A tail empirical process approach to some nonstandard laws of the iterated logarithm

1991 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 53-85 ◽  
Author(s):  
Paul Deheuvels ◽  
David M. Mason
Keyword(s):  
Empirical Process ◽  
Process Approach ◽  
Iterated Logarithm ◽  
Tail Empirical Process

scholarly journals Smoothing the Hill Estimator

1997 ◽  
Vol 29 (1) ◽  
pp. 271-293 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sidney Resnick ◽  
Cătălin Stărică
Keyword(s):  
Weak Convergence ◽  
Order Statistics ◽  
Empirical Process ◽  
Asymptotic Variance ◽  
Random Variables ◽  
Process Approach ◽  
Hill Estimator ◽  
Direct Result ◽  
The Hill ◽  
Tail Empirical Process

For sequences of i.i.d. random variables whose common tail 1 – F is regularly varying at infinity wtih an unknown index –α < 0, it is well known that the Hill estimator is consistent for α–1 and usually asymptotically normally distributed. However, because the Hill estimator is a function of k = k(n), the number of upper order statistics used and which is only subject to the conditions k →∞, k/n → 0, its use in practice is problematic since there are few reliable guidelines about how to choose k. The purpose of this paper is to make the use of the Hill estimator more reliable through an averaging technique which reduces the asymptotic variance. As a direct result the range in which the smoothed estimator varies as a function of k decreases and the successful use of the esimator is made less dependent on the choice of k. A tail empirical process approach is used to prove the weak convergence of a process closely related to the Hill estimator. The smoothed version of the Hill estimator is a functional of the tail empirical process.

scholarly journals Smoothing the Hill Estimator

1997 ◽  
Vol 29 (01) ◽  
pp. 271-293 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sidney Resnick ◽  
Cătălin Stărică
Keyword(s):  
Weak Convergence ◽  
Order Statistics ◽  
Empirical Process ◽  
Asymptotic Variance ◽  
Random Variables ◽  
Process Approach ◽  
Hill Estimator ◽  
Direct Result ◽  
The Hill ◽  
Tail Empirical Process

For sequences of i.i.d. random variables whose common tail 1 – F is regularly varying at infinity wtih an unknown index –α &lt; 0, it is well known that the Hill estimator is consistent for α–1 and usually asymptotically normally distributed. However, because the Hill estimator is a function of k = k(n), the number of upper order statistics used and which is only subject to the conditions k →∞, k/n → 0, its use in practice is problematic since there are few reliable guidelines about how to choose k. The purpose of this paper is to make the use of the Hill estimator more reliable through an averaging technique which reduces the asymptotic variance. As a direct result the range in which the smoothed estimator varies as a function of k decreases and the successful use of the esimator is made less dependent on the choice of k. A tail empirical process approach is used to prove the weak convergence of a process closely related to the Hill estimator. The smoothed version of the Hill estimator is a functional of the tail empirical process.

The empirical process approach for detection of non-Gaussianity in the CMB

2003 ◽  
Vol 47 (8-10) ◽  
pp. 811-814
Author(s):  
Frode K Hansen ◽  
Domenico Marinucci ◽  
Nicola Vittorio
Keyword(s):  
Empirical Process ◽  
Process Approach
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