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Minimax Lower Bounds

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In estimation problems, lower bounds for the minimax risk are commonly used for assessing the quality of estimators. In this talk, a collection of such minimax lower bounds will be presented that involve a general class of dissimilarity measures between probabilities known as $f$-divergences. Connections to Kolmogorov’s notion of metric entropy will also be discussed. Further, two applications to nonparametric estimation problems involving shape restrictions will be presented.

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