Outlier detection in non-parametric profile monitoring. Issue 4 (4th July 2022)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Wang, Tao; Wang, Yunlong; Zang, Qingpei
• Is Part Of: Statistics. Volume 56:Issue 4(2022)
• Page Start: 805
• Page End: 822
• Publication Date: 2022-07-04
• Subjects: Asymptotic normality -- nonparametric regression -- nonparametric test statistic -- outlier detection -- profile monitoring; 62G86 -- 62H30 -- 62G10; Mathematical statistics -- Periodicals; 519.505
• DOI: 10.1080/02331888.2022.2085707
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0233-1888

Abstract

Abstract : The robustness of the various profile monitoring methods that can perform poorly in the presence of outliers has been heavily debated. To contribute to this strand of the literature, we propose a two-stage outlier detection scheme for non-parametric profile monitoring that can control type-I error rates as well as identify outlier profiles. In the first stage, we define an outlier detection measure by using a non-parametric test statistic and extend the well-known least trimmed squares algorithm to find a clean profile set. Then, in the second stage, the detection of outlying profiles is deemed as a hypothesis testing problem, where the thresholding rule is obtained from the asymptotic distribution of the proposed measure. Furthermore, to enhance efficiency, a one-step refinement algorithm is proposed to determine whether a data point is a real outlying profile. Simulation studies show that the proposed procedure can control type-I error rates, while maintaining reasonably high outlier detection power values. Finally, we apply the proposed approach to a real data analysis to demonstrate the effectiveness of our method. Our approach responds to the fact that in the profile monitoring of statistical process control problems, the dimensionality and complexity of the relationship between the response and explanatory variables can increase the possibility that a profile is outlying and such outlying profiles may influence the data analysis markedly.