Modified Integer-Estimators
Moment (In-)Equalities for Differences of Order Statistics with Different Sample Sizes.
Moment Inequalities for Order Statistics from Ordered Families of Distributions.
Moment Inequalities for Order Statistics with Applications to Characterizations of Distributions.
Moments of order statistics
Moving window estimation procedures for additive regression function
Multidimensional limit theorems for smoothed extreme value estimates of point processes boundaries
In this paper, we give sufficient conditions to establish central limit theorems and moderate deviation principle for a class of support estimates of empirical and Poisson point processes. The considered estimates are obtained by smoothing some bias corrected extreme values of the point process. We show how the smoothing permits to obtain Gaussian asymptotic limits and therefore pointwise confidence intervals. Some unidimensional and multidimensional examples are provided.
Multivariate Extreme Value Theory - A Tutorial with Applications to Hydrology and Meteorology
In this paper, we provide a tutorial on multivariate extreme value methods which allows to estimate the risk associated with rare events occurring jointly. We draw particular attention to issues related to extremal dependence and we insist on the asymptotic independence feature. We apply the multivariate extreme value theory on two data sets related to hydrology and meteorology: first, the joint flooding of two rivers, which puts at risk the facilities lying downstream the confluence; then the joint...
Nearest neighbor classification in infinite dimension
Let X be a random element in a metric space (F,d), and let Y be a random variable with value 0 or 1. Y is called the class, or the label, of X. Let (Xi,Yi)1 ≤ i ≤ n be an observed i.i.d. sample having the same law as (X,Y). The problem of classification is to predict the label of a new random element X. The k-nearest neighbor classifier is the simple following rule: look at the k nearest neighbors of X in the trial sample and choose 0 or 1 for its label according to the majority vote. When , Stone...
Necessary conditions for the bootstrap of the mean of a triangular array
New estimates and tests of independence in semiparametric copula models
We introduce new estimates and tests of independence in copula models with unknown margins using -divergences and the duality technique. The asymptotic laws of the estimates and the test statistics are established both when the parameter is an interior or a boundary value of the parameter space. Simulation results show that the choice of -divergence has good properties in terms of efficiency-robustness.
New M-estimators in semi-parametric regression with errors in variables
In the regression model with errors in variables, we observe n i.i.d. copies of (Y, Z) satisfying Y=fθ0(X)+ξ and Z=X+ɛ involving independent and unobserved random variables X, ξ, ɛ plus a regression function fθ0, known up to a finite dimensional θ0. The common densities of the Xi’s and of the ξi’s are unknown, whereas the distribution of ɛ is completely known. We aim at estimating the parameter θ0 by using the observations (Y1, Z1), …, (Yn, Zn). We propose an estimation procedure based on the least...
New results on the NBUFR and NBUE classes of life distributions
Some properties of the "new better than used in failure rate" (NBUFR) and the "new better than used in expectation" (NBUE) classes of life distributions are given. These properties include moment inequalities and moment generating functions behaviors. In addition, nonparametric estimation and testing of the survival functions of these classes are discussed.
New variance ratio tests to identify random walk from the general mean reversion model.
Nichtparametrisches Schätzen in Lebensdauer-Untersuchungen bei reduzierter Information.
Nonparametric adaptive estimation for pure jump Lévy processes
This paper is concerned with nonparametric estimation of the Lévy density of a pure jump Lévy process. The sample path is observed at n discrete instants with fixed sampling interval. We construct a collection of estimators obtained by deconvolution methods and deduced from appropriate estimators of the characteristic function and its first derivative. We obtain a bound for the -risk, under general assumptions on the model. Then we propose a penalty function that allows to build an adaptive estimator....
Nonparametric analysis of blocked ordered categories data: Some examples revisited.
Non-parametric approximation of non-anticipativity constraints in scenario-based multistage stochastic programming
We propose two methods to solve multistage stochastic programs when only a (large) finite set of scenarios is available. The usual scenario tree construction to represent non-anticipativity constraints is replaced by alternative discretization schemes coming from non-parametric estimation ideas. In the first method, a penalty term is added to the objective so as to enforce the closeness between decision variables and the Nadaraya–Watson estimation of their conditional expectation. A numerical application...
Nonparametric bivariate estimation for successive survival times.
Several aspects of the analysis of two successive survival times are considered. All the analyses take into account the dependent censoring on the second time induced by the first. Three nonparametric methods are described, implemented and applied to the data coming from a multicentre clinical trial for HIV-infected patients. Visser's and Wang and Wells methods propose an estimator for the bivariate survival function while Gómez and Serrat's method presents a conditional approach for the second...
Nonparametric Curve Estimation with Bernstein Estimates.