The radial wavelet frame density estimator
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Author(s)
Garcia-Trevino, Edgar
Alarcon-Aquino, Vicente
Barria, javier
Type
Journal Article
Abstract
The estimation of probability densities is one of the fundamental problems in scientific research. It has been shown that Wavelet Density Estimators, which are a well-documented nonparametric approach, outperform other nonparametric estimators in problems involving densities with discontinuities and local features. However, the use of this type of estimators is not widely extended in the scientific community mainly because of their heavy computational complexity and their difficult algorithmic implementation. A novel multidimensional Wavelet Density Estimator approach based on new multidimensional scaling functions with analytic closed-form expressions is proposed. The key advantages of the proposed estimator are its simpler multidimensional algorithmic implementation and its significant reduction in computational complexity. Algorithmic formulations for four different data analysis scenarios are presented: (1) batch processing of input data, (2) online estimation for stationary process, (3) online estimation for non-stationary contexts and (4) batch estimation of high-dimensional data. The assessment results show that the proposed approach reduces the computational time of the estimation process while maintaining competitive estimation errors.
Date Issued
2019-02
Date Acceptance
2018-08-24
Citation
Computational Statistics & Data Analysis, 2019, 130, pp.111-139
ISSN
0167-9473
Publisher
Elsevier
Start Page
111
End Page
139
Journal / Book Title
Computational Statistics & Data Analysis
Volume
130
Copyright Statement
© 2018 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved. This manuscript is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International Licence http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
Subjects
Science & Technology
Technology
Physical Sciences
Computer Science, Interdisciplinary Applications
Statistics & Probability
Computer Science
Mathematics
Density estimation
Wavelet density estimators
Radial wavelet frame density estimator
Multidimensional density estimation
Online density estimation
Data streams analysis
0104 Statistics
0802 Computation Theory and Mathematics
1403 Econometrics
Publication Status
Published
Date Publish Online
2018-09-14