Open Access
June, 1988 An ARMA Type Probability Density Estimator
Jeffrey D. Hart
Ann. Statist. 16(2): 842-855 (June, 1988). DOI: 10.1214/aos/1176350839

Abstract

Properties of a probability density estimator having the rational form of an ARMA spectrum are investigated. Under various conditions on the underlying density's Fourier coefficients, the ARMA estimator is shown to have asymptotically smaller mean integrated squared error (MISE) than the best tapered Fourier series estimator. The most interesting cases are those in which the Fourier coefficients $\phi_j$ are asymptotic to $Kj^{-p}$ as $j \rightarrow \infty$, where $\rho > 1/2$. For example, when $\rho = 2$ the asymptotic MISE of a certain ARMA estimator is only about 63% of that for the optimum series estimator. For a density $f$ with support in $\lbrack 0, \pi \rbrack$, the condition $\rho = 2$ occurs whenever $f'(0 +) \neq 0, f'(\pi -) = 0$ and $f"$ is square integrable.

Citation

Download Citation

Jeffrey D. Hart. "An ARMA Type Probability Density Estimator." Ann. Statist. 16 (2) 842 - 855, June, 1988. https://doi.org/10.1214/aos/1176350839

Information

Published: June, 1988
First available in Project Euclid: 12 April 2007

zbMATH: 0645.62049
MathSciNet: MR947581
Digital Object Identifier: 10.1214/aos/1176350839

Subjects:
Primary: 62G05
Secondary: 62G20 , 62P10

Keywords: Fourier series , generalized , jackknife , Probability density estimation , regularly varying function

Rights: Copyright © 1988 Institute of Mathematical Statistics

Vol.16 • No. 2 • June, 1988
Back to Top