On finite sample properties of nonparametric discrete asymmetric kernel estimators

DOI10.1080/02331888.2017.1293060MaRDI QIDQ4600796zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Tristan Senga Kiessé

Publication date 12 January 2018

Published in Statistics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/1702.00988

zbMATH Keywords

discrete kernelmodal probabilitynonparametric estimator

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Density estimation (62G07)

Abstract: The discrete kernel method was developed to estimate count data distributions, distinguishing discrete associated kernels based on their asymptotic behaviour. This study investigates the class of discrete asymmetric kernels and their resulting non-consistent estimators, but this theoretical drawback of the estimators is balanced by some interesting features in small/medium samples. The role of modal probability and variance of discrete asymmetric kernels is highlighted to help better understand the performance of these kernels, in particular how the binomial kernel outperforms other asymmetric kernels. The performance of discrete asymmetric kernel estimators of probability mass functions is illustrated using simulations, in addition to applications to real data sets.

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