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20082026
most citedImproved estimators for a general class of beta regression models

308 citations · 933 across the 30 of their papers we have counts for

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34 papers

stat.AP2026

A spatiotemporal negative binomial model with dynamic dispersion: An application to Tuberculosis infections

Rodrigo B. Silva, Luiza S. C. Piancastelli, Wagner Barreto-Souza

Tuberculosis (TB) remains a critical public health concern in Brazil, characterized by pronounced spatial heterogeneity and fluctuating temporal volatility. In this paper, we study…

stat.AP2026

A Bayesian bivariate conditional Poisson regression for goal dependence in the English Premier League

Marcus Nolan, Wagner Barreto-Souza, Luiza S. C. Piancastelli +1

Understanding the relationship between home and away goal counts in football provides valuable insights into match-level dynamics. While the influence of home advantage is well-est…

stat.ME2026

Mixed Time Series Quasi-Likelihood Models for Uncovering Covid-19 Viral Load and Mortality Dynamics

Kejin Wu, Raanju R. Sundararajan, Michel F. C. Haddad +2

Accurate real-time monitoring of disease transmission is crucial for epidemic control, which has conventionally relied on reported cases or hospital admissions. Such metrics are fr…

stat.ME2026

Generalised Linear Models Driven by Latent Processes: Asymptotic Theory and Applications

Wagner Barreto-Souza, Ngai Hang Chan

This paper introduces a class of generalised linear models (GLMs) driven by latent processes for modelling count, real-valued, binary, and positive continuous time series. Extendin…

stat.ME2026

Generalised Exponential Kernels for Nonparametric Density Estimation

Laura M. Craig, Wagner Barreto-Souza

This paper introduces a novel kernel density estimator (KDE) based on the generalised exponential (GE) distribution, designed specifically for positive continuous data. The propose…

stat.ME2025

Time Series Analysis of Rankings: A GARCH-Type Approach

Luiza Piancastelli, Wagner Barreto-Souza

Ranking data are frequently obtained nowadays but there are still scarce methods for treating these data when temporally observed. The present paper contributes to this topic by pr…

stat.ME2024

Granger Causality for Mixed Time Series Generalized Linear Models: A Case Study on Multimodal Brain Connectivity

Luiza S. C. Piancastelli, Wagner Barreto-Souza, Norbert J. Fortin +2

This paper is motivated by studies in neuroscience experiments to understand interactions between nodes in a brain network using different types of data modalities that capture dif…

stat.CO2023

A multivariate heavy-tailed integer-valued GARCH process with EM algorithm-based inference

Yuhyeong Jang, Raanju R. Sundararajan, Wagner Barreto-Souza

A new multivariate integer-valued Generalized AutoRegressive Conditional Heteroscedastic process based on a multivariate Poisson generalized inverse Gaussian distribution is propos…

stat.ME2022

Time-Varying Dispersion Integer-Valued GARCH Models

Wagner Barreto-Souza, Luiza S. C. Piancastelli, Konstantinos Fokianos +1

We propose a general class of INteger-valued Generalized AutoRegressive Conditionally Heteroscedastic (INGARCH) processes by allowing time-varying mean and dispersion parameters, w…

stat.ME2022★ 2 cited

Modified Galton-Watson processes with immigration under an alternative offspring mechanism

Wagner Barreto-Souza, Sokol Ndreca, Rodrigo B. Silva +1

We propose a novel class of count time series models alternative to the classic Galton-Watson process with immigration (GWI) and Bernoulli offspring. A new offspring mechanism is d…

stat.ME2022★ 1 cited

Poisson-Birnbaum-Saunders Regression Model for Clustered Count Data

Jussiane Nader Gonçalves, Wagner Barreto-Souza, Hernando Ombao

The premise of independence among subjects in the same cluster/group often fails in practice, and models that rely on such untenable assumption can produce misleading results. To o…

stat.ME2021

Nearly Unstable Integer-Valued ARCH Process and Unit Root Testing

Wagner Barreto-Souza, Ngai Hang Chan

This paper introduces a Nearly Unstable INteger-valued AutoRegressive Conditional Heteroskedasticity (NU-INARCH) process for dealing with count time series data. It is proved that…

stat.ME2021

Multivariate Conway-Maxwell-Poisson Distribution: Sarmanov Method and Doubly-Intractable Bayesian Inference

Luiza S. C. Piancastelli, Nial Friel, Wagner Barreto-Souza +1

In this paper, a multivariate count distribution with Conway-Maxwell (COM)-Poisson marginals is proposed. To do this, we develop a modification of the Sarmanov method for construct…

stat.ME2021

Student-t Stochastic Volatility Model With Composite Likelihood EM-Algorithm

Raanju R. Sundararajan, Wagner Barreto-Souza

A new robust stochastic volatility (SV) model having Student-t marginals is proposed. Our process is defined through a linear normal regression model driven by a latent gamma proce…

math.ST2021

Fractional Poisson random sum and its associated normal variance mixture

Gabriela Oliveira, Wagner Barreto-Souza, Roger W. C. Silva

In this work, we study the partial sums of independent and identically distributed random variables with the number of terms following a fractional Poisson (FP) distribution. The F…

stat.ME2020★ 5 cited

A Generalized Heckman Model With Varying Sample Selection Bias and Dispersion Parameters

Fernando de S. Bastos, Wagner Barreto-Souza, Marc G. Genton

Many proposals have emerged as alternatives to the Heckman selection model, mainly to address the non-robustness of its normal assumption. The 2001 Medical Expenditure Panel Survey…

stat.ME2020

Flexible Bivariate INGARCH Process With a Broad Range of Contemporaneous Correlation

Luiza S. C. Piancastelli, Wagner Barreto-Souza, Hernando Ombao

We propose a novel flexible bivariate conditional Poisson (BCP) INteger-valued Generalized AutoRegressive Conditional Heteroscedastic (INGARCH) model for correlated count time seri…

math.PR2020

Convergence and inference for mixed Poisson random sums

Wagner Barreto-Souza, Gabriela Oliveira, Roger W. C. Silva

In this paper we obtain the limit distribution for partial sums with a random number of terms following a class of mixed Poisson distributions. The resulting weak limit is a mixing…

stat.ME2020★ 9 cited

Semiparametric time series models driven by latent factor

Gisele O. Maia, Wagner Barreto-Souza, Fernando S. Bastos +1

We introduce a class of semiparametric time series models by assuming a quasi-likelihood approach driven by a latent factor process. More specifically, given the latent process, we…

stat.ME2020★ 1 cited

Integer-valued autoregressive process with flexible marginal and innovation distributions

Matheus B. Guerrero, Wagner Barreto-Souza, Hernando Ombao

INteger Auto-Regressive (INAR) processes are usually defined by specifying the innovations and the operator, which often leads to difficulties in deriving marginal properties of th…

stat.ME2020★ 10 cited

Generalized inverse-Gaussian frailty models with application to TARGET neuroblastoma data

Luiza Sette Câmara Piancastelli, Wagner Barreto-Souza, Vinícius Diniz Mayrink

A new class of survival frailty models based on the Generalized Inverse-Gaussian (GIG) distributions is proposed. We show that the GIG frailty models are flexible and mathematicall…

stat.ME2020★ 1 cited

Bessel regression model: Robustness to analyze bounded data

Wagner Barreto-Souza, Vinícius D. Mayrink, Alexandre B. Simas

Beta regression has been extensively used by statisticians and practitioners to model bounded continuous data and there is no strong and similar competitor having its main features…

stat.ME2014★ 3 cited

Beta and Kumaraswamy distributions as non-nested hypotheses in the modeling of continuous bounded data

Rodrigo B. Silva, Wagner Barreto-Souza

Nowadays, beta and Kumaraswamy distributions are the most popular models to fit continuous bounded data. These models present some characteristics in common and to select one of th…

stat.ME2013★ 4 cited

A skew true INAR(1) process with application

Wagner Barreto-Souza, Marcelo Bourguignon

Integer-valued time series models have been a recurrent theme considered in many papers in the last three decades, but only a few of them have dealt with models on (tha…