Functional central limit theorems for triangular arrays of rowwise independent stochastic processes are established by a method replacing tail probabilities by expectations throughout. The main tool is a maximal inequality based on a preliminary version proved by P. Gaenssler and Th....

This paper addresses the problem of testing for a multivariate distribution, which belongs to a known parametric distribution family. The estimated Crámer-Von Mises-type test statistics are constructed using projection pursuit technique. Some interested properties of the test statistics, like...

We propose nonparametric methods for estimating the support curve of a bivariate density, when the density decreases at a rate which might vary along the curve. Attention is focused on cases where the rate of decrease is relatively fast, this being the most difficult setting. It demands the use...

In a variety of statistical problems one needs to manipulate a sequence of stochastic functions involving some unknown parameters. The asymptotic behavior of the estimated parameters often depends on the asymptotic properties of such functions. Especially, the consistency of the estimated...

It is shown that the suitably normalized maximum likelihood estimators of some parameters of multidimensional Ornstein-Uhlenbeck processes with coefficient matrix of a special structure have exactly a normal distribution. This result provides a generalization to an arbitrary dimension of the...

This paper concerns the rate of convergence in the central limit theorem for certain local dependence structures. The main goal of the paper is to obtain estimates of the rate in the multidimensional case. Certain one-dimensional results are also improved by using some more flexible...

A variety of convolution inequalities have been obtained since Anderson's theorem. ?In this paper, we extend a convolution theorem forG-monotone functions by weakening the symmetry condition ofG-monotone functions. Our inequalities are described in terms of several orderings obtained from a...

For the probabilities of large deviations of Gaussian random vectors an asymptotic expansion is derived. Based upon a geometric measure representation for the Gaussian law the interactions between global and local geometric properties both of the distribution and of the large deviation domain...

A general formula is derived for the variance of Kendall's coefficient of concordance for absolutely continuous bivariate distributions generated by frailties. The formula is specialized to the case of Gumbel's Type II distribution of extreme values, which arises when the frailty has a positive...

We prove Strassen's law of the iterated logarithm for the Lorenz process assuming that the underlying distribution functionFand its inverseF-1are continuous, and the momentEX2+[var epsilon]is finite for some[var epsilon]0. Previous work in this area is based on assuming the existence of the...