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Stochastic approximation algorithms for superquantiles estimation

Statistics Theory 2020-07-30 v1 Probability Statistics Theory

Abstract

This paper is devoted to two different two-time-scale stochastic approximation algorithms for superquantile estimation. We shall investigate the asymptotic behavior of a Robbins-Monro estimator and its convexified version. Our main contribution is to establish the almost sure convergence, the quadratic strong law and the law of iterated logarithm for our estimates via a martingale approach. A joint asymptotic normality is also provided. Our theoretical analysis is illustrated by numerical experiments on real datasets.

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@article{arxiv.2007.14659,
  title  = {Stochastic approximation algorithms for superquantiles estimation},
  author = {Bernard Bercu and Manon Costa and Sébastien Gadat},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2007.14659},
  year   = {2020}
}
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