SB-robust estimation of mean direction for some new circular distributions (Q2423196)
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SB-robust estimation of mean direction for some new circular distributions (English)
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21 June 2019
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The authors consider the robustness of estimators of the circular mean in models for directional data. Particular models considered are a three-parameter Kato-Jones distribution (obtained by applying a Möbius transformation to the circular normal distribution), a wrapped-$t$ distribution, mixtures of these two distributions, and an asymmetric version of the Kato-Jones distribution. The main results of this paper give conditions under which estimators of the circular mean $\mu$ do or do not satisfy certain notions of robustness under some given dispersion measures. The estimators considered include the circular mean functional $\arctan^*\left(\frac{E\sin\Theta}{E\cos\Theta}\right)$, where $\arctan^*$ represents the quadrant-specific inverse of the tangent function, and the circular trimmed mean functional with trimming proportion $\gamma$. A numerical comparison of these two estimators is also made, and simulations are used to suggest guidance on a suitable choice of $\gamma$. The paper concludes with some examples and applications.
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circular data
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circular trimmed mean
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Kato-Jones distribution
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measures of dispersion
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SB-robustness
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wrapped-\(t\) distribution
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