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On the Validity of the Bootstrap in Non‐Parametric Functional Regression
Author(s) -
FERRATY FRÉDÉRIC,
KEILEGOM INGRID VAN,
VIEU PHILIPPE
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
scandinavian journal of statistics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.359
H-Index - 65
eISSN - 1467-9469
pISSN - 0303-6898
DOI - 10.1111/j.1467-9469.2009.00662.x
Subject(s) - pointwise , estimator , mathematics , asymptotic distribution , covariate , statistics , confidence interval , consistency (knowledge bases) , delta method , parametric statistics , bootstrapping (finance) , univariate , econometrics , multivariate statistics , discrete mathematics , mathematical analysis
. We consider the functional non‐parametric regression model Y = r ( χ )+ ɛ , where the response Y is univariate, χ is a functional covariate (i.e. valued in some infinite‐dimensional space), and the error ɛ satisfies E ( ɛ | χ ) = 0. For this model, the pointwise asymptotic normality of a kernel estimator of r (·) has been proved in the literature. To use this result for building pointwise confidence intervals for r (·), the asymptotic variance and bias of need to be estimated. However, the functional covariate setting makes this task very hard. To circumvent the estimation of these quantities, we propose to use a bootstrap procedure to approximate the distribution of . Both a naive and a wild bootstrap procedure are studied, and their asymptotic validity is proved. The obtained consistency results are discussed from a practical point of view via a simulation study. Finally, the wild bootstrap procedure is applied to a food industry quality problem to compute pointwise confidence intervals.