Abstract
AbstractMinimum Kolmogorov and Wasserstein distance estimates, $$\hat{\theta }_{MKD}$$
θ
^
MKD
and $$\hat{\theta }_{MWD},$$
θ
^
MWD
,
respectively, of model parameter, $$\theta (\in \Theta ),$$
θ
(
∈
Θ
)
,
are empirically compared, obtained assuming the model is intractable. For the Cauchy and Lognormal models, simulations indicate both estimates have expected values nearly $$\theta ,$$
θ
,
but $$\hat{\theta }_{MKD}$$
θ
^
MKD
has in all repetitions of the experiments smaller SD than $$\hat{\theta }_{MWD},$$
θ
^
MWD
,
and $$\hat{\theta }_{MKD}$$
θ
^
MKD
’s relative efficiency with respect to $$\hat{\theta }_{MWD}$$
θ
^
MWD
improves as the sample size, n, increases. The minimum expected Kolmogorov distance estimate, $$\hat{\theta }_{MEKD},$$
θ
^
MEKD
,
has eventually bias and SD both smaller than the corresponding Wasserstein estimate, $$\hat{\theta }_{MEWD},$$
θ
^
MEWD
,
and $$\hat{\theta }_{MEKD}$$
θ
^
MEKD
’s relative efficiency improves as n increases. These results hold also for stable models with stability index $$\alpha =.5$$
α
=
.
5
and $$\alpha =1.1.$$
α
=
1.1
.
For the Uniform and the Normal models the estimates have similar performance. The disturbing empirical findings for $$\hat{\theta }_{MWD}$$
θ
^
MWD
are due to the unboudedness and non-robustness of the Wasserstein distance and the heavy tails of the underlying univariate models.Theoretical confirmation is provided for stable models with $$1<\alpha <2,$$
1
<
α
<
2
,
which have finite first moment. Similar results are expected to hold for multivariate heavy tail models. Combined with existing results in the literature, the findings do not support the use of Wasserstein distance in statistical inference, especially for intractable and Black Box models with unverifiable heavy tails.
Publisher
Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Subject
Computational Theory and Mathematics,Statistics, Probability and Uncertainty,Statistics and Probability,Theoretical Computer Science
Cited by
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