## The Annals of Statistics

### Estimation for almost periodic processes

#### Abstract

Processes with almost periodic covariance functions have spectral mass on lines parallel to the diagonal in the two-dimensional spectral plane. Methods have been given for estimation of spectral mass on the lines of spectral concentration if the locations of the lines are known. Here methods for estimating the intercepts of the lines of spectral concentration in the Gaussian case are given under appropriate conditions. The methods determine rates of convergence sufficiently fast as the sample size n→∞ so that the spectral estimation on the estimated lines can then proceed effectively. This task involves bounding the maximum of an interesting class of non-Gaussian possibly nonstationary processes.

#### Article information

Source
Ann. Statist., Volume 34, Number 3 (2006), 1115-1139.

Dates
First available in Project Euclid: 10 July 2006

https://projecteuclid.org/euclid.aos/1152540744

Digital Object Identifier
doi:10.1214/009053606000000218

Mathematical Reviews number (MathSciNet)
MR2278353

Zentralblatt MATH identifier
1113.62111

#### Citation

Lii, Keh-Shin; Rosenblatt, Murray. Estimation for almost periodic processes. Ann. Statist. 34 (2006), no. 3, 1115--1139. doi:10.1214/009053606000000218. https://projecteuclid.org/euclid.aos/1152540744

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