Sparse consistency and smoothing for multinomial data

被引:9
作者
Aerts, M [1 ]
Augustyns, I [1 ]
Janssen, P [1 ]
机构
[1] LIMBURGS UNIV CTR,DEPT STAT,B-3590 DIEPENBEEK,BELGIUM
关键词
sparse multinomial data; sparse consistency; frequency estimators; local polynomial smoothers;
D O I
10.1016/S0167-7152(96)00108-3
中图分类号
O21 [概率论与数理统计]; C8 [统计学];
学科分类号
020208 ; 070103 ; 0714 ;
摘要
For sparse multinomial data we study sparse consistency rates for frequency estimators and for local polynomial cell probability estimators. Our results illustrate the beneficial effect of nonparametric smoothing. Compared to sparse consistency properties for maximum penalized likelihood cell probability estimators our results require less stringent conditions and allow more flexible sparseness conditions.
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页码:41 / 48
页数:8
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