In this article we consider a sequence of hierarchical space model of inverse problems.The underlying function is estimated from indirect observations over a variety of error distributions including those that are hea...In this article we consider a sequence of hierarchical space model of inverse problems.The underlying function is estimated from indirect observations over a variety of error distributions including those that are heavy-tailed and may not even possess variances or means.The main contribution of this paper is that we establish some oracle inequalities for the inverse problems by using quantile coupling technique that gives a tight bound for the quantile coupling between an arbitrary sample p-quantile and a normal variable,and an automatic selection principle for the nonrandom filters.This leads to the data-driven choice of weights.We also give an algorithm for its implementation.The quantile coupling inequality developed in this paper is of independent interest,because it includes the median coupling inequality in literature as a special case.展开更多
This paper considers the convergence rates for nonparametric estimators of the error distribution in semi-parametric regression models. By establishing some general laws of the iterated logarithm, it shows that the ra...This paper considers the convergence rates for nonparametric estimators of the error distribution in semi-parametric regression models. By establishing some general laws of the iterated logarithm, it shows that the rates of convergence of either the empirical distribution or a smoothed version of the empirical distribution function matches exactly the rates obtained for an independent sample from the error distribution.展开更多
Turbulent dynamical systems involve dynamics with both a large dimensional phase space and a large number of positive Lyapunov exponents. Such systems are ubiqui- tous in applications in contemporary science and engin...Turbulent dynamical systems involve dynamics with both a large dimensional phase space and a large number of positive Lyapunov exponents. Such systems are ubiqui- tous in applications in contemporary science and engineering where the statistical ensemble prediction and the real time filtering/state estimation are needed despite the underlying complexity of the system. Statistically exactly solvable test models have a crucial role to provide firm mathematical underpinning or new algorithms for vastly more complex scien- tific phenomena. Here, a class of statistically exactly solvable non-Gaussian test models is introduced, where a generalized Feynman-Ka~ formulation reduces the exact behavior of conditional statistical moments to the solution to inhomogeneous Fokker-Planck equations modified by linear lower order coupling and source terms. This procedure is applied to a test model with hidden instabilities and is combined with information theory to address two important issues in the contemporary statistical prediction of turbulent dynamical systems： the coarse-grained ensemble prediction in a perfect model and the improving long range forecasting in imperfect models. The models discussed here should be use- ful for many other applications and algorithms for the real time prediction and the state estimation.展开更多
基金supported by the Major Project of Humanities Social Science Foundation of Ministry of Education(Grant No. 08JJD910247)Key Project of Chinese Ministry of Education (Grant No. 108120)+4 种基金National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 10871201)Beijing Natural Science Foundation (Grant No. 1102021)the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universitiesthe Research Funds of Renmin University of China(Grant No. 10XNL018)the China Statistical Research Project (Grant No. 2011LZ031)
文摘In this article we consider a sequence of hierarchical space model of inverse problems.The underlying function is estimated from indirect observations over a variety of error distributions including those that are heavy-tailed and may not even possess variances or means.The main contribution of this paper is that we establish some oracle inequalities for the inverse problems by using quantile coupling technique that gives a tight bound for the quantile coupling between an arbitrary sample p-quantile and a normal variable,and an automatic selection principle for the nonrandom filters.This leads to the data-driven choice of weights.We also give an algorithm for its implementation.The quantile coupling inequality developed in this paper is of independent interest,because it includes the median coupling inequality in literature as a special case.
基金supported by the National Science Foundation of China under Grant Nos.11201422,11301481,and 11371321Zhejiang Provincial Natural Science Foundation of China under Grant Nos.Y6110639,Y6110110,LQ12A01018,and LQ12A01017+2 种基金the National Statistical Science Research Project of China under Grant No.2012LY174Foundation for Young Talents of ZJGSU under Grant No.1020XJ1314019Zhejiang Provincial Key Research Base for Humanities and Social Science Research(Statistics)
文摘This paper considers the convergence rates for nonparametric estimators of the error distribution in semi-parametric regression models. By establishing some general laws of the iterated logarithm, it shows that the rates of convergence of either the empirical distribution or a smoothed version of the empirical distribution function matches exactly the rates obtained for an independent sample from the error distribution.
基金Project supported by the Office of Naval Research (ONR) Grants (No. ONR DRI N00014-10-1-0554)the DOD-MURI award "Physics Constrained Stochastic-Statistical Models for Extended Range Environmental Prediction"
文摘Turbulent dynamical systems involve dynamics with both a large dimensional phase space and a large number of positive Lyapunov exponents. Such systems are ubiqui- tous in applications in contemporary science and engineering where the statistical ensemble prediction and the real time filtering/state estimation are needed despite the underlying complexity of the system. Statistically exactly solvable test models have a crucial role to provide firm mathematical underpinning or new algorithms for vastly more complex scien- tific phenomena. Here, a class of statistically exactly solvable non-Gaussian test models is introduced, where a generalized Feynman-Ka~ formulation reduces the exact behavior of conditional statistical moments to the solution to inhomogeneous Fokker-Planck equations modified by linear lower order coupling and source terms. This procedure is applied to a test model with hidden instabilities and is combined with information theory to address two important issues in the contemporary statistical prediction of turbulent dynamical systems： the coarse-grained ensemble prediction in a perfect model and the improving long range forecasting in imperfect models. The models discussed here should be use- ful for many other applications and algorithms for the real time prediction and the state estimation.
