Concentration inequalities and moment bounds for sample covariance operators

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Abstract: Let X,X1,dots,Xn,dots be i.i.d. centered Gaussian random variables in a separable Banach space E with covariance operator Sigma: Sigma:E^{ast}mapsto E, Sigma u = {mathbb E}langle X,u angle, uin E^{ast}. The sample covariance operator hatSigma:EastmapstoE is defined as hat Sigma u := n^{-1}sum_{j=1}^n langle X_j,u angle X_j, uin E^{ast}. The goal of the paper is to obtain concentration inequalities and expectation bounds for the operator norm |hatSigma−Sigma| of the deviation of the sample covariance operator from the true covariance operator. In particular, it is shown that {mathbb E}|hat Sigma-Sigma|asymp |Sigma|�iggl(sqrt{frac{{�f r}(Sigma)}{n}}�igvee frac{{�f r}(Sigma)}{n}�iggr), where {�f r}(Sigma):=frac{Bigl({mathbb E}|X|Bigr)^2}{|Sigma|}. Moreover, under the assumption that it is proved that, for all tgeq1, with probability at least 1−e−t �egin{align*} Bigl||hatSigma - Sigma|-{mathbb E}|hatSigma - Sigma|Bigr| lesssim |Sigma|�iggl(sqrt{frac{t}{n}}�igvee frac{t}{n}�iggr). end{align*}


Let \(X, X_1, X_2,\ldots, X_n,\ldots\) be i.i.d. (independent and identically distributed) centered random variables in a separable Banach space with covariance operator \(\Sigma\). Also, let \(\hat{\Sigma}\) be the sample covariance operator based on \(X_1,X_2,\ldots,X_n\). Moreover, define \(r(\Sigma)=\frac{(\operatorname{E}\| X\|)^2}{\|\Sigma\|}\). It is shown that \(\operatorname{E}\|\hat{\Sigma}-\Sigma\|\|\Sigma \|\Big(\sqrt{}\frac{r(\Sigma)}{n}\vee\frac{r(\Sigma)}{n}\Big)\). Moreover, under an additional assumption that \(r(\Sigma)\lesssim n\), for some \(C>0\) and for all \(t\geq 1\), the concentration inequality \[ |\|\hat{\Sigma}-\Sigma \|-\operatorname{E}\| \hat{\Sigma-\Sigma \| }|\leq C \| \Sigma \| \Bigg(\sqrt{}\frac{t}{n}\vee \frac{t}{n} \Bigg) \] holds with probability at least \(1-e^{-t}\). Similarly, under the assumption that \(r(\Sigma)\gtrsim n\), the resulting concentration inequality \[ |\| \hat{\Sigma}-\Sigma \|-\operatorname{E}\| \hat{\Sigma}-\Sigma \||\leq C \| \Sigma \|\Bigg(\sqrt{}\frac{r(\Sigma)}{n}\sqrt{}\frac{t}{n}\vee \frac{t}{n}\Bigg) \] holds with the same probability \(1-e^{-t}\).




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