Higher Moment Estimation for Elliptically-distributed Data: Is it Necessary to Use a Sledgehammer to Crack an Egg?
高维椭圆分布数据的高阶矩估计:是否需要大材小用?
Multivariate elliptically-contoured distributions are widely used for modeling economic and financial data. We study the problem of estimating moment parameters of a semi-parametric elliptical model in a high-dimensional setting. Such estimators are useful for financial data analysis and quadratic discriminant analysis. For low-dimensional elliptical models, efficient moment estimators can be obtained by plugging in an estimate of the precision matrix. Natural…