Semiparametric hidden Markov model with non-parametric regression

Mian Huang, Qinghua Ji and Weixin Yao

Communications in Statistics - Theory and Methods, 2018, vol. 47, issue 21, 5196-5204

Abstract: The hidden Markov model regression (HMMR) has been popularly used in many fields such as gene expression and activity recognition. However, the traditional HMMR requires the strong linearity assumption for the emission model. In this article, we propose a hidden Markov model with non-parametric regression (HMM-NR), where the mean and variance of emission model are unknown smooth functions. The new semiparametric model might greatly reduce the modeling bias and thus enhance the applicability of the traditional hidden Markov model regression. We propose an estimation procedure for the transition probability matrix and the non-parametric mean and variance functions by combining the ideas of the EM algorithm and the kernel regression. Simulation studies and a real data set application are used to demonstrate the effectiveness of the new estimation procedure.

Date: 2018
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DOI: 10.1080/03610926.2017.1388398

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