2022
A Zero-Inflated Logistic Normal Multinomial Model for Extracting Microbial Compositions
Zeng Y, Pang D, Zhao H, Wang T. A Zero-Inflated Logistic Normal Multinomial Model for Extracting Microbial Compositions. Journal Of The American Statistical Association 2022, 118: 2356-2369. DOI: 10.1080/01621459.2022.2044827.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMaximum likelihood estimationEfficient iterative algorithmProbabilistic PCA modelsEmpirical Bayes approachApproximation estimatorVariational approximationExcessive zerosM-estimationAsymptotic normalityIterative algorithmLikelihood estimationBayes approachCount dataHigh dimensionalityRaw count dataMultinomial modelExtensive simulationsZerosSupplementary materialMicrobiome dataCompositional natureEstimationPCA modelComposition estimationApproximation
2019
Prediction analysis for microbiome sequencing data
Wang T, Yang C, Zhao H. Prediction analysis for microbiome sequencing data. Biometrics 2019, 75: 875-884. PMID: 30994187, DOI: 10.1111/biom.13061.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMonte Carlo expectation-maximization algorithmInverse regression modelReal data exampleTypes of covariatesNew statistical frameworkMaximum likelihood estimationExpectation-maximization algorithmDimension reduction structureInverse regressionStatistical frameworkData examplesStatistical challengesLikelihood estimationMicrobiome sequencing dataHuman microbiome studiesHuman microbiome compositionDifferent library sizesZerosPredictive analysisModelEstimationAlgorithmSimulationsRegression modelsFramework
2010
Asymptotic efficiency and finite-sample properties of the generalized profiling estimation of parameters in ordinary differential equations
Qi X, Zhao H. Asymptotic efficiency and finite-sample properties of the generalized profiling estimation of parameters in ordinary differential equations. The Annals Of Statistics 2010, 38: 435-481. DOI: 10.1214/09-aos724.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchOrdinary differential equationsDifferential equationsBasis functionsEstimation procedureAsymptotic covariance matrixEfficient estimation procedureFinite sample propertiesMaximum likelihood estimationODE solutionStatistical propertiesAsymptotic normalityAsymptotic efficiencySpline approximationTrue solutionCovariance matrixComputational efficiencyLikelihood estimationLinear combinationUniform normApproximationEstimation methodEquationsObserved dataDynamic behaviorSolution