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August 2017 On asymptotics of the discrete convex LSE of a p.m.f.
Fadoua Balabdaoui, Cécile Durot, François Koladjo
Bernoulli 23(3): 1449-1480 (August 2017). DOI: 10.3150/15-BEJ754

Abstract

In this article, we derive the weak limiting distribution of the least squares estimator (LSE) of a convex probability mass function (p.m.f.) with a finite support. We show that it can be defined via a certain convex projection of a Gaussian vector. Furthermore, samples of any given size from this limit distribution can be generated using an efficient Dykstra-like algorithm.

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Fadoua Balabdaoui. Cécile Durot. François Koladjo. "On asymptotics of the discrete convex LSE of a p.m.f.." Bernoulli 23 (3) 1449 - 1480, August 2017. https://doi.org/10.3150/15-BEJ754

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Received: 1 April 2014; Revised: 1 March 2015; Published: August 2017
First available in Project Euclid: 17 March 2017

zbMATH: 1380.62138
MathSciNet: MR3624867
Digital Object Identifier: 10.3150/15-BEJ754

Keywords: convex , least squares , nonparametric estimation , p.m.f. , shape-constraints

Rights: Copyright © 2017 Bernoulli Society for Mathematical Statistics and Probability

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