Adaptive tests of linear hypotheses by model selection
We propose a new test, based on model selection methods, for testing that the expectation of a Gaussian vector with n independent components belongs to a linear subspace of $\R^{n}$ against a nonparametric alternative. The testing procedure is available when the variance of the observations is unknown and does not depend on any prior information on the alternative. The properties of the test are nonasymptotic and we prove that the test is rate optimal [up to a possible log(n…