Integral-Operator-Based Spectral Algorithms for Goodness-of-Fit Tests
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| author | Sang, Shiwei Lin, Shao-Bo Zhu, Xuehu |
| author_facet | Sang, Shiwei Lin, Shao-Bo Zhu, Xuehu |
| contents | The widespread adoption of the \emph{maximum mean discrepancy} (MMD) in goodness-of-fit testing has spurred extensive research on its statistical performance. However, recent studies indicate that the inherent structure of MMD may constrain its ability to distinguish between distributions, leaving room for improvement. Regularization techniques have the potential to overcome this limitation by refining the discrepancy measure. In this paper, we introduce a family of regularized kernel-based discrepancy measures constructed via spectral filtering. Our framework can be regarded as a natural generalization of prior studies, removing restrictive assumptions on both kernel functions and filter functions, thereby broadening the methodological scope and the theoretical inclusiveness. We establish non-asymptotic guarantees showing that the resulting tests achieve valid Type~I error control and enhanced power performance. Numerical experiments are conducted to demonstrate the broader generality and competitive performance of the proposed tests compared with existing methods. |
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| spellingShingle | Integral-Operator-Based Spectral Algorithms for Goodness-of-Fit Tests Sang, Shiwei Lin, Shao-Bo Zhu, Xuehu Methodology Statistics Theory The widespread adoption of the \emph{maximum mean discrepancy} (MMD) in goodness-of-fit testing has spurred extensive research on its statistical performance. However, recent studies indicate that the inherent structure of MMD may constrain its ability to distinguish between distributions, leaving room for improvement. Regularization techniques have the potential to overcome this limitation by refining the discrepancy measure. In this paper, we introduce a family of regularized kernel-based discrepancy measures constructed via spectral filtering. Our framework can be regarded as a natural generalization of prior studies, removing restrictive assumptions on both kernel functions and filter functions, thereby broadening the methodological scope and the theoretical inclusiveness. We establish non-asymptotic guarantees showing that the resulting tests achieve valid Type~I error control and enhanced power performance. Numerical experiments are conducted to demonstrate the broader generality and competitive performance of the proposed tests compared with existing methods. |
| title | Integral-Operator-Based Spectral Algorithms for Goodness-of-Fit Tests |
| topic | Methodology Statistics Theory |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2511.06718 |