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混合态量子系统中的最大 Fisher 信息AI 解读

We deal with the maximization of classical Fisher information in a quantum system depending on an unknown parameter. This problem has been raised by physicists, who defined [Helstrom (1967) Phys. Lett. A 25 101–102] a quantum counterpart of classical Fisher information, which has been found to constitute an upper bound for classical information itself [Braunstein and Caves (1994) Phys. Rev. Lett. 72 3439–3443]. It has then become of relevant interest among statisticians, who…

周期高斯再生核正则化方法的统计性质AI 解读

The method of regularization with the Gaussian reproducing kernel is popular in the machine learning literature and successful in many practical applications. In this paper we consider the periodic version of the Gaussian kernel regularization. We show in the white noise model setting, that in function spaces of very smooth functions, such as the infinite-order Sobolev space and the space of analytic functions, the method under consideration is asymptotically minimax; in…

通过局部随机惩罚进行复杂度正则化AI 解读

In this article, model selection via penalized empirical loss minimization in nonparametric classification problems is studied. Data-dependent penalties are constructed, which are based on estimates of the complexity of a small subclass of each model class, containing only those functions with small empirical loss. The penalties are novel since those considered in the literature are typically based on the entire model class. Oracle inequalities using these penalties are…

大海捞针：可能稀疏序列的经验贝叶斯估计AI 解读

An empirical Bayes approach to the estimation of possibly sparse sequences observed in Gaussian white noise is set out and investigated. The prior considered is a mixture of an atom of probability at zero and a heavy-tailed density γ, with the mixing weight chosen by marginal maximum likelihood, in the hope of adapting between sparse and dense sequences. If estimation is then carried out using the posterior median, this is a random thresholding procedure. Other thresholding…

后验分布的收敛速度与自适应估计AI 解读

The goal of this paper is to provide theorems on convergence rates of posterior distributions that can be applied to obtain good convergence rates in the context of density estimation as well as regression. We show how to choose priors so that the posterior distributions converge at the optimal rate without prior knowledge of the degree of smoothness of the density function or the regression function to be estimated.

利用多协变量调整依赖删失的边际生存函数估计AI 解读

One goal in survival analysis of right-censored data is to estimate the marginal survival function in the presence of dependent censoring. When many auxiliary covariates are sufficient to explain the dependent censoring, estimation based on either a semiparametric model or a nonparametric model of the conditional survival function can be problematic due to the high dimensionality of the auxiliary information. In this paper, we use two working models to condense these…

风险集抽样下比例风险模型的统计估计AI 解读

Thomas’ partial likelihood estimator of regression parameters is widely used in the analysis of nested case-control data with Cox’s model. This paper proposes a new estimator of the regression parameters, which is consistent and asymptotically normal. Its asymptotic variance is smaller than that of Thomas’ estimator away from the null. Unlike some other existing estimators, the proposed estimator does not rely on any more data than strictly necessary for Thomas’ estimator…

单变量比例风险脆弱性回归模型的稳健推断AI 解读

We consider a class of semiparametric regression models which are one-parameter extensions of the Cox [J. Roy. Statist. Soc. Ser. B 34 (1972) 187–220] model for right-censored univariate failure times. These models assume that the hazard given the covariates and a random frailty unique to each individual has the proportional hazards form multiplied by the frailty. The frailty is assumed to have mean 1 within a known one-parameter family of distributions. Inference is based…

尺度未知时稳健位置估计的一致渐近理论AI 解读

Most asymptotic results for robust estimates rely on regularity conditions that are difficult to verify in practice. Moreover, these results apply to fixed distribution functions. In the robustness context the distribution of the data remains largely unspecified and hence results that hold uniformly over a set of possible distribution functions are of theoretical and practical interest. Also, it is desirable to be able to determine the size of the set of distribution…

博弈论、最大熵、最小差异与稳健贝叶斯决策理论AI 解读

We describe and develop a close relationship between two problems that have customarily been regarded as distinct: that of maximizing entropy, and that of minimizing worst-case expected loss. Using a formulation grounded in the equilibrium theory of zero-sum games between Decision Maker and Nature, these two problems are shown to be dual to each other, the solution to each providing that to the other. Although Topsøe described this connection for the Shannon entropy over 20…

In Bayesian decision theory, it is known that robustness with respect to the loss and the prior can be improved by adding new observations. In this article we study the rate of robustness improvement with respect to the number of observations n. Three usual measures of posterior global robustness are considered: the (range of the) Bayes actions set derived from a class of loss functions, the maximum regret of using a particular loss when the subjective loss belongs to a…

位置—尺度混合模型极大似然估计的崩溃点AI 解读

ML-estimation based on mixtures of Normal distributions is a widely used tool for cluster analysis. However, a single outlier can make the parameter estimation of at least one of the mixture components break down. Among others, the estimation of mixtures of t-distributions by McLachlan and Peel [Finite Mixture Models (2000) Wiley, New York] and the addition of a further mixture component accounting for “noise” by Fraley and Raftery [The Computer J. 41 (1998) 578–588] were…

非参数右删失模型中的 Bernstein–von Mises 定理AI 解读

In the recent Bayesian nonparametric literature, many examples have been reported in which Bayesian estimators and posterior distributions do not achieve the optimal convergence rate, indicating that the Bernstein–von Mises theorem does not hold. In this article, we give a positive result in this direction by showing that the Bernstein–von Mises theorem holds in survival models for a large class of prior processes neutral to the right. We also show that, for an arbitrarily…

高斯球谐函数上的经验过程AI 解读

We establish weak convergence of the empirical process on the spherical harmonics of a Gaussian random field in the presence of an unknown angular power spectrum. This result suggests various Gaussianity tests with an asymptotic justification. The issue of testing for Gaussianity on isotropic spherical random fields has recently received strong empirical attention in the cosmological literature, in connection with the statistical analysis of cosmic microwave background…

经验似然比置信区域覆盖概率的上界AI 解读

This paper studies the least upper bounds on coverage probabilities of the empirical likelihood ratio confidence regions based on estimating equations. The implications of the bounds on empirical likelihood inference are also discussed.

重尾分布均值的经验似然置信区间AI 解读

Empirical-likelihood-based confidence intervals for a mean were introduced by Owen [Biometrika 75 (1988) 237–249], where at least a finite second moment is required. This excludes some important distributions, for example, those in the domain of attraction of a stable law with index between 1 and 2. In this article we use a method similar to Qin and Wong [Scand. J. Statist. 23 (1996) 209–219] to derive an empirical-likelihood-based confidence interval for the mean when the…

基于局部 L2 拟合的半参数密度估计AI 解读

This article examines density estimation by combining a parametric approach with a nonparametric factor. The plug-in parametric estimator is seen as a crude estimator of the true density and is adjusted by a nonparametric factor. The nonparametric factor is derived by a criterion called local L2-fitting. A class of estimators that have multiplicative adjustment is provided, including estimators proposed by several authors as special cases, and the asymptotic theories are…

偏倚抽样数据的密度估计AI 解读

The concept of biased data is well known and its practical applications range from social sciences and biology to economics and quality control. These observations arise when a sampling procedure chooses an observation with probability that depends on the value of the observation. This is an interesting sampling procedure because it favors some observations and neglects others. It is known that biasing does not change rates of nonparametric density estimation, but no results…

充分降维中的预测变量贡献检验AI 解读

We develop tests of the hypothesis of no effect for selected predictors in regression, without assuming a model for the conditional distribution of the response given the predictors. Predictor effects need not be limited to the mean function and smoothing is not required. The general approach is based on sufficient dimension reduction, the idea being to replace the predictor vector with a lower-dimensional version without loss of information on the regression. Methodology…

参数维度随样本量增长的非凹惩罚似然AI 解读

A class of variable selection procedures for parametric models via nonconcave penalized likelihood was proposed by Fan and Li to simultaneously estimate parameters and select important variables. They demonstrated that this class of procedures has an oracle property when the number of parameters is finite. However, in most model selection problems the number of parameters should be large and grow with the sample size. In this paper some asymptotic properties of the…

半参数回归中的一致协变量选择与模型选择后推断AI 解读

This paper presents a model selection technique of estimation in semiparametric regression models of the type $Y_{i}={\beta}^{\prime}\underline{X}_{i}+f(T_{i})+W_{i}$ , i=1,…,n. The parametric and nonparametric components are estimated simultaneously by this procedure. Estimation is based on a collection of finite-dimensional models, using a penalized least squares criterion for selection. We show that by tailoring the penalty terms developed for nonparametric regression to…

客观贝叶斯模型选择中的训练样本AI 解读

Central to several objective approaches to Bayesian model selection is the use of training samples (subsets of the data), so as to allow utilization of improper objective priors. The most common prescription for choosing training samples is to choose them to be as small as possible, subject to yielding proper posteriors; these are called minimal training samples. When data can vary widely in terms of either information content or impact on the improper priors, use of minimal…

一类非高斯平稳过程与随机场的分形维数估计AI 解读

We present the asymptotic distribution theory for a class of increment-based estimators of the fractal dimension of a random field of the form g{X(t)}, where g:R→R is an unknown smooth function and X(t) is a real-valued stationary Gaussian field on Rd, d=1 or 2, whose covariance function obeys a power law at the origin. The relevant theoretical framework here is “fixed domain” (or “infill”) asymptotics. Surprisingly, the limit theory in this non-Gaussian case is somewhat…

错误发现控制的随机过程方法AI 解读

This paper extends the theory of false discovery rates (FDR) pioneered by Benjamini and Hochberg [J. Roy. Statist. Soc. Ser. B 57 (1995) 289–300]. We develop a framework in which the False Discovery Proportion (FDP)—the number of false rejections divided by the number of rejections—is treated as a stochastic process. After obtaining the limiting distribution of the process, we demonstrate the validity of a class of procedures for controlling the False Discovery Rate (the…