Minimax linear estimation in a white noise problem

Abstract

.Linear estimation of $f(x)$ at a point in a white noise model is considered. The exact linear minimax estimator of $f(0)$ is found for the family of $f(x)$ in which $f'(x)$ is Lip (M). The resulting estimator is then used to verify a conjecture of Sacks and Ylvisaker concerning the near optimality of the Epanechnikov kernel.