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An assessment of finite sample performance of adaptive methods in density estimation

✍ Scribed by Mark Farmen; J.S. Marron

Publisher
Elsevier Science
Year
1999
Tongue
English
Weight
328 KB
Volume
30
Category
Article
ISSN
0167-9473

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✦ Synopsis

Kernel density estimation is a powerful tool for exploratory data analysis. Adaptive methods can improve the appearance of these curve estimates by smoothing away spurious "wiggles". The ΓΏnite sample performance of several location dependent bandwidths is studied by simulation. The mean integrated squared error (MISE) of the adaptive methods is compared to the MISE of a well-respected constant bandwidth often referred to as the Sheather-Jones plug-in (SJPI). A surprising fact is that the MISE performance of the SJPI is often quite close to that of the adaptive methods. In addition, an alternative visual error criterion is used to rate performance as an experienced data analyst might. Many interesting questions concerning the implementation of these adaptive approaches are addressed.

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