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Optimal robust estimates using the Kullback-Leibler divergence

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We define two measures of the performance of an estimating functional T of a multi-dimensional parameter, based on the Kullback-Leibler (KL) divergence. The first one is the KL sensitivity which measures the degree of robustness of the estimate under infinitesimal outlier contamination and the second one is the KL efficiency, which measures the asymptotic efficiency of the estimate based on T when the assumed model holds. Using these two measures we define optimal robust M-estimates using the Hampel approach. The optimal estimates are defined by maximizing the KL efficiency subject to a bound on the KL sensitivity. In this paper we show that these estimates coincide with the optimal estimates corresponding to another Hampel problem studied by Stahel [Stahel, W.A., 1981. Robust estimation, infinitesimal optimality and covariance matrix estimators. Ph.D. Thesis, ETH, Zurich]: to minimize the trace of a standardized asymptotic covariance matrix subject to a bound on the norm of a standardized gross error sensitivity, where both the asymptotic covariance matrix and the gross error sensitivity are standardized by means of the Fisher information matrix.

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  • Yohai, Victor J., 2008. "Optimal robust estimates using the Kullback-Leibler divergence," Statistics & Probability Letters, Elsevier, vol. 78(13), pages 1811-1816, September.
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:stapro:v:78:y:2008:i:13:p:1811-1816
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    1. Stephan Morgenthaler & Clifford Hurvich, 1991. "An information-theoretic framework for robustness," Annals of the Institute of Statistical Mathematics, Springer;The Institute of Statistical Mathematics, vol. 43(1), pages 131-146, March.
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    1. Valdora, Marina & Yohai, Víctor, 2020. "M estimators based on the probability integral transformation with applications to count data," Statistics & Probability Letters, Elsevier, vol. 162(C).
    2. Toma, Aida & Leoni-Aubin, Samuela, 2013. "Optimal robust M-estimators using Rényi pseudodistances," Journal of Multivariate Analysis, Elsevier, vol. 115(C), pages 359-373.

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