Binary segmentation and Bonferroni-type bounds

Michal Černý

Kybernetika (2011)

  • Volume: 47, Issue: 1, page 38-49
  • ISSN: 0023-5954

Abstract

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We introduce the function Z ( x ; ξ , ν ) : = - x ϕ ( t - ξ ) · Φ ( ν t ) d t , where ϕ and Φ are the pdf and cdf of N ( 0 , 1 ) , respectively. We derive two recurrence formulas for the effective computation of its values. We show that with an algorithm for this function, we can efficiently compute the second-order terms of Bonferroni-type inequalities yielding the upper and lower bounds for the distribution of a max-type binary segmentation statistic in the case of small samples (where asymptotic results do not work), and in general for max-type random variables of a certain type. We show three applications of the method – (a) calculation of critical values of the segmentation statistic, (b) evaluation of its efficiency and (c) evaluation of an estimator of a point of change in the mean of time series.

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Černý, Michal. "Binary segmentation and Bonferroni-type bounds." Kybernetika 47.1 (2011): 38-49. <http://eudml.org/doc/196564>.

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abstract = {We introduce the function $Z(x; \xi , \nu ) := \int _\{-\infty \}^x \varphi (t-\xi )\cdot \Phi (\nu t)\ \text\{d\}t$, where $\varphi $ and $\Phi $ are the pdf and cdf of $N(0,1)$, respectively. We derive two recurrence formulas for the effective computation of its values. We show that with an algorithm for this function, we can efficiently compute the second-order terms of Bonferroni-type inequalities yielding the upper and lower bounds for the distribution of a max-type binary segmentation statistic in the case of small samples (where asymptotic results do not work), and in general for max-type random variables of a certain type. We show three applications of the method – (a) calculation of critical values of the segmentation statistic, (b) evaluation of its efficiency and (c) evaluation of an estimator of a point of change in the mean of time series.},
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publisher = {Institute of Information Theory and Automation AS CR},
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