Asymptotic distribution and detection thresholds for two-sample tests based on geometric graphs (Q2215763)

This work deals with the problem of testing the equality of two multivariate distributions based on geometric graphs constructed using the interpoint distances between the observations. In addition, the author uses the tests based on minimum spanning tree and \(K\)-nearest neighbor (NN) graphs. However, there is little work on the power properties of these tests. Moreover, the theory of stabilizing geometric graphs was used from which the author derives the asymptotic distribution of these tests under general alternatives, in the Fish-filled frame. Thanks to this, the detection threshold and the local limit power of the test based on the \(K\)-NN graph are obtained, where interesting exponents according to the dimension emerge. This makes it possible to compare and justify the performance of these tests in different examples.