$$
with $\hat y(k,l)$ being the unrestricted maximum likelihood estimator of $y_k\ldots,y_l$. For quadratic cost function $\hat y(k,l)$ is the mean, as in PAV and MLS algorithms, for the absolute deviations it becomes the median, and for other cost functions an M-estimator of location. The MLS algorithm can be applied to such isotone regression problems with very little modification, while linear in time algorithm may not be available. Our parallel MLS algorithm will be valuable in such cases.
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with $\hat y(k,l)$ being the unrestricted maximum likelihood estimator of $y_k\ldots,y_l$. For quadratic cost function $\hat y(k,l)$ is the mean, as in PAV and MLS algorithms, for the absolute deviations it becomes the median, and for other cost functions an M-estimator of location. The MLS algorithm can be applied to such isotone regression problems with very little modification, while linear in time algorithm may not be available. Our parallel MLS algorithm will be valuable in such cases.