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BIOMETRICS
卷 62, 期 1, 页码 109-118出版社
WILEY-BLACKWELL
DOI: 10.1111/j.1541-0420.2005.00392.x
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categorical space-time data; Gaussian random fields; mixed models; p-splines; restricted maximum likelihood
Motivated by a space-time study on forest health with damage state of trees as the response, we propose a general class of structured additive regression models for categorical responses, allowing for a flexible semiparametric predictor. Nonlinear effects of continuous covariates, time trends. and interactions between continuous covariates are modeled by penalized splines. Spatial effects can be estimated based oil Markov random fields, Gaussian random fields, or two-dimensional penalized splines. We present our approach from a Bayesian perspective, with inference based on a categorical linear mixed model representation. The resulting empirical Bayes method is closely related to penalized likelihood estimation in a frequentist setting. Variance components, corresponding to inverse smoothing parameters, are estimated using (approximate) restricted maximum likelihood. In simulation studies we investigate the performance of different choices for the spatial effect, compare the empirical Bayes approach to competing methodology, and study the bias of mixed model estimates. As an application we analyze data from the forest health survey.
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