Non asymptotic controls on a recursive superquantile approximation

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Abstract

In this work, we study a new recursive stochastic algorithm for the joint estimation of quantile and superquantile of an unknown distribution. The novelty of this algorithm is to use the Cesaro averaging of the quantile estimation inside the recursive approximation of the superquantile. We provide some sharp non-asymptotic bounds on the quadratic risk of the superquantile estimator for different step size sequences. We also prove new non-asymptotic Lp-controls on the Robbins Monro algorithm for quantile estimation and its averaged version. Finally, we derive a central limit theorem of our joint procedure using the diffusion approximation point of view hidden behind our stochastic algorithm.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)4718-4769
Number of pages52
JournalElectronic Journal of Statistics
Volume15
Issue number2
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 1 Jan 2021

Keywords

  • Diffusion approximation
  • Non-asymptotic controls
  • Quantile and superquantile
  • Stochastic approximation

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