D-optimal designs for multinomial logistic models

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DOI10.1214/19-AOS1834zbMATH Open1453.62606arXiv1707.03063OpenAlexW3030709430MaRDI QIDQ2196203FDOQ2196203


Authors: Xianwei Bu, Dibyen Majumdar, Jie Yang Edit this on Wikidata


Publication date: 28 August 2020

Published in: The Annals of Statistics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: We consider optimal designs for general multinomial logistic models, which cover baseline-category, cumulative, adjacent-categories, and continuation-ratio logit models, with proportional odds, non-proportional odds, or partial proportional odds assumption. We derive the corresponding Fisher information matrices in three different forms to facilitate their calculations, determine the conditions for their positive definiteness, and search for optimal designs. We conclude that, unlike the designs for binary responses, a feasible design for a multinomial logistic model may contain less experimental settings than parameters, which is of practical significance. We also conclude that even for a minimally supported design, a uniform allocation, which is typically used in practice, is not optimal in general for a multinomial logistic model. We develop efficient algorithms for searching D-optimal designs. Using examples based on real experiments, we show that the efficiency of an experiment can be significantly improved if our designs are adopted.


Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1707.03063




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