A NOTE ON RECENT PROPOSALS FOR COMPUTING L1 ESTIMATES

被引:7
作者
BASSETT, GW [1 ]
KOENKER, RW [1 ]
机构
[1] UNIV ILLINOIS,DEPT ECON,CHICAGO,IL 60680
关键词
LEAST ABSOLUTE VALUE; LINEAR PROGRAMMING; LEAST SQUARES;
D O I
10.1016/0167-9473(92)90174-E
中图分类号
TP39 [计算机的应用];
学科分类号
081203 ; 0835 ;
摘要
Recent methods for computing the least absolute value (l1) estimate have been proposed. In contrast to the usual linear programming formulation of the l1 problem, the new methods attempt to use least squares residuals to identify observations whose l1 residuals are equal to zero. Examples are presented to show that the proposals do not produce estimates that are identical or even necessarily close to l1, and hence the algorithms cannot be recommended as a method for computing the l1 estimate.
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页码:207 / 211
页数:5
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