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SUMMARY:Minimax lower bound using Assouad's method - Arlene Kim (Statistic
 al Laboratory)
DTSTART:20130227T163000Z
DTEND:20130227T180000Z
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CONTACT:Robin Evans
DESCRIPTION:Minimax rates of convergence reveal the complexity in the wors
 t case for a statistical model of interest.  In this talk\, we consider th
 e problem of obtaining lower bounds for the minimax risk.  Specifically\, 
 we will introduce Assouad's lemma\, and give several examples of its use i
 n nonparametric estimation problems.
LOCATION:MR5\, CMS
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