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Nonparametric Diffusivity Estimation for the Stochastic Heat Equation from Noisy Observations

Statistics Theory 2025-05-28 v2 Statistics Theory

Abstract

We estimate nonparametrically the spatially varying diffusivity of a stochastic heat equation from observations perturbed by additional noise. To that end, we employ a two-step localization procedure, more precisely, we combine local state estimates into a locally linear regression approach. Our analysis relies on quantitative Trotter--Kato type approximation results for the heat semigroup that are of independent interest. The presence of observational noise leads to non-standard scaling behaviour of the model. Numerical simulations illustrate the results.

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@article{arxiv.2410.00677,
  title  = {Nonparametric Diffusivity Estimation for the Stochastic Heat Equation from Noisy Observations},
  author = {Gregor Pasemann and Markus Reiß},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2410.00677},
  year   = {2025}
}
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