Statistical analysis of measures of non-convexity

DOI10.1007/S11749-023-00889-4MaRDI QIDQ6417976zbMATH OpenFDO

Authors Alejandro Cholaquidis, Ricardo Fraiman, Leonardo Moreno, B. Pateiro-López

Publication date 21 November 2022

Full work available at URL https://doi.org/10.1007/S11749-023-00889-4

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Geometric probability and stochastic geometry (60D05) Asymptotic properties of nonparametric inference (62G20)

Abstract: Several measures of non-convexity (departures from convexity) have been introduced in the literature, both for sets and functions. Some of them are of geometric nature, while others are more of topological nature. We address the statistical analysis of some of these measures of non-convexity of a set $S$, by dealing with their estimation based on a sample of points in $S$. We introduce also a new measure of non-convexity. We discuss briefly about these different notions of non-convexity, prove consistency and find the asymptotic distribution for the proposed estimators. We also consider the practical implementation of these estimators and illustrate their applicability to a real data example.

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