Electronic Resource
Springer
Probability theory and related fields
36 (1976), S. 137-151
ISSN:
1432-2064
Source:
Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
Topics:
Mathematics
Notes:
Abstract We consider the problem of sequential estimation of a density function f at a point x 0 which may be known or unknown. Let T n be a sequence of estimators of x 0 . For two classes of density estimators f n , namely the kernel estimates and a recursive modification of these, we show that if N(d) is a sequence of integer-valued random variables and n(d) a sequence of constants with N(d)/n(d)→ 1 in probability as d → 0, then f N(d) (T N(d) -f(x 0) is asymptotically normally distributed (when properly normed). We also propose two new classes of stopping rules based on the ideas of fixed-width interval estimation and show that for these rules, N(d)/n(d) → 1 almost surely and EN(d)/n(d) → 1 as d → 0. One of the stopping rules is itself asymptotically normally distributed when properly normed and yields a confidence interval for f(x 0) of fixed-width and prescribed coverage probability.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF00533997
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