A Kiefer--Wolfowitz comparison theorem for Wicksell's problem
Statistics Theory
2007-11-06 v2 Statistics Theory
Abstract
We extend the isotonic analysis for Wicksell's problem to estimate a regression function, which is motivated by the problem of estimating dark matter distribution in astronomy. The main result is a version of the Kiefer--Wolfowitz theorem comparing the empirical distribution to its least concave majorant, but with a convergence rate faster than . The main result is useful in obtaining asymptotic distributions for estimators, such as isotonic and smooth estimators.
Cite
@article{arxiv.math/0611088,
title = {A Kiefer--Wolfowitz comparison theorem for Wicksell's problem},
author = {Xiao Wang and Michael Woodroofe},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:math/0611088},
year = {2007}
}
Comments
Published in at http://dx.doi.org/10.1214/009053606000001604 the Annals of Statistics (http://www.imstat.org/aos/) by the Institute of Mathematical Statistics (http://www.imstat.org)