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Convergence in the Hausdorff metric of estimators of irregular densities, using Fourier-Cesàro approximation

✍ Scribed by Arnoud C.M. van Rooij; Frits H. Ruymgaart


Publisher
Elsevier Science
Year
1998
Tongue
English
Weight
273 KB
Volume
39
Category
Article
ISSN
0167-7152

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✦ Synopsis


The problem of estimating a density which is allowed to have discontinuities of the first kind is considered. The usual Fourier-type estimator is based on the Dirichlet or sinc kernel and is not suitable to eliminate the Gibbs phenomenon. Fourier4Ses~ro approximation yields the Fejrr kernel which is the square of the sinc function. Density estimators based on the Fejrr kernel do control the Gibbs phenomenon. Integral metrics are not sufficiently sensitive to properly assess the performance of estimators of irregular signals. Therefore, we use the Hausdorff distance between the extended, closed, graphs of estimator and estimand, and derive an a.s. speed of convergence of this distance. (~) 1998 Elsevier Science B.V.