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48 results for asymptotic estimates

Study shows robust method for estimating density ratios even with heavy contamination.

problem Estimating density ratios in the presence of heavy contamination.
method Weighted density ratio estimation (DRE) with doubly strong robustness.
result Weighted DRE achieves sparse consistency under heavy contamination.

Optimal tuning for estimating ECC in proportional asymptotics.

problem Estimating Expected Conditional Covariance (ECC) under proportional asymptotics.
method Debiased ridge regression estimators for nuisance functions, sample splitting strategies, and asymptotic variance analysis.
result Prediction-optimal tuning parameters may not minimize asymptotic variance of ECC estimator.

New algorithms estimate Hessians using random directions for faster stochastic optimization.

problem Efficiently estimating Hessians for stochastic optimization.
method Generalized Hessian estimators using random directions and noisy function measurements.
result Asymptotically unbiased estimators with lower bias for more measurements.

Paper estimates curvature of semi-convex hypersurfaces in hyperbolic space.

problem Estimating curvature of semi-convex hypersurfaces in hyperbolic space.
method Established C2C^2 estimates using a new concavity inequality for hessian equations.
result Derived C2C^2 estimates for semi-convex complete hypersurfaces with constant σkσ_k curvature.

Paper proves robust M-estimators' coordinates' normality in high dimensions.

problem High-dimensional robust M-estimators' asymptotic normality.
method Develops Stein formulae for high-dimensional random vectors on the sphere.
result Asymptotic normality holds for most coordinates of robust M-estimators with convex penalty.

New method improves covariance estimation for weighted samples.

problem Improving covariance estimation for weighted sample data.
method Asymptotic non-linear shrinkage formulas for covariance and precision matrix estimators of weighted sample covariances.
result Asymptotic non-linear shrinkage formulas for covariance and precision matrix estimators of weighted sample covariances.

The paper improves estimates for asymptotically hyperbolic Einstein manifolds in even dimensions.

problem Estimating the boundary regularity of asymptotically hyperbolic Einstein manifolds.
method Analyzing the (n3)(n-3)-th derivative of scalar curvature and using Hölder continuity.
result The AHE metric is Cm,αC^{m,α} conformally compact under certain conditions.

The study proves Strichartz and spectral projection theorems on specific types of curved surfaces.

problem Proving Strichartz and spectral projection theorems on curved surfaces.
method Using large negative curvature neighborhoods, the study proves theorems on asymptotically conic and Euclidean ends surfaces.
result The study proves theorems without loss of interval on specific types of curved surfaces.

Paper shows robust estimators converge to true risk minimizers at optimal rates.

problem Understanding asymptotic properties of robust risk minimizers.
method Investigates robust analogues of empirical risk minimization, focusing on median of means estimator.
result Robust minimizers converge to true minimizers at optimal rates and have similar asymptotic variance.

Paper proposes robust LAD estimators for 2D sinusoidal model, proving consistency and normality.

problem Estimation of parameters in 2D sinusoidal models with outliers or heavy-tailed noise.
method Least absolute deviation (LAD) estimators for robust parameter estimation.
result Strong consistency and asymptotic normality of LAD estimators for 2D sinusoidal model parameters.

The paper analyzes methods for estimating linear functionals from observational data, proving upper bounds and showing optimal procedures.

problem Estimating linear functionals from observational data in causal inference and bandit literature.
method Two-stage procedures that first estimate treatment effect function, then use it to estimate the linear functional.
result Proves non-asymptotic upper bounds on mean-squared error for two-stage procedures and shows instance-dependent optimality.

In this paper we study asymptotically hyperbolic manifolds given as graphs of asymptotically constant functions over hyperbolic space $\bH^n$. The graphs are considered as subsets of $\bH^{n+1}$ and carry the induced metric. For such manifolds the scalar curvature appears in the divergence of a 1-form involving the int…

2012-01-16abs ↗pdf ↗

This paper establishes non-asymptotic learning bounds for the DR covariate shift adaptation.

problem Distribution shift between training and test domains in machine learning.
method Doubly-robust (DR) estimator combining density ratio estimation and pilot regression model.
result First non-asymptotic learning bounds for DR covariate shift adaptation.

Paper develops methods for estimating GLMs and SNR under proportional asymptotics.

problem Estimation of regression coefficients and SNR in high-dimensional GLMs.
method Method-of-Moments type estimators that bypass nuisance function estimation.
result Consistent and asymptotically normal estimators derived for targets of inference.

Estimates prove existence of curvature flow in curved spaces.

problem Mean curvature flow in curved spaces with boundary conditions.
method A priori estimates and existence proof for curvature flow.
result Existence of curvature flow with asymptotic Dirichlet conditions.

Study on conditions for achieving optimal robustness in statistical estimators.

problem Achieving the optimal robustness of estimators in statistical models.
method Developed a Wasserstein analogue of the Cramer-Rao inequality and investigated conditions for achieving the Wasserstein-Cramer-Rao lower bound.
result Conditions for the existence of asymptotically efficient estimators in one-parameter models and location-scale families.

Estimates holomorphic sections on Bohr-Sommerfeld Lagrangian submanifolds.

problem Estimating norms of holomorphic sections on complex manifolds.
method Asymptotic analysis of holomorphic sections on Bohr-Sommerfeld Lagrangian submanifolds.
result Asymptotic estimates of holomorphic sections on Bohr-Sommerfeld Lagrangian submanifolds.

The paper examines Adaptive Lasso and Transfer Lasso, highlighting their differences and proposing a new method.

problem Comparing and contrasting Adaptive Lasso and Transfer Lasso.
method Theoretical analysis of asymptotic properties and introduction of a new method.
result The Transfer Lasso method reduces non-asymptotic estimation errors compared to Adaptive Lasso.

Study on estimating volatility of volatility using Fourier methods and provides insights into volatility dynamics.

problem Estimating the volatility of volatility (vol-of-vol) accurately and efficiently.
method Used Fourier methodology to estimate integrated volatility of volatility, bias-corrected and without bias-correction, comparing their asymptotic properties and accuracy.
result The bias-corrected estimator reaches the optimal rate n1/4n^{1/4}, while the uncorrected estimator has a slower rate and smaller asymptotic variance.

The paper develops methods to estimate the high-dimensional efficient frontier without distributional assumptions.

problem Estimating the mean-variance efficient frontier in high-dimensional settings.
method Random matrix theory and asymptotic analysis for high-dimensional data.
result Developed consistent estimators for the mean, variance, and covariance of the efficient frontier.

Paper proposes CIV estimator for categorical instruments in small sample settings.

problem Estimation with categorical instruments in settings with few observations per category.
method CIV estimator leveraging regularization assumption for latent categorical variable.
result CIV estimator is asymptotically normal, efficient, and semiparametrically efficient under homoskedasticity.

The paper proposes methods to estimate MCMC quality with couplings, bounding Wasserstein distance.

problem Improving MCMC efficiency without sacrificing asymptotic consistency.
method Estimators based on couplings of Markov chains to assess quality of asymptotically biased sampling methods.
result Empirical upper bounds of Wasserstein distance for assessing MCMC quality.

Double Machine Learning estimators are asymptotically inadmissible under structure-agnostic models.

problem Minimax estimators may be inadmissible under structure-agnostic models.
method Exhibit second-order (U-statistic) estimators that asymptotically dominate DML estimators.
result Double Machine Learning estimators are asymptotically inadmissible under structure-agnostic models.

Normal distributions ensure asymptotic variance reduction in moment matching Monte Carlo.

problem Asymptotic variance reduction in general integration problems.
method Characterization of conditions for asymptotic variance reduction using normal distributions.
result Asymptotic variance reduction is guaranteed for normal distributions in moment matching Monte Carlo.

We address challenges in estimating parameters from adaptively collected data.

problem Estimating parameters from data collected adaptively leads to non-normal asymptotic distributions.
method We develop semi-parametric estimators that account for adaptivity in data collection.
result Our estimators are asymptotically normal under certain conditions.

This work extends Ledoit-Wolf shrinkage to unknown mean covariance estimation.

problem Large dimensional covariance matrix estimation with unknown mean under Kolmogorov asymptotics.
method Extending Ledoit-Wolf linear shrinkage to translation-invariant estimators, proving their convergence properties.
result A new estimator outperforms other standard estimators empirically.

The paper improves the empirical bootstrap method for non-normal estimators.

problem Theoretical properties of empirical bootstrap for non-asymptotically normal estimators.
method Establishing limiting distribution, deriving consistency conditions, proposing alternative methods.
result The empirical bootstrap method can be asymptotically consistent under stability conditions.

New method shows Hessian estimator from random samples converges to true Hessian on complex manifolds.

problem Uncertainty in Hessian estimator accuracy on complex manifolds with boundaries and nonuniform sampling.
method Locally fitting quadratic polynomials, rigorous theoretical analysis under mild conditions.
result The Hessian estimator asymptotically converges to the true Hessian, even near boundaries.

For an affine two factor model, we study the asymptotic properties of the maximum likelihood and least squares estimators of some appearing parameters in the so-called subcritical (ergodic) case based on continuous time observations. We prove strong consistency and asymptotic normality of the estimators in question.

2013-02-14abs ↗pdf ↗

Study non-asymptotic estimation bounds for LTI models with Gaussian noise.

problem Estimating parameters of LTI models with non-asymptotic error bounds.
method Sharp non-asymptotic lower bounds using Cramér-Rao and van Trees inequalities, concentration results, and differential geometric constructions.
result Sharp and rate-optimal lower bounds for mean square estimation risk.