS GUILLERMO]]></given-names>
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<institution><![CDATA[,Universidad Externado de Colombia Mathematics Department ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[Bogotá ]]></addr-line>
<country>Colombia</country>
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<institution><![CDATA[,Universidad Nacional de Colombia Faculty of Science Statistics Department]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[Bogotá ]]></addr-line>
<country>Colombia</country>
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<pub-date pub-type="pub">
<day>15</day>
<month>06</month>
<year>2012</year>
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<day>15</day>
<month>06</month>
<year>2012</year>
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<volume>35</volume>
<numero>1</numero>
<fpage>167</fpage>
<lpage>184</lpage>
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<abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="es"><p><![CDATA[Se propone una metodología para estimar los coeficientes de un modelo de coeficientes dinámicos y aleatorios a través de una combinación lineal de funciones radiales kernel centradas en los diferentes puntos de medición, o en cuantiles de éstos, escalada por un ancho de banda que puede cambiar de coeficiente a coeficiente. En un estudio de simulación se compara la metodología propuesta con la estimación mediante los métodos de polinomios locales kernel, obteniéndose que la nueva metodología propuesta es la mejor opción en un alto porcentaje de veces para todos los escenarios simulados, o por lo menos se desempeña similarmente a la estimación a través de la regresión de polinomios locales kernel, que pocas veces se desempeña mejor que la estimación mediante funciones radiales kernel, en relación al error cuadrático medio promedio. Para ilustrar la estrategia de estimación propuesta se considera el conjunto de datos ACTG 315 asociado con un estudio del SIDA, en el que se modela dinámicamente la relación entre la carga viral y el conteo de células CD4+.]]></p></abstract>
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<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Cross validation]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Kernel function]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Longitudinal data analysis]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Mixed model]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[análisis de datos longitudinales]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[función kernel]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[modelo mixto]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[validación cruzada]]></kwd>
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</front><body><![CDATA[  <font size="2" face="verdana">      <p> <b> <font size="4">     <center> Random Time-Varying Coefficient Model Estimation through Radial Basis Functions </center> </font> </b> </p>      <p> <b> <font size="3">     <center> Estimaci&oacute;n de los coeficientes de un modelo de coeficientes din&aacute;micos y aleatorios a trav&eacute;s de funciones radiales <i>kernel</i> </center> </font> </b> </p>      <p>     <center> JUAN CAMILO SOSA<sup>1</sup>,  LUIS GUILLERMO DÍAZ<sup>2</sup> </center> </p>      <p> <sup>1</sup>Universidad Externado de Colombia, Mathematics Department, Bogot&aacute;, Colombia. Lecturer. Email: <a href="mailto:juan.sosa@uexternado.edu.co">juan.sosa@uexternado.edu.co</a>     <br>  <sup>2</sup>Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Faculty of Science, Statistics Department, Bogot&aacute;, Colombia. Associated professor. Email: <a href="mailto:lgdiazm@unal.edu.co">lgdiazm@unal.edu.co</a>     <br> </p>  <hr size="1">      ]]></body>
<body><![CDATA[<p> <b>     <center> Abstract </center> </b> </p>      <p> A methodology to estimate a time-varying coefficient model through a linear combination of radial kernel functions which are centered around all the measuring times, or their quantiles is developed. The linear combination is weighted by a bandwidth that may change or not among coefficients. The proposed methodology is compared with the local polynomial kernel methods by means of a simulation study. The proposed methodology shows a better behavior in a high proportion of times in all cases, or at least it has a similar behavior in relation with the estimation through local polynomial kernel regression, that in a low rate of times has a better behavior in relation with the average mean square error. In order to illustrate the methodology the data set ACTG 315 related with an AIDS study is taken into account. The dynamic relationship between the viral load and the CD4+ cell counts is investigated. </p>      <p> <b> Key words: </b> Cross validation, Kernel function, Longitudinal data analysis, Mixed model. </p>  <hr size="1">      <p> <b>     <center> Resumen </center> </b> </p>      <p> Se propone una metodolog&iacute;a para estimar los coeficientes de un modelo de coeficientes din&aacute;micos y aleatorios a trav&eacute;s de una combinaci&oacute;n lineal de funciones radiales kernel centradas en los diferentes puntos de medici&oacute;n, o en cuantiles de &eacute;stos, escalada por un ancho de banda que puede cambiar de coeficiente a coeficiente. En un estudio de simulaci&oacute;n se compara la metodolog&iacute;a propuesta con la estimaci&oacute;n mediante los m&eacute;todos de polinomios locales <i>kernel</i>, obteni&eacute;ndose que la nueva metodolog&iacute;a propuesta es la mejor opci&oacute;n en un alto porcentaje de veces para todos los escenarios simulados, o por lo menos se desempe&ntilde;a similarmente a la estimaci&oacute;n a trav&eacute;s de la regresi&oacute;n de polinomios locales <i>kernel</i>, que pocas veces se desempe&ntilde;a mejor que la estimaci&oacute;n mediante funciones radiales <i>kernel</i>, en relaci&oacute;n al error cuadr&aacute;tico medio promedio. Para ilustrar la estrategia de estimaci&oacute;n propuesta se considera el conjunto de datos ACTG 315 asociado con un estudio del SIDA, en el que se modela din&aacute;micamente la relaci&oacute;n entre la carga viral y el conteo de c&eacute;lulas CD4+. </p>      <p> <b> Palabras clave: </b> an&aacute;lisis de datos longitudinales, funci&oacute;n <i>kernel</i>, modelo mixto, validaci&oacute;n cruzada. </p>  <hr size="1">      <p> Texto completo disponible en <a href="pdf/rce/v35n1/v35n1a10.pdf">PDF</a> </p>  <hr size="1">      <p> <b> <font size="3"> References </font> </b> </p>       ]]></body>
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