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[ES] El proceso de estimación de parámetros para caracterizar una población mediante algoritmos está en constante desarrollo y perfeccionamiento. Los últimos años demuestran que la toma de decisiones basada en datos es compleja cuando existe incertidumbre generada por la censura estadística. La presente tesis evalúa el efecto de la censura estadística en una variable aleatoria normalmente distribuida común en muchos procesos. Posteriormente, las propiedades de estimación de los parámetros se caracterizarán con el algoritmo de máximo verosimilitud llamado valor condicional esperado CEV (Siglas en ingles), utilizando diferentes porcentajes de censura y tamaños de muestra. Posteriormente, se sistematiza y caracteriza el proceso de implementación del gráfico de control para supervisar tales variables aleatorias, proponiendo acciones de mejora y haciendo observaciones en el proceso. Finalmente, esta tesis resalta la importancia actual de tomar de decisiones basadas en algoritmos de estimación de datos con presencia de algún tipo de censura estadística, que a su vez se interpreta como una pérdida de información. / [CA] El procés d'estimació de paràmetres per a caracteritzar una població mitjançant algorismes està en constant desenvolupament i perfeccionament. Els últims anys demostren que la presa de decisions basada en dades és complexa quan existeix incertesa per la censura estadística. La present tesi avalua l'efecte de la censura estadística en una variable aleatòriament distribuïda comuna en molts processos. Posteriorment, les propietats d'estimació dels paràmetres es caracteritzaran amb l'algorisme de màxima versemblança anomenat valor condicional esperat CEV (Sigles en anglés), utilitzant diferents percentatges de censura i grandària de mostra. Se sistematitza i caracteritza el procés d'implementació del gràfic de control per a supervisar les variables aleatòries, proposant accions de millora i fent observacions posteriors en el procés. Finalment, aquesta tesi ressalta la importància actual de prendre decisions basades en algorismes d'estimació de dades amb presència d'alguna mena de censura estadística, que al seu torn s'interpreta com una pèrdua d'informació. / [EN] The process of parameter estimation in order to characterize a population using algorithms is in constant development and perfection. Recent years show that data-based decision-making is complex when there is uncertainty generated by statistical censoring. This thesis evaluates the effect of statistical censoring on a normally distributed random variable common to many processes. Subsequently, the estimation properties of the parameters will be characterised with the maximum likelihood algorithm called conditional expected value (CEV), using different censoring percentages and sample sizes. Subsequently, the process of implementing the control chart to monitor such random variables is systematised and characterised, proposing improvement actions and making observations in the process. Finally, this thesis highlights the current importance of making decisions based on data estimation algorithms with the presence of some kind of statistical censoring, which in turn is interpreted as a loss of information. / Neira Rueda, JO. (2024). Mejoras a la implementación del gráfico de control CEV para procesos con observaciones censuradas. Aportaciones, mediciones de propiedades y potencia de predicción [Tesis doctoral]. Universitat Politècnica de València. https://doi.org/10.4995/Thesis/10251/203154

In this thesis, we investigate several inferential issues regarding the lifetime data from exponential distribution under different censoring schemes. For reasons of time constraint and cost reduction, censored sampling is commonly employed in practice, especially in reliability engineering. Among various censoring schemes, progressive Type-I censoring provides not only the practical advantage of known termination time but also greater flexibility to the experimenter in the design stage by allowing for the removal of test units at non-terminal time points. Hence, we first consider the inference for a progressively Type-I censored life-testing experiment with k uniformly spaced intervals. For small to moderate sample sizes, a practical modification is proposed to the censoring scheme in order to guarantee a feasible life-test under progressive Type-I censoring. Under this setup, we obtain the maximum likelihood estimator (MLE) of the unknown mean parameter and derive the exact sampling distribution of the MLE through the use of conditional moment generating function under the condition that the existence of the MLE is ensured. Using the exact distribution of the MLE as well as its asymptotic distribution and the parametric bootstrap method, we discuss the construction of confidence intervals for the mean parameter and their performance is then assessed through Monte Carlo simulations. Next, we consider a special class of accelerated life tests, known as step-stress tests in reliability testing. In a step-stress test, the stress levels increase discretely at pre-fixed time points and this allows the experimenter to obtain information on the parameters of the lifetime distributions more quickly than under normal operating conditions. Here, we consider a k-step-stress accelerated life testing experiment with an equal step duration τ. In particular, the case of progressively Type-I censored data with a single stress variable is investigated. For small to moderate sample sizes, we introduce another practical modification to the model for a feasible k-step-stress test under progressive censoring, and the optimal τ is searched using the modified model. Next, we seek the optimal τ under the condition that the step-stress test proceeds to the k-th stress level, and the efficiency of this conditional inference is compared to the preceding models. In all cases, censoring is allowed at each change stress point iτ, i = 1, 2, ... , k, and the problem of selecting the optimal Tis discussed using C-optimality, D-optimality, and A-optimality criteria. Moreover, when a test unit fails, there are often more than one fatal cause for the failure, such as mechanical or electrical. Thus, we also consider the simple stepstress models under Type-I and Type-II censoring situations when the lifetime distributions corresponding to the different risk factors are independently exponentially distributed. Under this setup, we derive the MLEs of the unknown mean parameters of the different causes under the assumption of a cumulative exposure model. The exact distributions of the MLEs of the parameters are then derived through the use of conditional moment generating functions. Using these exact distributions as well as the asymptotic distributions and the parametric bootstrap method, we discuss the construction of confidence intervals for the parameters and then assess their performance through Monte Carlo simulations. / Thesis / Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)

O principal objetivo desse trabalho é introduzir um modelo geral bayesiano Weibull hierárquico para dados censurados que estima a função de confiabilidade de cada componente para sistemas de confiabilidade coerentes. São introduzidos formas de estimação mais sólidas, sem a inserção de estimativas médias nas funções de confiabilidade (estimador plug-in). Através desse modelo, são expostos e solucionados exemplos na área de confiabilidade como sistemas em série, sistemas em paralelo, sistemas k-de-n, sistemas bridge e um estudo clínico com dados censurados intervalares. As soluções consideram que as componentes tem diferentes distribuições, e nesse caso, o sistema bridge ainda não havia solução na literatura. O modelo construído é geral e pode ser utilizado para qualquer sistema coerente e não apenas para dados da área de confiabilidade, como também na área de sobrevivência, dentre outros. Diversas simulações com componentes com diferentes proporções de censura, distintas médias, três tipos de distribuições e tamanhos de amostra foram feitas em todos os sistemas para avaliar a eficácia do modelo. / The main purpose of this work is to introduce a general bayesian Weibull hierarchical model for censored data which estimates each reliability components function from coherent systems. Its introduced estimation procedures which do not consider plug-in estimators. Also, its exposed and solved with this model examples in reliability area such as series systems, parallel systems, k-out-of-n systems, bridge systems and a clinical study with interval censoring data. The problem of bridge system hadnt a solution before for the case of each component with different distribution. Actually, this model is general and can be used to analyse any kind of coherent system and censored data, not only reliability ones, but also survival data and others. Several components simulations with different censored proportions, distinct means, three kinds of distributions and sample size were made in all systems to evaluate model efficiency.

O principal objetivo desse trabalho é introduzir um modelo geral bayesiano Weibull hierárquico para dados censurados que estima a função de confiabilidade de cada componente para sistemas de confiabilidade coerentes. São introduzidos formas de estimação mais sólidas, sem a inserção de estimativas médias nas funções de confiabilidade (estimador plug-in). Através desse modelo, são expostos e solucionados exemplos na área de confiabilidade como sistemas em série, sistemas em paralelo, sistemas k-de-n, sistemas bridge e um estudo clínico com dados censurados intervalares. As soluções consideram que as componentes tem diferentes distribuições, e nesse caso, o sistema bridge ainda não havia solução na literatura. O modelo construído é geral e pode ser utilizado para qualquer sistema coerente e não apenas para dados da área de confiabilidade, como também na área de sobrevivência, dentre outros. Diversas simulações com componentes com diferentes proporções de censura, distintas médias, três tipos de distribuições e tamanhos de amostra foram feitas em todos os sistemas para avaliar a eficácia do modelo. / The main purpose of this work is to introduce a general bayesian Weibull hierarchical model for censored data which estimates each reliability components function from coherent systems. Its introduced estimation procedures which do not consider plug-in estimators. Also, its exposed and solved with this model examples in reliability area such as series systems, parallel systems, k-out-of-n systems, bridge systems and a clinical study with interval censoring data. The problem of bridge system hadnt a solution before for the case of each component with different distribution. Actually, this model is general and can be used to analyse any kind of coherent system and censored data, not only reliability ones, but also survival data and others. Several components simulations with different censored proportions, distinct means, three kinds of distributions and sample size were made in all systems to evaluate model efficiency.

This thesis consists of two parts.The first part considers further development of a model used for marital fertility, the Coale-Trussell's fertility model, which is based on age-specific fertility rates. A new model is suggested using individual fertility data and a waiting time after pregnancies. The model is named the waiting model and can be understood as an alternating renewal process with age-specific intensities. Due to the complicated form of the waiting model and the way data is presented, as given in the United Nation Demographic Year Book 1965, a normal approximation is suggested together with a normal approximation of the mean and variance of the number of births per summarized interval. A further refinement of the model was then introduced to allow for left truncated and censored individual data, summarized as table data. The waiting model suggested gives better understanding of marital fertility and by a simulation study it is shown that the waiting model outperforms the Coale-Trussell model when it comes to estimating the fertility intensity and to predict the mean and variance of the number of births for a population. The second part of the thesis focus on developing functional clustering methods.The methods are motivated by and applied to varved (annually laminated) sediment data from lake Kassj\"on in northern Sweden. The rich but complex information (with respect to climate) in the varves, including the shapes of the seasonal patterns, the varying varve thickness, and the non-linear sediment accumulation rates makes it non-trivial to cluster the varves. Functional representations, smoothing and alignment are functional data tools used to make the seasonal patterns comparable.Functional clustering is used to group the seasonal patterns into different types, which can be associated with different weather conditions. A new non-parametric functional clustering method is suggested, the Bagging Voronoi K-mediod Alignment algorithm, (BVKMA), which simultaneously clusters and aligns spatially dependent curves. BVKMA is used on the varved lake sediment, to infer on climate, defined as frequencies of different weather types, over longer time periods. Furthermore, a functional model-based clustering method is proposed that clusters subjects for which both functional data and covariates are observed, allowing different covariance structures in the different clusters. The model extends a model-based functional clustering method proposed by James and Suger (2003). An EM algorithm is derived to estimate the parameters of the model.

Ce travail a eu pour objectif de proposer des méthodes statistiques pour évaluer et comparer les capacités prédictives de divers outils pronostiques. Le Brier score et principalement les courbes ROC dépendant du temps ont été étudiés. Tous deux dépendent d'un temps t, représentant un horizon de prédiction. Motivé par les applications à la prédiction de la démence et des données de cohortes de personnes âgées, ce travail s'est spécifiquement intéressé à des procédures d'inférence en présence de données censurées et de risques concurrents. Le risque concurrent de décès sans démence est en effet important lorsque l'on s'intéresse à prédire une démence chez des sujets âgés. Pour obtenir des estimateurs consistants, nous avons utilisé une méthode appelée “Inverse Probability of Censoring Weighting” (IPCW). Dans un premier travail, nous montrons qu'elle permet d'étendre simplement les estimateurs pour données non censurées et de prendre en compte une censure éventuellement dépendante de l'outil pronostique étudié. Dans un second travail, nous proposons des adaptations pour les situations de risques concurrents. Quelques résultats asymptotiques sont donnés et permettent de dériver des régions de confiance et des tests de comparaison d'outils pronostiques. Enfin, un troisième travail s'intéresse à la comparaison d'outils pronostiques dynamiques, basés sur des marqueurs longitudinaux. Les mesures de capacités pronostiques dépendent ici à la fois du temps s auquel on fait la prédiction et de l'horizon de prédiction t. Des courbes de capacités pronostiques selon s sont proposées pour leur évaluation et quelques procédures d'inférence sont développées, permettant de construire des régions de confiance et des tests de comparaison de ces courbes. L'application des méthodes proposées a permis de montrer que des outils prédictifs de la démence basés sur des tests cognitifs ou des mesures répétées de ces tests ont de bonnes capacités pronostiques. / The objective of this work is to develop statistical methods that can be used to evaluate and compare the prognostic ability of different prognostic tools. To measure prognostic ability, mainly the time-dependent ROC curve is studied and also the Brier score for a prediction horizon t. Motivated by applications where the aim is to predict the risk of dementia in cohort data of elderly people, this work focuses on inference procedures in the presence of right censoring and competing risks. In elderly populations death is a highly prevalent competing risk. To define consistent estimators of the prediction ability measures, we use the inverse probability of censoring weighting (IPCW) approach. In our first work, we show that the IPCW approach provides consistent estimators of prediction ability based on right censored data, even when the censoring distribution is marker-dependent. In our second work, we adapt the estimators to settings with competing risks. Asymptotic results are provided and we derive confidence regions and tests for comparing different prognostic tools. Finally, in a third work we focus on comparing dynamic prognostic tools which use information from repeated marker measurements to predict future events. The prognostic ability measures now depend on both the time s at which predictions are made and on the prediction horizon t. Curves of the prognostic ability as a function of s are developed for the evaluation of dynamic risk predictions. Inference procedures are adapted and so are confidence regions and tests to compare the curves. The applications of the proposed methods to cohort data show that the prognostic tools that use cognitive tests, or repeated measurements of cognitive tests, have high prognostic abilities.

O objetivo deste trabalho é estudar a performance de alguns métodos de comparações múltiplas (MCMs) que ajustam o valor-p quando as estatísticas empregadas nos testes são a log-rank e a Cramér-von Mises, ambas não paramétricas e com estrutura de dependência. A vantagem dos MCMs que ajustam o valor-p é que eles controlam as taxas de erro tipo I e tipo II para cada hipótese, afim de atingir um poder estatístico elevado, mantendo a taxa de erro da família dos testes (FWER) menor ou igual ao nível de significância escolhido. Trabalhamos com o procedimento clássico de Bonferroni e com outros métodos vistos como seu melhoramento, com especial atenção a certos procedimentos derivados do método de Simes que permitem realizar inferências sob as hipóteses individuais. Foi verificado teoricamente que a estatística log-rank pertence à classe multivariada totalmente positiva de ordem 2 (\'MTP IND. 2\'), uma vez que o método de Simes garante o controle da FWER quando as estatísticas dependentes assumem esta condição. O controle da FWER empregando a estatística de Cramér-von Mises foi observado apenas por meio de simulações. Os MCMs foram analisados através de estudos computacionais em modelos discretos e contínuos sob censura com foco no problema de comparar um tratamento versus controle / The aim of this work is to study the performance of some Multiple Comparison Methods (MCMs) that adjust the p-value when the log-rank-type and Cramér-von Mises statistics are used, both nonparametric and with dependency structure. The advantage of these methods is that they control the error rates of type I and type II for each hypothesis in order to achieve high statistical power while keeping the Family Wise Error Rate (FWER) lower or equal than a given significance level. The classical Bonferroni procedure is used as well as others seen as its improvement, with special attention to certain procedures derived from Simes\' method for making inferences on individual hypothesis. It is theoretically proved that the weighted Log-Rank statistics belongs to the multivariate totally positive of order 2 (\'MTP IND. 2\') class, which is needed in order to apply Simes\' method, that guarantees control of the FWER of dependent statistics in this case. The control of the FWER when the Cramér-von Mises statistics is used is only veried by means of computational simulations. The MCMs are also analyzed by means of computational experiments with discrete and continuous data under censoring with focus on the problem of comparisons of treatment versus a control

Title: Moments Estimation under Type I Interval Censoring Author: Matej Ďurčík Department: Faculty of Probability and Mathematical Statistics Supervisor: RNDr. Arnošt Komárek Ph.D. Abstract: In this thesis we apply the uniform deconvolution model to the interval censoring problem. We restrict ourselves only on interval censoring case 1. We show how to apply uniform deconvolution model in estimating the probability distribution characteristics in the interval censoring case 1. Moreover we derive limit distributions of the estimators of mean and variance. Then we compare these estimators to the asymptotically efficient estimators based on the nonparametric maximum likelihood estimation by simulation studies under some certain distributions of the random variables. 1