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Harald Luschgy

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Locally optimal Functional Quantization

In this note we demonstrate that locally optimal functional quantizers for probability distributions on a Banach space lying in the support of $P$ behave exactly like globally optimal functional quantizers in terms of stationarity/self-consistency.

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New approach to greedy vector quantization

We extend some rate of convergence results of greedy quantization sequences already investigated in arXiv:1409.0732 [math.PR]. We show, for a more general class of distributions satisfying a certain control, that the quantization error of these sequences have an $n^{-\frac1d}$ rate of convergence and that the distortion mismatch property is satisfied. We will give some non-asymptotic Pierce type estimates. The recursive character of greedy vector quantization allows some improvements to the algorithm of computation of these sequences and the implementation of a recursive formula to quantization-based numerical integration. Furthermore, we establish further properties of sub-optimality of greedy quantization sequences.

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Greedy vector quantization

We investigate the greedy version of the $L^p$-optimal vector quantization problem for an $\mathbb{R}^d$-valued random vector $X\!\in L^p$. We show the existence of a sequence $(a_N)_{N\ge 1}$ such that $a_N$ minimizes $a\mapsto\big \|\min_{1\le i\le N-1}|X-a_i|\wedge |X-a|\big\|_{L^p}$ ($L^p$-mean quantization error at level $N$ induced by $(a_1,\ldots,a_{N-1},a)$). We show that this sequence produces $L^p$-rate optimal $N$-tuples $a^{(N)}=(a_1,\ldots,a_{_N})$ ($i.e.$ the $L^p$-mean quantization error at level $N$ induced by $a^{(N)}$ goes to $0$ at rate $N^{-\frac 1d}$). Greedy optimal sequences also satisfy, under natural additional assumptions, the distortion mismatch property: the $N$-tuples $a^{(N)}$ remain rate optimal with respect to the $L^q$-norms, $p\le q <p+d$. Finally, we propose optimization methods to compute greedy sequences, adapted from usual Lloyd's I and Competitive Learning Vector Quantization procedures, either in their deterministic (implementable when $d=1$) or stochastic versions.

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The local quantization behavior of absolutely continuous probabilities

For a large class of absolutely continuous probabilities $P$ it is shown that, for $r>0$, for $n$-optimal $L^r(P)$-codebooks $α_n$, and any Voronoi partition $V_{n,a}$ with respect to $α_n$ the local probabilities $P(V_{n,a})$ satisfy $P(V_{a,n})\approx n^{-1}$ while the local $L^r$-quantization errors satisfy $\int_{V_{n,a}}|x-a|^r dP(x)\approx n^{-(1+r/d)}$ as long as the partition sets $V_{n,a}$ intersect a fixed compact set $K$ in the interior of the support of $P$.

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Expansions for Gaussian processes and Parseval frames

We derive a precise link between series expansions of Gaussian random vectors in a Banach space and Parseval frames in their reproducing kernel Hilbert space. The results are applied to pathwise continuous Gaussian processes and a new optimal expansion for fractional Ornstein-Uhlenbeck processes is derived. In the end an extension of this result to Gaussian stationary processes with convex covariance function is established.

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Functional quantization rate and mean regularity of processes with an application to Lévy processes

We investigate the connections between the mean pathwise regularity of stochastic processes and their L^r(P)-functional quantization rates as random variables taking values in some L^p([0,T],dt)-spaces (0 < p <= r). Our main tool is the Haar basis. We then emphasize that the derived functional quantization rate may be optimal (e.g., for Brownian motion or symmetric stable processes) so that the rate is optimal as a universal upper bound. As a first application, we establish the O((log N)^{-1/2}) upper bound for general Itô processes which include multidimensional diffusions. Then, we focus on the specific family of Lévy processes for which we derive a general quantization rate based on the regular variation properties of its Lévy measure at 0. The case of compound Poisson processes, which appear as degenerate in the former approach, is studied specifically: we observe some rates which are between the finite-dimensional and infinite-dimensional ``usual'' rates

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Asymptotically optimal quantization schemes for Gaussian processes

We describe quantization designs which lead to asymptotically and order optimal functional quantizers. Regular variation of the eigenvalues of the covariance operator plays a crucial role to achieve these rates. For the development of a constructive quantization scheme we rely on the knowledge of the eigenvectors of the covariance operator in order to transform the problem into a finite dimensional quantization problem of normal distributions. Furthermore we derive a high-resolution formula for the $L^2$-quantization errors of Riemann-Liouville processes.

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High-resolution product quantization for Gaussian processes under sup-norm distortion

We derive high-resolution upper bounds for optimal product quantization of pathwise contionuous Gaussian processes respective to the supremum norm on [0,T]^d. Moreover, we describe a product quantization design which attains this bound. This is achieved under very general assumptions on random series expansions of the process. It turns out that product quantization is asymptotically only slightly worse than optimal functional quantization. The results are applied e.g. to fractional Brownian sheets and the Ornstein-Uhlenbeck process.

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Moment estimates for Lévy Processes

For real Lévy processes $(X\_t)\_{t \geq 0}$ having no Brownian component with Blumenthal-Getoor index $β$, the estimate $\E \sup\_{s \leq t} | X\_s - a\_p s |^p \leq C\_p t$ for every $t \in [0,1]$ and suitable $a\_p \in \R$ has been established by Millar \cite{MILL} for $β< p \leq 2$ provided $X\_1 \in L^p$. We derive extensions of these estimates to the cases $p > 2$ and $p \leqβ$.

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Distortion mismatch in the quantization of probability measures

We elucidate the asymptotics of the L^s-quantization error induced by a sequence of L^r-optimal n-quantizers of a probability distribution P on R^d when s>r. In particular we show that under natural assumptions, the optimal rate is preserved as long as s<r+d (and for every s in the case of a compactly supported distribution). We derive some applications of these results to the error bounds for quantization based quadrature formulae in numerical integration on R^d and on the Wiener space.

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Optimal quantizers for Radon random vectors in a Banach space

For every integer n and evrery positive real number r > 0 and a Radon random vector X with values in a Banach space E, let e\_{n,r}(X,E) = inf{(E (\min\_{a \in α} || X-a ||^r)^{1/r}}, where the infimum is taken over all subsets αof E with card(α) <= n (n-quantizers). We investigate the existence of optimal n-quantizers for this L^r-quantization propblem, derive their stationarity properties and establish for L^p-spaces E the pathwise regularity of stationary quantizers.

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Functional quantization and metric entropy for Riemann-Liouville processes

We derive a high-resolution formula for the $L^2$-quantization errors of Riemann-Liouville processes and the sharp Kolmogorov entropy asymptotics for related Sobolev balls. We describe a quantization procedure which leads to asymptotically optimal functional quantizers. Regular variation of the eigenvalues of the covariance operator plays a crucial role.

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