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New QTES method improves covariance estimation for heavy-tailed data

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Researchers have developed a new method called the quantile tail-energy surrogate (QTES) for estimating covariance in datasets with heavy tails. This data-driven approach aims to optimize the clipping level, balancing variance and bias without requiring prior distributional parameters. Experiments indicate that QTES performs well on both clean and contaminated heavy-tailed data, showing competitiveness with existing reference methods. AI

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  1. arXiv stat.ML TIER_1 English(EN) · Even He, Zaizai Yan ·

    Cross-Fitted Clipped Covariance Estimation with a Data-Driven Tail-Energy Criterion

    arXiv:2602.14020v2 Announce Type: replace Abstract: Heavy-tailed data make covariance estimation sensitive to the clipping level: stronger clipping reduces variance but increases bias. We study how to choose this clipping level from the data within a radial clipped covariance fam…

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