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7. What to Optimize?
In this session:1. Can one do better by optimizing something else?2. Likelihood, not LS?3. Using a handful of likelihood functions.
CH1. What is what CH2. A simple SPF CH3. EDA CH4. Curve fitting CH5. A first SPF CH6: Which fit is fitter CH7: Choosing the objective function CH8: Theoretical stuff Ch9: Adding variables CH10. Choosing a model equation
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Perhaps the fit was bad because:• The function is not good• Important traits are missing• The objective function is not appropriate
later
Now
The two common methods: Least Squares Maximum Likelihood
Carl Friedrich Gauss1777-1855
Sir Ronald Fisher1890-1962
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0XβμE
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Introducing ‘Likelihood’
In statistics, maximum-likelihood estimation (MLE) is a method of estimating the parameters of a statistical model. When applied to a data set and given a statistical model, maximum-likelihood estimation provides estimates for the model's parameters.From Wikipedia
Popular in SPF modeling
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Year 1 2 3 4Crashes 1 7 4 0
What is the probability of 1, 7, 4, 0 if μ=2.0 crashes/year?
Open #9. ‘Likelihood functions’ on ‘Poisson’ workpage
Example 1: Get the ML estimate of a m
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The likelihood of μ=4.0
The likelihood of μ=2.0
The ‘Likelihood Function’
ℒ(.) will be used to denote a likelihood function. The dot in the parenthesis is a placeholder for parameters. Thus, e.g., ℒ(μ) is the is the likelihood function of μ.
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Computing likelihood at very many μ’s we would see a smooth curve - the ‘likelihood function’.
0 3 6 90E+00
1E-05
2E-05
3E-05
Means
Likel
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Probability to observe 1, 7,4 and 0 accidents
The m at whichObserving1 & 7 &4 & 0 is most probable
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The parameter value at which the likelihood function has its peak is the ‘Maximum Likelihood’ (ML) estimate of that parameter.
It is not the most probable value of the parameter.
It is the parameter value at which the observations are most probable.
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Return to #9 on the ‘Poisson ML’ workpage
The ‘Target’ cell The ‘By Changing’ cell
Use ‘Solver’
With the 1, 7, 4, 0 crash record, which μ is most likely?
Show that ML estimate of m is 3.00.
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Example 2: What distribution fits the data?
Number of drivers out of 29531 who, during 1931-1936 had 1 accident.
Continue now to the ‘Does the Poisson fit’ workpage.
The Data
If all drivers had the same m then one would expect n(k) to be consistent with the Poisson distribution. Is it?
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Here the Poisson predicts too few crashes
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 70.000
0.500
1.000
1.500
If Poisson was a good fit
Answer: ....
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What distribution does fit the data?
Continue to the ‘NegBin ML Empty’ workpage in #9.
NB applies to populations of units where each unit may
have a different m and the m’s are
Gamma distributed
Poisson applies to population of units that all have the same
m
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Question 1: What are the ML estimates of ‘a’ and ‘b’?(both must be positive)
Question 2: With these ‘a’ and ‘b’ how good is the correspondence between the observed and fitted n(k)
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The likelihood function is the product of many small probabilities. To avoid computational difficulties we use the log-likelihood ‘product’ replaced by ‘sum’.
Initial guesses
Preparing the likelihood function for Solver
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The probability than n(k) units have k accidents is P(K=k)n(k)
The log-likelihood is the sum over all k of n(k)ln[P(K=k)]
Now we are ready to estimate ‘a’ and ‘b’
B*C
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‘a’ and ‘b’ must be non-negative
ML estimates
Does this NB fit the data?
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Was the NB assumption for populations reasonable?
Numbers expected if NB and parameters both were true.
(By method of moments in 1.4 we got 3.55 and 0.85)
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Now the ground is ready:The Poisson Likelihood function for SPF curve-fitting
n
1iii μlnkμlikelihoodLog Chapter 8
Replace by and you have a function of . Now you can find values of which make the log-likelihood largest.
iμ 1β
0 Length)(Segmentβ
10 βandβ
PሺK= kሻ= μke−μk!
10 βandβ
Does not matter
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The C-F spreadsheet for Poisson likelihood function.
Go to: #10.Poisson fit (Full).xlsx on ‘Poisson’ workpage
Our model equation (for now)
Sum of log-likelihoods
n
1iii μlnkμlikelihoodLog
Formula:=-E8+D8*LN(E8), copy down
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The Poisson L-F solves the ‘equal variances’ problem.However, it has a problem of its own – no overdispersion.
The Negative Binomial Likelihood Function
To illustrate, 91 of 5323 segments are 0.01 miles long.For these,
Sample Variance of accident counts =0.114, Sample Mean of accident counts =0.098.
If Poisson, Variance=MeanIf Variance>Mean, Overdispersion, not Poisson
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(Sam
ple
varia
nce)
/(Sa
mpl
e M
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Segment Length [miles]
50 segment length bins
If Poisson
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The NB Likelihood Function continued
Poisson Negative Binomial
Crash Counts for each unit are Poisson distributed
Crash Counts for each unit are Poisson distributed
Units with the same traits in the model equation have
the same μ
Units with the same traits in the model equation have
μ’s that comes from a Gamma distribution
Assumptions: Common and Different
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• The Gamma pdf can take on a variety of shapes.• Limitations.
E{μ}=b/a, VAR{μ}=(E{μ})2/b
For many populations NB fits. Ergo: Gamma is often OK.
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Go to #11 NB fit.xlsx
Our model equation (for now)
Implementing the NB on a C-F spreadsheet.
Log-likelihood for segment 1
Sum of log-likelihoods
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lnሾℒ∗ሺβ0,β1,…,𝒷ሻሿ== [lnΓሺki + 𝒷Liሻ− lnΓሺ𝒷Liሻ
ni=1 + 𝒷Li lnሺbLiሻ+ ki ln൫Eሼμiሽ൯
−ሺ𝒷Li + kiሻln(𝒷Li + E {μi})] Details in text
Modifying the Poisson C-F spreadsheet to NB
=IF(OR(B8<=0,C8<=0,E8<=0),0,GAMMALN(D8+$G$2*B8)-GAMMALN($G$2*B8)+$G$2*B8*LN($G$2*B8)+D8*LN(E8)-($G$2*B8+D8)*LN($G$2*B8+E8))
Add cell for new parameter
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Example of use: What are the estimates of E{μ} and VAR{μ} for a 0.7 mile long segment (Colorado, two-lane,...)?
Answer:• Estimate of E{μ}=1.636×0.70.871=1.20 I&F crashes in 5 years;• V{μi}=(E{μi})2/bi and bi= ×LiEstimate of VAR{μ}=1.202/(0.531*0.7)=3.87 (I&F...)2
1.20±1.97, must reduce uncertainty!
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In this session we asked: What to Optimize?Traditionally:1. Minimize (weighted) SSD2. Maximize LikelihoodBoth are motivated by focus on parameters
When the focus is on ‘How to predict well’, other criteria emerge:1. Minimize absolute deviations2. Minimize Total Absolute Bias3. Minimize , etc. In lecture notes.
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Summary for Chapter 7.
1. Instead of minimizing SSD (which gave poor fits), we asked whether fit is improved by maximizing likelihood;
2. Likelihood was explained and illustrated;3. To write a likelihood function one must make
assumptions. The assumptions behind the Poisson and NB likelihoods were discussed;
4. We used the Poisson likelihood function. The fit was not improved.
5. One of the assumptions behind the Poisson likelihood is not realistic. The NB likelihood function removes the blemish.