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Distribution free MMD tests for model selection with estimated parameters

12 May 2023arXiv:2305.07549links table onlyarchive 2025-07-28

Florian Brück, Jean-David Fermanian, Aleksey Min

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There exist some testing procedures based on the maximum mean discrepancy (MMD) to address the challenge of model specification. However, they ignore the presence of estimated parameters in the case of composite null hypotheses. In this paper, we first illustrate the effect of parameter estimation in model specification tests based on the MMD. Second, we propose simple model specification and model selection tests in the case of models with estimated parameters. All our tests are asymptotically standard normal under the null, even when the true underlying distribution belongs to the competing parametric families. A simulation study and a real data analysis illustrate the performance of our tests in terms of power and level.

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