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A central limit theorem for the Hellinger loss of Grenander type estimators

Statistics Theory 2016-12-21 v1 Statistics Theory

Abstract

We consider Grenander type estimators for a monotone function λ:[0,1]R\lambda:[0,1]\to\mathbb{R}, obtained as the slope of a concave (convex) estimate of the primitive of λ\lambda. Our main result is a central limit theorem for the Hellinger loss, which applies to statistical models that satisfy the setup in Durot (2007). This includes estimation of a monotone density, for which the limiting variance of the Hellinger loss turns out to be independent of λ\lambda.

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@article{arxiv.1612.06647,
  title  = {A central limit theorem for the Hellinger loss of Grenander type estimators},
  author = {Hendrik P. Lopuhaä and Eni Musta},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1612.06647},
  year   = {2016}
}