convex optimization 1distribution estimation 1failure rate constraints 1noisy quantile data 1reliability 1
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stat.AP2026
Estimating Distributions with Failure Rate Properties from Noisy Quantile Data
Timothy C. Y. Chan, Ningyuan Chen, Craig Fernandes +1
The paper develops a method to estimate an unknown cumulative distribution function under increasing failure‑rate shape constraints using noisy quantile observations, providing a t…
stat.AP2024
Learning Risk Preferences in Markov Decision Processes: an Application to the Fourth Down Decision in the National Football League
Nathan Sandholtz, Lucas Wu, Martin Puterman +1
For decades, National Football League (NFL) coaches' observed fourth down decisions have been largely inconsistent with prescriptions based on statistical models. In this paper, we…