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Finite-Sample Risk Bounds for Maximum Likelihood Estimation With Arbitrary Penalties.
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IEEE Transactions on Information Theory . Apr2018, Vol. 64 Issue 4, p2727-2741. 15p. - Publication Year :
- 2018
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Abstract
- The minimum description length two-part coding index of resolvability provides a finite-sample upper bound on the statistical risk of penalized likelihood estimators over countable models. However, the bound does not apply to unpenalized maximum likelihood estimation or procedures with exceedingly small penalties. In this paper, we point out a more general inequality that holds for arbitrary penalties. In addition, this approach makes it possible to derive exact risk bounds of order $1/n$ for iid parametric models, which improves on the order $(\log n)/n$ resolvability bounds. We conclude by discussing implications for adaptive estimation. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 00189448
- Volume :
- 64
- Issue :
- 4
- Database :
- Academic Search Index
- Journal :
- IEEE Transactions on Information Theory
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 128558554
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1109/TIT.2017.2789214