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This paper considers the estimation of a semiparametric isotonic regression model when the covariates are measured with additive errors and the response is randomly right censored by a censoring time. The authors show that the proposed estimator of the regression parameter is rootn consistent and asymptotically normal. The authors also show that the isotonic estimator of the functional component, at a fixed point, is cubic root-n consistent and converges in distribution to the slope at zero of the greatest convex minorant of the sum of a two-sided standard Brownian motion and the square of the time parameter. A simulation study is carried out to investigate the performance of the estimators proposed in this article.
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This work was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China under Grant No. 10971007; Foundation of Academic Discipline Program at Central University of Finance and Economics; Funding Project of Science and Technology Research Plan of Beijing Education Committee under Grant No. 00600054K1002; Fund of 211 Project at Central University of Finance and Economics; 2012 National Project of Statistical Research.
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Sun, Z., Zhang, Z. & Du, J. Semiparametric analysis of isotonic errors-in-variables regression models with randomly right censored response. J Syst Sci Complex 26, 441–461 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11424-013-1154-1
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