Exact adaptive pointwise estimation on Sobolev classes of densities

Cristina Butucea

ESAIM: Probability and Statistics (2010)

  • Volume: 5, page 1-31
  • ISSN: 1292-8100

Abstract

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The subject of this paper is to estimate adaptively the common probability density of n independent, identically distributed random variables. The estimation is done at a fixed point x 0 ∈ ℝ , over the density functions that belong to the Sobolev class Wn(β,L). We consider the adaptive problem setup, where the regularity parameter β is unknown and varies in a given set Bn. A sharp adaptive estimator is obtained, and the explicit asymptotical constant, associated to its rate of convergence is found.

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Butucea, Cristina. "Exact adaptive pointwise estimation on Sobolev classes of densities." ESAIM: Probability and Statistics 5 (2010): 1-31. <http://eudml.org/doc/197754>.

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