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distrMod (version 2.0.7)

existsPIC-methods: Methods for Function existsPIC in Package `distrMod'

Description

existsPIC-methods to check whether in a given L2 differentiable model at parameter value theta there exist (partial) influence curves to Trafo $D_\theta$.

Usage

existsPIC(object, ...)
## S3 method for class 'L2ParamFamily':
existsPIC(object, warning = TRUE, tol = .Machine$double.eps)

Arguments

object
L2ParamFamily
...
further arguments used by specific methods.
warning
logical: should a warning be issued if there exist no (partial) influence curves?
tol
the tolerance the linear algebraic operations. Default is .Machine$double.eps.

concept

  • partial influence curve
  • bounded influence curve
  • existence of influence curves
  • influence curve

Details

To check the existence of (partial) influence curves and, simultaneously, for bounded (partial) influence curves, by Lemma 1.1.3 in Kohl(2005) [resp. the fact that ${\rm ker} I={\rm ker} J$ for $J= {\rm E} (\Lambda',1)' (\Lambda',1) w$ and $w={\rm min}(1, b/|(\Lambda',1)|$], it suffices to check that ${\rm ker }I$ is a subset of ${\rm ker }D_\theta$. This is done by a call to isKerAinKerB.

References

Kohl, M. (2005) Numerical Contributions to the Asymptotic Theory of Robustness. Bayreuth: Dissertation.

See Also

isKerAinKerB