Smoothed Nonparametric Derivative Estimation using Weighted Difference Quotients
Yu Liu, Kris De Brabanter.
Year: 2020, Volume: 21, Issue: 65, Pages: 1−45
Abstract
Derivatives play an important role in bandwidth selection methods (e.g., plug-ins), data analysis and bias-corrected confidence intervals. Therefore, obtaining accurate derivative information is crucial. Although many derivative estimation methods exist, the majority require a fixed design assumption. In this paper, we propose an effective and fully data-driven framework to estimate the first and second order derivative in random design. We establish the asymptotic properties of the proposed derivative estimator, and also propose a fast selection method for the tuning parameters. The performance and flexibility of the method is illustrated via an extensive simulation study.