Halfspace depth does not characterize probability distributions

DOI10.1007/S00362-019-01130-XMaRDI QIDQ2065266zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Stanislav Nagy

Publication date 7 January 2022

Published in Statistical Papers (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/1810.09207

zbMATH Keywords

characterizationTukey depthhalfspace depth

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Nonparametric robustness (62G35) Characterization and structure theory for multivariate probability distributions; copulas (62H05)

Abstract: We give examples of different multivariate probability distributions whose halfspace depths coincide at all points of the sample space.

Recommendations

• Halfspace depth and regression depth characterize the empirical distribution
• A characterization of halfspace depth
• Some intriguing properties of Tukey's half-space depth
• Half-region depth for stochastic processes
• Depth-Bounded Approximations of Probability
• On the Tukey depth of a continuous probability distribution
• Scatter halfspace depth for \(K\)-symmetric distributions
• Depth distribution in high dimensions

Cites work

• scientific article; zbMATH DE number 5280050 (Why is no real title available?)
• scientific article; zbMATH DE number 45785 (Why is no real title available?)
• scientific article; zbMATH DE number 3541764 (Why is no real title available?)
• scientific article; zbMATH DE number 3025555 (Why is no real title available?)
• A note on positive definite norm dependent functions
• Breakdown properties of location estimates based on halfspace depth and projected outlyingness
• Bridging centrality and extremity: refining empirical data depth using extreme value statistics
• DD-classifier: nonparametric classification procedure based on DD-plot
• Data depth-based nonparametric scale tests
• Fast nonparametric classification based on data depth
• General notions of statistical depth function.
• Halfspace depth and regression depth characterize the empirical distribution
• Multivariate analysis by data depth: Descriptive statistics, graphics and inference. (With discussions and rejoinder)
• Multivariate dispersion, central regions and depth. The lift zonoid approach
• Multivariate tests of uniformity
• New nonparametric tests of multivariate locations and scales using data depth
• On positive definiteness of some functions
• On the Tukey depth of a continuous probability distribution
• On the Tukey depth of an atomic measure
• On the behavior of Tukey's depth and median under symmetric stable distributions.
• Selected Topics in Characteristic Functions
• Smooth depth contours characterize the underlying distribution
• The Tukey and the random Tukey depths characterize discrete distributions
• The Tukey depth characterizes the atomic measure
• The depth function of a population distribution.

Cited in

(9)

• Simple halfspace depth
• \textit{RR}-plot: a descriptive tool for regression observations
• PDE characterization of geometric distribution functions and quantiles
• Eikonal depth: an optimal control approach to statistical depths
• Spatial quantiles on the hypersphere
• Halfspace depth
• Nonparametric Multiple-Output Center-Outward Quantile Regression
• Halfspace depth and floating body
• Halfspace depth and regression depth characterize the empirical distribution

This page was built for publication: Halfspace depth does not characterize probability distributions

Report a bug (only for logged in users!)Click here to report a bug for this page (MaRDI item Q2065266)