Finite sample behavior of a sieve profile estimator in the single index mode

DOI10.1214/15-EJS1079zbMATH Open1326.62046arXiv1406.4052OpenAlexW2176178582MaRDI QIDQ895013FDOQ895013

Andreas Andresen

Publication date: 25 November 2015

Published in: Electronic Journal of Statistics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: We apply the results of Andresen A. and Spokoiny V. on profile M-estimators and the alternating maximization procedure to analyse a sieve profile quasi maximum likelihood estimator in the single index model with linear index function. The link function is approximated with (C^3)-Daubechies-wavelets with compact support. We derive results like Wilks phenomenon and Fisher Theorem in a finite sample setup. Further we show that an alternation maximization procedure converges to the global maximizer and assess the performance of a projection pursuit procedure in that context. The approach is based on showing that the conditions of Andresen A. and Spokoiny V. on profile M-estimators and the alternating maximization procedure can be satisfied under a set of mild regularity and moment conditions on the index function, the regressors and the additive noise. This allows to construct nonasymptotic confidence sets and to derive asymptotic bounds for the estimator as corollaries.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1406.4052

zbMATH Keywords

sievealternating minimizationprofile estimatorsingle indexalternating maximizationprojection pursuit procedure

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Point estimation (62F10) Parametric tolerance and confidence regions (62F25) Estimation in multivariate analysis (62H12) Generalized linear models (logistic models) (62J12)

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• Alternating least squares in generalized linear models
• Critical dimension in profile semiparametric estimation

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