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Abstract
A substantial body of work in the last 15 years has shown that expectiles constitute an excellent candidate for becoming a standard tool in probabilistic and statistical modeling. Surprisingly, the question of how expectiles may be efficiently calculated has been left largely untouched. We fill this gap by, first, providing a general outlook on the computation of expectiles that relies on the knowledge of analytic expressions of the underlying distribution function and mean residual life function. We distinguish between discrete distributions, for which an exact calculation is always feasible, and continuous distributions, where a Newton–Raphson approximation algorithm can be implemented and a list of exceptional distributions whose expectiles are in analytic form can be given. When the distribution function and/or the mean residual life is difficult to compute, Monte-Carlo algorithms are introduced, based on an exact calculation of sample expectiles and on the use of control variates to improve computational efficiency. We discuss the relevance of our findings to statistical practice and provide numerical evidence of the performance of the considered methods.
期刊介绍：
Statistics and Computing is a bi-monthly refereed journal which publishes papers covering the range of the interface between the statistical and computing sciences.
In particular, it addresses the use of statistical concepts in computing science, for example in machine learning, computer vision and data analytics, as well as the use of computers in data modelling, prediction and analysis. Specific topics which are covered include: techniques for evaluating analytically intractable problems such as bootstrap resampling, Markov chain Monte Carlo, sequential Monte Carlo, approximate Bayesian computation, search and optimization methods, stochastic simulation and Monte Carlo, graphics, computer environments, statistical approaches to software errors, information retrieval, machine learning, statistics of databases and database technology, huge data sets and big data analytics, computer algebra, graphical models, image processing, tomography, inverse problems and uncertainty quantification.
In addition, the journal contains original research reports, authoritative review papers, discussed papers, and occasional special issues on particular topics or carrying proceedings of relevant conferences. Statistics and Computing also publishes book review and software review sections.
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