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New statistical method achieves instance-optimal location estimation

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Researchers have developed a new statistical method for location estimation that can adapt to the optimal estimation rate for individual data instances, regardless of the underlying noise distribution. This approach is designed to perform as well as an oracle that already knows the optimal rate. The proposed estimator is based on a novel connection between Hellinger divergence and quantile geometry, utilizing sample mid-summaries with adaptive weights. This method achieves instance-optimality and runs in logarithmic time on sorted samples. AI

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New statistical method achieves instance-optimal location estimation

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  1. arXiv stat.ML TIER_1 English(EN) · Qiaosen Wang, Chao Gao ·

    Instance-Optimal Adaptive Location Estimation via Multiscale Mid-Summaries

    arXiv:2609.20749v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: Location estimation exhibits markedly different finite-sample behavior across noise distributions: regular families typically yield root-\(n\) rates, whereas compactly supported laws may admit faster, boundary-driven rates. We que…

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