We propose the generalized profiling method to estimate the multiple regression functions in the framework of penalized spline smoothing, where the regression functions and the smoothing parameter are estimated in two nested levels of optimization. The corresponding gradients and Hessian...

Time series of counts have a wide variety of applications in real life. Analyzing time series of counts requires accommodations for serial dependence, discreteness, and overdispersion of data. In this paper, we extend blockwise empirical likelihood (Kitamura, 1997 [15]) to the analysis of time...

Partial differential equation (PDE) models are commonly used to model complex dynamic systems in applied sciences such as biology and finance. The forms of these PDE models are usually proposed by experts based on their prior knowledge and understanding of the dynamic system. Parameters in PDE...