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Simultaneous confidence bands for Yule-Walker estimators and order selection
Let be an autoregressive process of order .
Various estimators for the order and the parameters {\bolds
\Theta}_q=(\theta_1,...,\theta_q)^T are known; the order is usually determined
with Akaike's criterion or related modifications, whereas Yule-Walker, Burger
or maximum likelihood estimators are used for the parameters
{\bolds\Theta}_q. In this paper, we establish simultaneous confidence bands
for the Yule--Walker estimators ; more precisely, it is shown
that the limiting distribution of is the Gumbel-type distribution ,
where and , . This
allows to modify some of the currently used criteria (AIC, BIC, HQC, SIC), but
also yields a new class of consistent estimators for the order . These
estimators seem to have some potential, since they outperform most of the
previously mentioned criteria in a small simulation study. In particular, if
some of the parameters are zero or close to
zero, a significant improvement can be observed. As a byproduct, it is shown
that BIC, HQC and SIC are consistent for where
.Comment: Published in at http://dx.doi.org/10.1214/11-AOS963 the Annals of
Statistics (http://www.imstat.org/aos/) by the Institute of Mathematical
Statistics (http://www.imstat.org
Relative perturbation bounds with applications to empirical covariance operators
The goal of this paper is to establish relative perturbation bounds, tailored
for empirical covariance operators. Our main results are expansions for
empirical eigenvalues and spectral projectors, leading to concentration
inequalities and limit theorems. Our framework is very general, allowing for a
huge variety of stationary, ergodic sequences, requiring only moments.
One of the key ingredients is a specific separation measure for population
eigenvalues, which we call the relative rank. Developing a new algebraic
approach for relative perturbations, we show that this relative rank gives rise
to necessary and sufficient conditions for our concentration inequalities and
limit theorems.Comment: 55 page
Satellite and radar survey of mesoscale convective system development
June 27, 2002.Includes bibliographical references.Sponsored by National Science Foundation under a Graduate Fellowship.Sponsored by National Science Foundation ATM-9900929
Structural anomalies, spin transitions and charge disproportionation in LnCoO3
The diamagnetic-paramagnetic and insulator-metal transitions in LnCoO3
perovskites (Ln = La, Y, rare earths) are reinterpreted and modeled as a
two-level excitation process. In distinction to previous models, the present
approach can be characterized as a LS-HS-IS (low-high-intermediate spin)
scenario. The first level is the local excitation of HS Co3+ species in the LS
ground state. The second excitation is based on the interatomic electron
transfer between the LS/HS pairs, leading finally to a stabilization of the
metallic phase based on IS Co3+. The model parameters have been quantified for
Ln = La, Pr and Nd samples using the powder neutron diffraction on the thermal
expansion of Co-O bonds, that is associated with the two successive spin
transitions. The same model is applied to interpret the magnetic susceptibility
of LaCoO3 and YCoO3.Comment: 52.Conference on Magnetism and Magnetic Materials, November 2007,
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