Estimation of a k-monotone density: characterizations, consistency and minimax lower bounds
Wellner, Jon; Balabdaoui, Fadoua (2010), Estimation of a k-monotone density: characterizations, consistency and minimax lower bounds, Statistica Neerlandica, 64, 1, p. 45-70. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-9574.2009.00438.x
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Article accepté pour publication ou publiéExternal document link
http://arxiv.org/abs/math/0509080v1Date
2010Journal name
Statistica NeerlandicaVolume
64Number
1Publisher
Wiley
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45-70
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The classes of monotone or convex (and necessarily monotone) densities on inline image can be viewed as special cases of the classes of k-monotone densities on inline image. These classes bridge the gap between the classes of monotone (1-monotone) and convex decreasing (2-monotone) densities for which asymptotic results are known, and the class of completely monotone (∞-monotone) densities on inline image. In this paper we consider non-parametric maximum likelihood and least squares estimators of a k-monotone density g0. We prove existence of the estimators and give characterizations. We also establish consistency properties, and show that the estimators are splines of degree k−1 with simple knots. We further provide asymptotic minimax risk lower bounds for estimating the derivatives inline image, at a fixed point x0 under the assumption that inline image.Subjects / Keywords
shape constraints; completely monotone; least squares; maximum likelihood; minimax risk; mixture models; multiply monotone; non-parametric estimation; rates of convergenceRelated items
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