Feng, Yijia; Li, Runze; Sudjianto, Agus; Zhang, Yiyun Robust neural network with applications to credit portfolio data analysis. (English) Zbl 1245.91099 Stat. Interface 3, No. 4, 437-444 (2010). Summary: We study nonparametric conditional quantile estimation via neural network structure. We propose an estimation method that combines quantile regression and neural network (robust neural network, RNN). It provides good smoothing performance in the presence of outliers and can be used to construct prediction bands. A Majorization-Minimization (MM) algorithm was developed for optimization. Monte Carlo simulation study is conducted to assess the performance of RNN. Comparison with other nonparametric regression methods (e.g., local linear regression and regression splines) in real data application demonstrate the advantage of the newly proposed procedure. Cited in 2 Documents MSC: 91G60 Numerical methods (including Monte Carlo methods) 62G35 Nonparametric robustness 62P05 Applications of statistics to actuarial sciences and financial mathematics 65C05 Monte Carlo methods 91G40 Credit risk 91G10 Portfolio theory PDFBibTeX XMLCite \textit{Y. Feng} et al., Stat. Interface 3, No. 4, 437--444 (2010; Zbl 1245.91099) Full Text: DOI