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Activity Number: 584 - Advances in Semi- and Nonparametric Statistical Analysis
Type: Contributed
Date/Time: Wednesday, August 1, 2018 : 2:00 PM to 3:50 PM
Sponsor: IMS
Abstract #329094 Presentation
Title: Asymptotics and Optimal Bandwidth Selection for Nonparametric Estimation of Density Level Sets
Author(s): Wanli Qiao*
Companies: George Mason University
Keywords: level set; kernel density; nonparametric statistics; geometry; bandwidth selection; asymptotics
Abstract:

Bandwidth selection is crucial in the kernel estimation of density level sets. Risk based on the symmetric difference between the estimated and true level sets is usually used to measure their proximity. We provide an asymptotic Lp approximation to this risk, where p is characterized by the weight function in the risk. In particular the excess risk corresponds to an L2 type of risk, and is adopted in an optimal bandwidth selection rule for nonparametric level set estimation of d-dimensional density functions (d>=1).


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