Adaptive nonparametric confidence sets
Open Access
- 1 February 2006
- journal article
- Published by Institute of Mathematical Statistics in The Annals of Statistics
- Vol. 34 (1) , 229-253
- https://doi.org/10.1214/009053605000000877
Abstract
We construct honest confidence regions for a Hilbert space-valued parameter in various statistical models. The confidence sets can be centered at arbitrary adaptive estimators, and have diameter which adapts optimally to a given selection of models. The latter adaptation is necessarily limited in scope. We review the notion of adaptive confidence regions, and relate the optimal rates of the diameter of adaptive confidence regions to the minimax rates for testing and estimation. Applications include the finite normal mean model, the white noise model, density estimation and regression with random design.Keywords
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