Most research on system identification is focused on the identification of parametric models, for example a transfer function or a state space model where the information is condensed in a few parameters. In the daily practice, nonparametric methods, like frequency response function measurements, are intensively used. Recently, it was indicated that nonparametric identification methods could be...

The issue of production function estimation has received recent attention, particularly in agricultural economics with the advent of precision farming. Yet, the evidence to date is far from unanimous on the proper form of the production function. This paper reexamines the use of the primal production function framework using nonparametric regression techniques. Speci cally, the paper demonstrat...

This paper gives a selective review on the recent development of nonparametric methods in continuous-time finance, particularly in the areas of nonparametric estimation of diffusion processes, nonparametric testing of parametric diffusion models, and nonparametric pricing of derivatives. In each financial context, we discuss suitable statistical concepts, models, procedures, as well as some of ...

this paper deals with ridge estimation of fuzzy nonparametric regression models using triangular fuzzy numbers. this estimation method is obtained by implementing ridge regression learning algorithm in the la- grangian dual space. the distance measure for fuzzy numbers that suggested by diamond is used and the local linear smoothing technique with the cross- validation procedure for selecting t...

Spectral analysis considers the problem of determining (the art of recovering) the spectral content (i.e., the distribution of power over frequency) of a stationary time series from a finite set of measurements, by means of either nonparametric or parametric techniques. This paper introduces the spectral analysis problem, motivates the definition of power spectral density functions, and reviews...

This paper considers a class of nonparametric autoregressive processes and then a class of nonparametric time series regression models with a nonstationary regressor. For the autoregression case, we propose a nonparametric unit–root test for the conditional mean. For the nonparametric time series regression case, we construct a nonparametric test for testing whether the regression is of a known...