Pub Date : 2025-09-24DOI: 10.1016/j.spl.2025.110558
Eugenio Clerico , Hamish E. Flynn , Patrick Rebeschini
We consider the problem of deriving uniform confidence bands for the mean of a monotonic stochastic process, such as the cumulative distribution function (CDF) of a random variable, based on a sequence of i.i.d. observations. Our approach leverages the coin-betting framework, and inherits several favourable characteristics of coin-betting methods. In particular, for each point in the domain of the mean function, we obtain anytime-valid confidence intervals that are numerically tight and adapt to the variance of the observations. To derive uniform confidence bands, we employ a continuous union bound that crucially leverages monotonicity. In the case of CDF estimation, we also exploit the fact that the empirical CDF is piece-wise constant to obtain simple confidence bands that can be easily computed. In simulations, we find that our confidence bands for the CDF achieve state-of-the-art performance.
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Pub Date : 2025-09-24DOI: 10.1016/j.spl.2025.110560
M.C. Jones , Arthur Pewsey
Rosco et al. (2011) introduced and studied the sinh-arcsinh (SAS-) distribution. In this article, we introduce a modified version of that distribution which we call the eschewed sinh-arcsinh (ESAS-) distribution. The new proposal proves to be somewhat simpler than the former and, on balance, given the pros and cons listed in the article, we now recommend the ESAS- distribution over the SAS- distribution as the preferable version of a sinh-arcsinh distribution.
Rosco et al.(2011)介绍并研究了sinh-arcsinh t (SAS-t)分布。在本文中,我们将介绍该分布的一个修改版本,我们将其称为回避的sinh-arcsinh t (esa -t)分布。事实证明,新提案比前一个提案要简单一些,总的来说,考虑到本文中列出的优点和缺点,我们现在推荐ESAS-t发行版,而不是SAS-t发行版,作为sinh-arcsinh -t发行版的首选版本。
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Pub Date : 2025-09-22DOI: 10.1016/j.spl.2025.110556
Dimitrios Katselis , Boris I. Godoy , Rodrigo Carvajal , Juan C. Agüero
The filter for a finite HMM at time is expressed in terms of a stochastic matrix . We relate arbitrary pairs of rows in with the corresponding pairs of rows in the underlying -step transition matrix .
{"title":"A note on the structure of the filtering recursion for finite HMMs","authors":"Dimitrios Katselis , Boris I. Godoy , Rodrigo Carvajal , Juan C. Agüero","doi":"10.1016/j.spl.2025.110556","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.spl.2025.110556","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>The filter for a finite HMM at time <span><math><mi>k</mi></math></span> is expressed in terms of a stochastic matrix <span><math><msub><mrow><mi>F</mi></mrow><mrow><mi>k</mi></mrow></msub></math></span>. We relate arbitrary pairs of rows in <span><math><msub><mrow><mi>F</mi></mrow><mrow><mi>k</mi></mrow></msub></math></span> with the corresponding pairs of rows in the underlying <span><math><mrow><mo>(</mo><mi>k</mi><mo>−</mo><mn>1</mn><mo>)</mo></mrow></math></span>-step transition matrix <span><math><mrow><msup><mrow><mi>P</mi></mrow><mrow><mrow><mo>(</mo><mi>k</mi><mo>−</mo><mn>1</mn><mo>)</mo></mrow></mrow></msup><mo>=</mo><msup><mrow><mi>P</mi></mrow><mrow><mi>k</mi><mo>−</mo><mn>1</mn></mrow></msup></mrow></math></span>.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":49475,"journal":{"name":"Statistics & Probability Letters","volume":"228 ","pages":"Article 110556"},"PeriodicalIF":0.7,"publicationDate":"2025-09-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145160358","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"数学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2025-09-22DOI: 10.1016/j.spl.2025.110555
Mathias Barreto , Olivier Marchal , Julyan Arbel
This paper establishes the optimal sub-Gaussian variance proxy for truncated Gaussian and truncated exponential random variables. The proofs are based initially on reducing each distribution to their standardized versions. Geometrically, for the normal distribution, our argument consists of fitting a parabola to another parabola-looking function, which emerges from its moment generating function. For the exponential case, we show that the optimal variance proxy is the unique solution to a pair of equations and then provide this solution explicitly. Moreover, we demonstrate that truncated Gaussian variables exhibit strict sub-Gaussian behavior if and only if they are symmetric, meaning their truncation is symmetric with respect to the mean. Conversely, truncated exponential variables are shown to never exhibit strict sub-Gaussianity.
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Pub Date : 2025-09-20DOI: 10.1016/j.spl.2025.110559
Neil Dey, Ryan Martin, Jonathan P. Williams
Compared to p-values, e-values provably guarantee safe, valid inference. Applications often require consideration of multiple hypotheses simultaneously, and tools for handling such cases using e-values can be found in the relevant literature. Standard e-value constructions, however, require distributional assumptions that may not be justifiable. This short paper demonstrates that, depending on the multiple testing context, the generalized universal inference framework is well-suited for use with the existing e-value merging and adjustment strategies to control frequentist error rates in multiple testing when the quantities of interest are minimizers of risk functions, thereby avoiding the need for certain distributional assumptions. We demonstrate the strong performance of this general approach in a simulation study involving significance testing in quantile regression.
{"title":"Multiple testing in generalized universal inference","authors":"Neil Dey, Ryan Martin, Jonathan P. Williams","doi":"10.1016/j.spl.2025.110559","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.spl.2025.110559","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Compared to p-values, e-values provably guarantee safe, valid inference. Applications often require consideration of multiple hypotheses simultaneously, and tools for handling such cases using e-values can be found in the relevant literature. Standard e-value constructions, however, require distributional assumptions that may not be justifiable. This short paper demonstrates that, depending on the multiple testing context, the generalized universal inference framework is well-suited for use with the existing e-value merging and adjustment strategies to control frequentist error rates in multiple testing when the quantities of interest are minimizers of risk functions, thereby avoiding the need for certain distributional assumptions. We demonstrate the strong performance of this general approach in a simulation study involving significance testing in quantile regression.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":49475,"journal":{"name":"Statistics & Probability Letters","volume":"228 ","pages":"Article 110559"},"PeriodicalIF":0.7,"publicationDate":"2025-09-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145222579","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"数学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2025-09-17DOI: 10.1016/j.spl.2025.110557
Hang Zou , Yunlu Jiang
We propose a communication-efficient distributed robust variable selection method using discounted exponential regression for massive data. Theoretical properties of the proposed method are demonstrated. Simulation studies and the application to flue gas emission data illustrate the effectiveness of our approach.
{"title":"Communication-efficient distributed robust variable selection for heterogeneous massive data","authors":"Hang Zou , Yunlu Jiang","doi":"10.1016/j.spl.2025.110557","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.spl.2025.110557","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>We propose a communication-efficient distributed robust variable selection method using discounted exponential regression for massive data. Theoretical properties of the proposed method are demonstrated. Simulation studies and the application to flue gas emission data illustrate the effectiveness of our approach.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":49475,"journal":{"name":"Statistics & Probability Letters","volume":"228 ","pages":"Article 110557"},"PeriodicalIF":0.7,"publicationDate":"2025-09-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145321941","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"数学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2025-09-12DOI: 10.1016/j.spl.2025.110554
Robert E. Gaunt
We represent the product of two correlated normal random variables, and more generally the sum of independent copies of such random variables, as a difference of two independent noncentral chi-square random variables (which we refer to as the noncentral chi-square difference distribution). As a consequence, we obtain, amongst other results, an exact formula for the probability density function of the noncentral chi-square difference distribution, a Stein characterisation of the noncentral chi-square difference distribution, a simple formula for the moments of the sum of independent copies of the product of correlated normal random variables, an exact formula for the probability that such a random variable is negative, and also show that such random variables are self-decomposable and provide a Lévy–Khintchine representation of the characteristic function.
{"title":"On the product of correlated normal random variables and the noncentral chi-square difference distribution","authors":"Robert E. Gaunt","doi":"10.1016/j.spl.2025.110554","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.spl.2025.110554","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>We represent the product of two correlated normal random variables, and more generally the sum of independent copies of such random variables, as a difference of two independent noncentral chi-square random variables (which we refer to as the noncentral chi-square difference distribution). As a consequence, we obtain, amongst other results, an exact formula for the probability density function of the noncentral chi-square difference distribution, a Stein characterisation of the noncentral chi-square difference distribution, a simple formula for the moments of the sum of independent copies of the product of correlated normal random variables, an exact formula for the probability that such a random variable is negative, and also show that such random variables are self-decomposable and provide a Lévy–Khintchine representation of the characteristic function.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":49475,"journal":{"name":"Statistics & Probability Letters","volume":"227 ","pages":"Article 110554"},"PeriodicalIF":0.7,"publicationDate":"2025-09-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145046175","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"数学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2025-09-11DOI: 10.1016/j.spl.2025.110553
Yiming Jiang , Yujue Wang , Jie Xue
In this paper, we study the stochastic generalized Burgers equation driven by a white-colored noise with the -order heat kernel. First we construct a parametric estimator of the drift parameter through temporal quadratic variation of the solution. Then we obtain the consistency and convergence rate of the estimator.
{"title":"Parameter estimation of Burgers equations driven by white-colored noise","authors":"Yiming Jiang , Yujue Wang , Jie Xue","doi":"10.1016/j.spl.2025.110553","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.spl.2025.110553","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>In this paper, we study the stochastic generalized Burgers equation driven by a white-colored noise with the <span><math><mi>α</mi></math></span>-order heat kernel. First we construct a parametric estimator of the drift parameter through temporal quadratic variation of the solution. Then we obtain the consistency and convergence rate of the estimator.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":49475,"journal":{"name":"Statistics & Probability Letters","volume":"227 ","pages":"Article 110553"},"PeriodicalIF":0.7,"publicationDate":"2025-09-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145046179","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"数学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2025-09-11DOI: 10.1016/j.spl.2025.110551
Nguyen Van Quang , Ali Talebi
In this paper, we establish some general laws of large numbers for sequence of measurable operators such that several known strong law of large numbers (LLN) in von Neumann algebras. One of our main achievements extends the main result of Jajte (2003) in some senses such that Batty’s strong LLN and Łuczak’s result are obtained as special cases. The result is new even in the case of classical random variables.
{"title":"Some general strong laws of large numbers for sequence of measurable operators","authors":"Nguyen Van Quang , Ali Talebi","doi":"10.1016/j.spl.2025.110551","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.spl.2025.110551","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>In this paper, we establish some general laws of large numbers for sequence of measurable operators such that several known strong law of large numbers (LLN) in von Neumann algebras. One of our main achievements extends the main result of Jajte (2003) in some senses such that Batty’s strong LLN and Łuczak’s result are obtained as special cases. The result is new even in the case of classical random variables.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":49475,"journal":{"name":"Statistics & Probability Letters","volume":"227 ","pages":"Article 110551"},"PeriodicalIF":0.7,"publicationDate":"2025-09-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145046176","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"数学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2025-09-10DOI: 10.1016/j.spl.2025.110550
Ting Zhang , Lulu Tian , Tianyi Qi
For the call function with some fixed , we apply Stein’s method to give the upper bounds of normal approximation under the weaker moment condition, containing both uniform and non uniform situations. Specifically, we discuss a sum of -dependent and identically distributed random variables with weaker ()-th moment for some . Our results enable the application in call function to possess a broader field with normal approximation techniques.
{"title":"Normal approximation for call function of m-dependent random variables with 2+δ-th moment","authors":"Ting Zhang , Lulu Tian , Tianyi Qi","doi":"10.1016/j.spl.2025.110550","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.spl.2025.110550","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>For the call function <span><math><mrow><msub><mrow><mi>h</mi></mrow><mrow><mi>k</mi></mrow></msub><mrow><mo>(</mo><mi>x</mi><mo>)</mo></mrow><mo>=</mo><mo>max</mo><mrow><mo>{</mo><mi>x</mi><mo>−</mo><mi>k</mi><mo>,</mo><mn>0</mn><mo>}</mo></mrow></mrow></math></span> with some fixed <span><math><mrow><mi>k</mi><mo>></mo><mn>0</mn></mrow></math></span>, we apply Stein’s method to give the upper bounds of normal approximation under the weaker moment condition, containing both uniform and non uniform situations. Specifically, we discuss a sum of <span><math><mi>m</mi></math></span>-dependent and identically distributed random variables with weaker (<span><math><mrow><mn>2</mn><mo>+</mo><mi>δ</mi></mrow></math></span>)-th moment for some <span><math><mrow><mi>δ</mi><mo>∈</mo><mrow><mo>(</mo><mn>0</mn><mo>,</mo><mn>1</mn><mo>)</mo></mrow></mrow></math></span>. Our results enable the application in call function to possess a broader field with normal approximation techniques.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":49475,"journal":{"name":"Statistics & Probability Letters","volume":"227 ","pages":"Article 110550"},"PeriodicalIF":0.7,"publicationDate":"2025-09-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145046178","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"数学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}