ArticleOriginal scientific text

Title

On least squares estimation of Fourier coefficients and of the regression function

Authors 1

Affiliations

  1. Research and Development Center of Statistics, Al. Niepodległości 208, 00-925 Warszawa, Poland

Abstract

The problem of nonparametric function fitting with the observation model yi=f(xi)+ηi, i=1,...,n, is considered, where ηi are independent random variables with zero mean value and finite variance, and xi[a,b]R1, i=1,...,n, form a random sample from a distribution with density ϱL1[a,b] and are independent of the errors ηi, i=1,...,n. The asymptotic properties of the estimator wf^N(n)(x)=k=1N(n)wc^kek(x) for fL2[a,b] and wc^N(n)=(wc^1,...,wc^N(n))T obtained by the least squares method as well as the limits in probability of the estimators wc^k, k=1,...,N, for fixed N, are studied in the case when the functions ek, k=1,2,..., forming a complete orthonormal system in L2[a,b]a,b!$! are analytic.

Keywords

Fourier series, consistent estimator, least squares method, regression

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Pages:
91-102
Main language of publication
English
Received
1992-12-01
Published
1993
Exact and natural sciences