On the Convergence Rates of KNN Density Estimation
On the Convergence Rates of KNN Density Estimation
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关于KNN密度估计的收敛率
DOI:
10.1109/isit45174.2021.9518025
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发表时间:
2021
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通讯作者:
L. Lai
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作者:
Puning Zhao;L. Lai
We analyze the $\ell_{1}$ and $\ell_{\infty}$ convergence rates of $k$ nearest neighbor density estimation method. Our analysis includes two different cases depending on whether the support set is bounded or not. In the first case, the probability density function has a bounded support and is bounded away from zero. We show that kNN density estimation is minimax optimal under both $\ell_{1}$ and $\ell_{\infty}$ criteria, if the support set is known. If the support set is unknown, then the convergence rate of $\ell_{1}$ error is not affected, while $\ell_{\infty}$ error does not converge. In the second case, the probability density function can approach zero and is smooth everywhere. Moreover, the Hessian is assumed to decay with the density values. For this case, our result shows that the $\ell_{\infty}$ error of kNN density estimation is nearly minimax optimal.