The aim of the paper is to estimate the density functions or distribution functions measured by Wasserstein metric, a typical kind of statistical distances, which is usually required in the statistical learning. Based...The aim of the paper is to estimate the density functions or distribution functions measured by Wasserstein metric, a typical kind of statistical distances, which is usually required in the statistical learning. Based on the classical Bernstein approximation, a scheme is presented. To get the error estimates of the scheme, the problem turns to estimating the L1 norm of the Bernstein approximation for monotone C-1 functions, which was rarely discussed in the classical approximation theory. Finally, we get a probability estimate by the statistical distance.展开更多
基金Supported by 973-Project of China(2006cb303102)the National Science Foundation of China(11461161006,11201079)
文摘The aim of the paper is to estimate the density functions or distribution functions measured by Wasserstein metric, a typical kind of statistical distances, which is usually required in the statistical learning. Based on the classical Bernstein approximation, a scheme is presented. To get the error estimates of the scheme, the problem turns to estimating the L1 norm of the Bernstein approximation for monotone C-1 functions, which was rarely discussed in the classical approximation theory. Finally, we get a probability estimate by the statistical distance.
