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A consistent test of equality of distributions for Hilbert-valued random elements

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  • González–Rodríguez, Gil
  • Colubi, Ana
  • González–Manteiga, Wenceslao
  • Febrero–Bande, Manuel

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Two independent random elements taking values in a separable Hilbert space are considered. The aim is to develop a test with bootstrap calibration to check whether they have the same distribution or not. A transformation of both random elements into a new separable Hilbert space is considered so that the equality of expectations of the transformed random elements is equivalent to the equality of distributions. Thus, a bootstrap test procedure to check the equality of means can be used in order to solve the original problem. It will be shown that both the asymptotic and bootstrap approaches proposed are asymptotically correct and consistent. The results can be applied, for example, in functional data analysis. In practice, the test can be solved with simple operations in the original space without applying the mentioned transformation, which is used only to guarantee the theoretical results. Empirical results and comparisons with related methods support and complement the theory.

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  • González–Rodríguez, Gil & Colubi, Ana & González–Manteiga, Wenceslao & Febrero–Bande, Manuel, 2024. "A consistent test of equality of distributions for Hilbert-valued random elements," Journal of Multivariate Analysis, Elsevier, vol. 202(C).
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:jmvana:v:202:y:2024:i:c:s0047259x24000198
    DOI: 10.1016/j.jmva.2024.105312
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