DiPMInd: Distance profile based mutual independence testing for random objects
DiPMInd:基于距离剖面的随机对象相互独立性检验
This paper develops a novel unified framework for testing mutual independence among random objects residing in possibly different metric spaces. The framework generalizes existing methodologies and introduces new measures of mutual independence, and proposes associated tests that achieve minimax rate optimality and exhibit strong empirical power. The foundation of the proposed tests is the new concept of joint distance profiles, which uniquely characterize the joint law of…