Rates of Convergence and Adaptation over Besov Spaces under Pointwise Risk
Tony Cai
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Abstract:
Function estimation over the Besov spaces under pointwise
l r (1£ r <
¥)
risks is considered. Minimax rates of convergence
are derived using a constrained risk inequality and wavelets.
Adaptation under pointwise risks is also considered. Sharp lower
bounds on the cost of adaptation are obtained and are shown to be
attainable by a wavelet estimator. The results
demonstrate important differences between the minimax properties under
pointwise and global risk measures. The minimax rates and
adaptation for estimating derivatives under pointwise risks are also
presented. A general l r-risk oracle inequality is
developed for the proofs of the main results.
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- Other related paper:
Cai, T., Low, M. & Zhao, L. (2007).
Tradeoffs between global and local risks in nonparametric function estimation.
Bernoulli 13, 1-19.