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Density estimation in RKHS with application to Korobov spaces in high dimensions

Statistics Theory 2023-04-20 v4 Numerical Analysis Numerical Analysis Statistics Theory

Abstract

A kernel method for estimating a probability density function (pdf) from an i.i.d. sample drawn from such density is presented. Our estimator is a linear combination of kernel functions, the coefficients of which are determined by a linear equation. An error analysis for the mean integrated squared error is established in a general reproducing kernel Hilbert space setting. The theory developed is then applied to estimate pdfs belonging to weighted Korobov spaces, for which a dimension independent convergence rate is established. Under a suitable smoothness assumption, our method attains a rate arbitrarily close to the optimal rate. Numerical results support our theory.

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@article{arxiv.2108.12699,
  title  = {Density estimation in RKHS with application to Korobov spaces in high dimensions},
  author = {Yoshihito Kazashi and Fabio Nobile},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2108.12699},
  year   = {2023}
}