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Nonparametric density estimation from observations with multiplicative measurement errors

Methodology 2018-07-13 v2

Abstract

In this paper we study the problem of pointwise density estimation from observations with multiplicative measurement errors. We elucidate the main feature of this problem: the influence of the estimation point on the estimation accuracy. In particular, we show that, depending on whether this point is separated away from zero or not, there are two different regimes in terms of the rates of convergence of the minimax risk. In both regimes we develop kernel--type density estimators and prove upper bounds on their maximal risk over suitable nonparametric classes of densities. We show that the proposed estimators are rate--optimal by establishing matching lower bounds on the minimax risk. Finally we test our estimation procedures on simulated data.

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@article{arxiv.1709.00629,
  title  = {Nonparametric density estimation from observations with multiplicative measurement errors},
  author = {Denis Belomestny and Alexander Goldenshluger},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1709.00629},
  year   = {2018}
}
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