## Bernoulli

• Bernoulli
• Volume 19, Number 5A (2013), 1576-1611.

### Adaptive circular deconvolution by model selection under unknown error distribution

#### Abstract

We consider a circular deconvolution problem, in which the density $f$ of a circular random variable $X$ must be estimated nonparametrically based on an i.i.d. sample from a noisy observation $Y$ of $X$. The additive measurement error is supposed to be independent of $X$. The objective of this work was to construct a fully data-driven estimation procedure when the error density $\varphi$ is unknown. We assume that in addition to the i.i.d. sample from $Y$, we have at our disposal an additional i.i.d. sample drawn independently from the error distribution. We first develop a minimax theory in terms of both sample sizes. We propose an orthogonal series estimator attaining the minimax rates but requiring optimal choice of a dimension parameter depending on certain characteristics of $f$ and $\varphi$, which are not known in practice. The main issue addressed in this work is the adaptive choice of this dimension parameter using a model selection approach. In a first step, we develop a penalized minimum contrast estimator assuming that the error density is known. We show that this partially adaptive estimator can attain the lower risk bound up to a constant in both sample sizes $n$ and $m$. Finally, by randomizing the penalty and the collection of models, we modify the estimator such that it no longer requires any previous knowledge of the error distribution. Even when dispensing with any hypotheses on $\varphi$, this fully data-driven estimator still preserves minimax optimality in almost the same cases as the partially adaptive estimator. We illustrate our results by computing minimal rates under classical smoothness assumptions.

#### Article information

Source
Bernoulli, Volume 19, Number 5A (2013), 1576-1611.

Dates
First available in Project Euclid: 5 November 2013

https://projecteuclid.org/euclid.bj/1383661195

Digital Object Identifier
doi:10.3150/12-BEJ422

Mathematical Reviews number (MathSciNet)
MR3129026

Zentralblatt MATH identifier
1280.62044

#### Citation

Johannes, Jan; Schwarz, Maik. Adaptive circular deconvolution by model selection under unknown error distribution. Bernoulli 19 (2013), no. 5A, 1576--1611. doi:10.3150/12-BEJ422. https://projecteuclid.org/euclid.bj/1383661195

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