On the estimation of jump points in smooth curves
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1999
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Hall, Peter
Gijbels, I
Kneip, Alois
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Kluwer Academic Publishers
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Two-step methods are suggested for obtaining optimal performance in the problem of estimating jump points in smooth curves. The first step is based on a kernel-type diagnostic, and the second on local least-squares. In the case of a sample of size n the exact convergence rate is n-1, rather than n-1+δ (for some δ > 0) in the context of recent one-step methods based purely on kernels, or n-1(log n)1+δ for recent techniques based on wavelets. Relatively mild assumptions are required of the error distribution. Under more stringent conditions the kernel-based step in our algorithm may be used by itself to produce an estimator with exact convergence rate n-1(log n)1/2. Our techniques also enjoy good numerical performance, even in complex settings, and so offer a viable practical alternative to existing techniques, as well as providing theoretical optimality.
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Keywords: Bandwidth; Change point; Curve estimation; Diagnostic; Discontinuity; Kernel; Least squares; Nonparametric regression
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Annals of the Institute of Statistical Mathematics
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