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stat.ML2019★ 1 cited
The Broad Optimality of Profile Maximum Likelihood
Yi Hao, Alon Orlitsky
We study three fundamental statistical-learning problems: distribution estimation, property estimation, and property testing. We establish the profile maximum likelihood (PML) esti…
math.ST2019★ 5 cited
Data Amplification: Instance-Optimal Property Estimation
Yi Hao, Alon Orlitsky
The best-known and most commonly used distribution-property estimation technique uses a plug-in estimator, with empirical frequency replacing the underlying distribution. We presen…