Title :
Data-dependent kn-NN and kernel estimators consistent for arbitrary processes
Author :
Kulkarni, Sanjeev R. ; Posner, Steven E. ; Sandilya, Sathyakama
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. Eng., Princeton Univ., NJ, USA
fDate :
10/1/2002 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
Let X1, X2,... be an arbitrary random process taking values in a totally bounded subset of a separable metric space. Associated with Xi we observe Yi drawn from an unknown conditional distribution F(y|Xi=x) with continuous regression function m(x)=E[Y|X=x]. The problem of interest is to estimate Yn based on Xn and the data {(Xi, Yi)}i=1n-1. We construct appropriate data-dependent nearest neighbor and kernel estimators and show, with a very elementary proof, that these are consistent for every process X1, X2,.
Keywords :
parameter estimation; random processes; set theory; arbitrary random process; conditional distribution; continuous regression function; data-dependent nearest neighbor estimator; kernel estimators; separable metric space; totally bounded subset; Delay; Error correction; Extraterrestrial measurements; Fading; Frequency; Kernel; Nearest neighbor searches; Protocols; Random processes; Upper bound;
Journal_Title :
Information Theory, IEEE Transactions on
DOI :
10.1109/TIT.2002.802611