Maximum likelihood estimation of smooth monotone and unimodal densities
平滑单调密度与单峰密度的极大似然估计
We study the nonparametric estimation of univariate monotone and unimodal densities usingthe maximum smoothed likelihood approach. The monotone estimator is the derivative of the least concave majorant of the distribution correspondingto a kernel estimator.We prove that the mapping on distributions $\Phi$ with density $\varphi$, $$\varphi \mapsto \text{the derivative of the least concave majorant of $\Phi},$$ is a contraction in all $L^P$ norms $(1 \leq p \leq \infty)$, and…