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On the second order asymptotically minimax estimates
B. Ya. Levit Moscow
Abstract:
Let
$X_1,\dots,X_n$ be a sequence of independent random variables having Gaussian
distribution
$\mathscr N(m,\sigma^2)$ with
$\sigma^2$ known and unknown mean
$m$ subjected
to the restriction
$|m|<a$. For an arbitrary estimate
$T$ (
$X_1,\dots,X_n$) and nonnegative
even nondecreasing on
$R^+$ loss function
$l(x)$ satisfying the condition
$$
\int e^{-x^2/2}x^2l(x)\,dx<\infty
$$
we consider the corresponding risk
$$
R(T,l,m)=\mathbf E_ml\biggl(\frac{\sqrt{n}}{\sigma}(T-m)\biggr).
$$
It is shown that for
$\varepsilon=\sigma/a\sqrt{n}\to 0$ the following asymptotic expansion for the
minimax risk holds:
$$
\inf_T\sup_{|m|<a}R(T,l,m)=R_0-1/2R_1\pi^2\varepsilon^2+o(\varepsilon^2),
$$
where
$$
R_0=\frac{1}{\sqrt{2\pi}}\int e^{-x^2/2}l(x)\,dx,\qquad R_1=\frac{1}{\sqrt{2\pi}}\int e^{-x^2/2}(x^2-1)l(x)\,dx.
$$
Different estimates are exhibited which are second order asymptotically minimax simultaneously
for a large class of loss functions.
Received: 26.06.1978