Central limit theorems for eigenvalues in a spiked population model
Bai, Zhidong ; Yao, Jian-Feng
Annales de l'I.H.P. Probabilités et statistiques, Tome 44 (2008), p. 447-474 / Harvested from Numdam
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Dans un modèle de variances hétérogènes, les valeurs propres de la matrice de covariance des variables sont toutes égales à l'unité sauf un faible nombre d'entre elles. Ce modèle a été introduit par Johnstone comme une explication possible de la structure des valeurs propres de la matrice de covariance empirique constatée sur plusieurs ensembles de données réelles. Une question importante est de quantifier la perturbation causée par ces valeurs propres différentes de l'unité. Un travail récent de Baik et Silverstein établit la limite presque sûre des valeurs propres empiriques extrêmes lorsque le nombre de variables tend vers l'infini proportionnellement à la taille de l'échantillon. Ce travail établit un théorème limite central pour ces valeurs propres empiriques extrêmes. Il est basé sur un nouveau théorème limite central pour les formes sesquilinéaires aléatoires.

In a spiked population model, the population covariance matrix has all its eigenvalues equal to units except for a few fixed eigenvalues (spikes). This model is proposed by Johnstone to cope with empirical findings on various data sets. The question is to quantify the effect of the perturbation caused by the spike eigenvalues. A recent work by Baik and Silverstein establishes the almost sure limits of the extreme sample eigenvalues associated to the spike eigenvalues when the population and the sample sizes become large. This paper establishes the limiting distributions of these extreme sample eigenvalues. As another important result of the paper, we provide a central limit theorem on random sesquilinear forms.

Publié le : 2008-01-01
DOI : https://doi.org/10.1214/07-AIHP118
Classification:  62H25,  62E20,  60F05,  15A52 
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Bai, Zhidong; Yao, Jian-Feng. Central limit theorems for eigenvalues in a spiked population model. Annales de l'I.H.P. Probabilités et statistiques, Tome 44 (2008) pp. 447-474. doi : 10.1214/07-AIHP118. http://gdmltest.u-ga.fr/item/AIHPB_2008__44_3_447_0/

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