Minimax adaptive tests for the Functional Linear model

We introduce two novel procedures to test the nullity of the slope function in the functional linear model with real output. The test statistics combine multiple testing ideas and random projections of the input data through functional Principal Component Analysis. Interestingly, the procedures are completely data-driven and do not require any prior knowledge on the smoothness of the slope nor on the smoothness of the covariate functions. The levels and powers against local alternatives are assessed in a nonasymptotic setting. This allows us to prove that these procedures are minimax adaptive (up to an unavoidable \log\log n multiplicative term) to the unknown regularity of the slope. As a side result, the minimax separation distances of the slope are derived for a large range of regularity classes. A numerical study illustrates these theoretical results.

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Source https://hal.science/hal-00704836
Author Hilgert, Nadine, Mas, André, Verzelen, Nicolas
Maintainer CCSD
Last Updated May 14, 2026, 13:25 (UTC)
Created May 14, 2026, 13:25 (UTC)
Identifier hal-00704836
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contributor Mathématiques, Informatique et STatistique pour l'Environnement et l'Agronomie (MISTEA) ; Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique (INRA)-Institut national d’études supérieures agronomiques de Montpellier (Montpellier SupAgro)
creator Hilgert, Nadine
date 2013-01-15T00:00:00
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harvest_source_title test moissonnage SELUNE
metadata_modified 2025-06-12T00:00:00
relation info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/arxiv/1206.1194
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