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Empirical likelihood (EL) combined with estimating equations (EE) provides a modern semi-parametric alternative to classical estimation techniques such as maximum likelihood estimation (MLE). This paper not only uses closed form of conditional expectation and conditional variance of Logistic equation with random perturbation to perform maximum empirical likelihood estimation (MELE) for the model parameters, but also proposes an empirical likelihood ratio statistic (ELRS) for hypotheses concerning the interesting parameter. Monte Carlo simulation results show that MELE and ELRS provide competitive performance to parametric alternatives.
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This research was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China under Grant No. 11101452, the Natural Science Foundation Project of CQ CSTC under Grant No. 2012jjA00035, and the National Basic Research Program of China under Grant No. 2011CB808000.
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Hu, X. Empirical likelihood inference for logistic equation with random perturbation. J Syst Sci Complex 27, 350–359 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11424-014-2252-4
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