On the acceleration of some empirical means with application to nonparametric regression

Let $(X_1,\ldots ,X_n)$ be an i.i.d. sequence of random variables in $\R^d$, $d\geq 1$, for some function $\varphi:\R^d\r \R$, under regularity conditions, we show that \begin{align} n^{1/2} \left(n^{-1} \sum_{i=1}^n \frac{\varphi(X_i)}{\w f^{(i)}(X_i)}-\int_{} \varphi(x)dx \right) \overset{\P}{\lr} 0, \end{align} where $\w f^{(i)}$ is the classical leave-one-out kernel estimator of the density of $X_1$. This result is striking because it speeds up traditional rates, in root $n$, derived from the central limit theorem when $\w f^{(i)}=f$. As a consequence, it improves the classical Monte Carlo procedure for integral approximation. The paper mainly addressed with theoretical issues related to the later result (rates of convergence, bandwidth choice, regularity of $\varphi$) but also interests some statistical applications dealing with random design regression. In particular, we provide the asymptotic normality of the estimation of the linear functionals of a regression function on which the only requirement is the Hölder regularity. This leads us to a new version of the \textit{average derivative estimator} introduced by Härdle and Stoker in \cite{hardle1989} which allows for \textit{dimension reduction} by estimating the \textit{index space} of a regression.

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Source https://hal.science/hal-00919264
Author Delyon, Bernard, Portier, François
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Last Updated May 7, 2026, 19:10 (UTC)
Created May 7, 2026, 19:10 (UTC)
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contributor Institut de Recherche Mathématique de Rennes (IRMAR) ; Université de Rennes (UR)-Institut National des Sciences Appliquées - Rennes (INSA Rennes) ; Institut National des Sciences Appliquées (INSA)-Institut National des Sciences Appliquées (INSA)-École normale supérieure - Rennes (ENS Rennes)-Université de Rennes 2 (UR2)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-INSTITUT AGRO Agrocampus Ouest ; Institut national d'enseignement supérieur pour l'agriculture, l'alimentation et l'environnement (Institut Agro)-Institut national d'enseignement supérieur pour l'agriculture, l'alimentation et l'environnement (Institut Agro)
creator Delyon, Bernard
date 2013-12-16T00:00:00
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