Minimax estimation of linear functionals over nonconvex parameter spaces

Annals of Statistics

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 552-576

  Cai, T Tony ^a,b   Low, Mark G ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Constrained risk inequality; Linear functionals; Minimax estimation; Modulus of continuity; Nonparametric functional estimation; White noise model

Indexed keywords

EID: 24344450737     PISSN: 00905364     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1214/009053604000000094     Document Type: Article

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