Papers & Technical Reports

T. Tony Cai

| 2009 | 2008 | 2007 | 2006 | 2005 | 2004 | 2003 | 2002 | 2001 | 2000 & Earlier | By Topics |

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2009
1. Cai, T., Wang, L. & Xu, G. (2009).
   New bounds for restricted isometry constants
   Technical Report.

2. Cai, T., Zhang, C.-H. & Zhou, H. (2009).
   Optimal rates of convergence for covariance matrix estimation
   The Annals of Statistics, to appear.

3. Cai, T., Wang, L. & Xu, G. (2009).
   Stable recovery of sparse signals and an oracle inequality
   Technical Report.

4. Cai, T. & Sun, W. (2009).
   Simultaneous testing of grouped hypotheses: Finding needles in multiple haystacks.
   J. American Statistical Association , to appear.

5. Cai, T., Wang, L. & Xu, G. (2009).
   Shifting inequality and recovery of sparse signals
   IEEE Transactions on Signal Processing, to appear.

6. Brown, L. D., Cai, T. & Zhou, H. (2009).
   Nonparametric regression in exponential families.
   The Annals of Statistics, to appear.

7. Cai, T. & Jin, J. (2009).
   Optimal rates of convergence for estimating the null and proportion of non-null effects in large-scale multiple testing.
   The Annals of Statistics, to appear.

8. Cai, T. & Zhou, H. (2009).
   Asymptotic equivalence and adaptive estimation for robust nonparametric regression.
   The Annals of Statistics 37, 3204-3235.

9. Cai, T., Xu, G. & Zhang, J. (2009).
   On recovery of sparse signals via l₁ minimization
   IEEE Transactions on Information Theory 55, 3388-3397.

10. Sun, W. & Cai, T. (2009).
    Large-scale multiple testing under dependency.
    Journal of the Royal Statistical Society, Series B 71, 393-424.

11. Cai, T. & Wang, H. (2009).
    Probability matching tolerance intervals for distributions in exponential families.
    Statistica Sinica 19, 905-923.

12. Cai, T. & Zhou, H. (2009).
    A data-driven block thresholding approach to wavelet estimation.
    The Annals of Statistics 37, 569-595.

13. Cai, T., Levine, M. & Wang, L. (2009).
    Variance function estimation in multivariate nonparametric regression.
    J. Multivariate Analysis 100, 126-136.

    2008

14. Yuan, M. & Cai, T. (2008).
    A reproducing kernel Hilbert space approach to functional linear regression.
    The Annals of Statistics, to appear.

15. Cai, T. & Zhou, H. (2008).
    Adaptive functional linear regression.
    Technical report.

16. Cai, T., Munk, A. & Schmidt-Hieber, J. (2008).
    Sharp minimax estimation of the variance of Brownian motion corrupted with Gaussian noise.
    Statistica Sinica , to appear.

17. Cai, T. & Wang, L. (2008).
    Adaptive variance function estimation in heteroscedastic nonparametric regression.
    The Annals of Statistics 36, 2025-2054.

18. Brown, L. D., Cai, T. & Zhou, H. (2008).
    Robust nonparametric estimation via wavelet median regression.
    The Annals of Statistics 36, 2055-2084.

19. Wang, L., Brown, L. D., Cai, T. & Levine, M. (2008).
    Effect of mean on variance function estimation in nonparametric regression.
    The Annals of Statistics 36, 646-664.

20. Cai, T. (2008).
    Discussion of "Microarrays, Empirical Bayes, and the Two-Group Model" by Bradley Efron.
    Statistical Science 23, 29-33.

21. Cai, T. (2008).
    On information pooling, adaptability and superefficiency in nonparametric function estimation.
    J. Multivariate Analysis 99, 412-436.

    2007

22. Sun, W. & Cai, T. (2007).
    Oracle and adaptive compound decision rules for false discovery rate control.
    J. American Statistical Association 102, 901-912.

23. Cai, T. Jin, J. & Low, M. (2007).
    Estimation and confidence sets for sparse normal mixtures.
    The Annals of Statistics 35, 2421-2449.

24. Cai, T. (2007).
    Minimax and adaptive inference in nonparametric function estimation.
    Technical Report.

25. Jin, J. & Cai, T. (2007).
    Estimating the null and the proportion of non-null effects in large-scale multiple comparisons.
    J. American Statistical Association 102, 495-506.

26. Brown, L. D., Cai, T., Zhang, R., Zhao, L. & Zhou, H. (2007).
    The root-unroot algorithm for density estimation as implemented via wavelet block thresholding.
    Probability Theory and Related Fields , to appear.

27. Cai, T. & Lv, J. (2007).
    Discussion of "The Dantzig Selector: Statistical estimation when p is much larger than n" by E. Candes and T. Tao.
    The Annals of Statistics 35, 2365-2369.

28. Cai, T., Low, M. & Zhao, L. (2007).
    Tradeoffs between global and local risks in nonparametric function estimation.
    Bernoulli 13, 1-19.

    2006

29. Cai, T. & Hall, P. (2006).
    Prediction in functional linear regression.
    The Annals of Statistics 34, 2159-2179.

30. Cai, T. & Low, M. (2006).
    Optimal adaptive estimation of a quadratic functional.
    The Annals of Statistics 34, 2298-2325.

31. Cai, T. & Low, M. (2006).
    Adaptive confidence balls.
    The Annals of Statistics 34, 202-228.

32. Cai, T. & Low, M. (2006).
    Adaptation under probabilistic error for estimating linear functionals.
    J. Multivariate Analysis 97, 231-245.

33. Cai, T. (2006).
    Plugin confidence intervals in discrete distributions.
    Technical Report.

    2005

34. Cai, T. & Low, M. (2005).
    Non-quadratic estimators of a quadratic functional.
    The Annals of Statistics 33, 2930-2956.

35. Cai, T. & Low, M. (2005).
    On adaptive estimation of linear functionals.
    The Annals of Statistics 33, 2311-2343.

36. Brown, L.D., Cai, T. & DasGupta, A. (2005).
    Discussion of "fuzzy and randomized confidence intervals and p-values" by C. J. Geyer and G. D. Meeden.
    Statistical Science 20, 375-379.

37. Cai, T. & Low, M. (2005).
    Nonparametric function estimation over shrinking neighborhoods: Superefficiency and adaptation.
    The Annals of Statistics 33, 184-213.

38. Cai, T. & Low, M. (2005).
    Adaptive estimation of linear functionals under different performance measures.
    Bernoulli 11, 341-358.

39. Chicken, E. & Cai, T. (2005).
    Block thresholding for density estimation: Local and global adaptivity.
    J. Multivariate Analysis 95, 76-106.

40. Cai, T. (2005).
    One-sided confidence intervals in discrete distributions.
    J. Statistical Planning and Inference 131, 63-88.

    2004

41. Cai, T. & Low, M. (2004).
    An adaptation theory for nonparametric confidence intervals.
    The Annals of Statistics 32, 1805-1840.

42. Cai, T. & Low, M. (2004).
    Minimax estimation of linear functionals over nonconvex parameter spaces.
    The Annals of Statistics 32, 552 - 576.

    2003

43. Cai, T. (2003).
    Rates of convergence and adaptation over Besov spaces under pointwise risk.
    Statistica Sinica 13, 881-902.

44. Cai, T. & Low, M. (2003).
    A note on nonparametric estimation of linear functionals.
    The Annals of Statistics 31, 1140-1153.

45. Brown, L.D., Cai, T. & DasGupta, A. (2003).
    Interval estimation in exponential families.
    Statistica Sinica 13 , 19-49.

    2002

46. Brown, L.D., Cai, T., Low, M.G. & Zhang, C. (2002).
    Asymptotic equivalence theory for nonparametric regression with random design.
    The Annals of Statistics 30, 688-707.

47. Cai, T. & Low, M. (2002).
    On modulus of continuity and adaptability in nonparametric functional estimation.
    Technical Report.

48. Cai, T. (2002).
    On adaptive wavelet estimation of a derivative and other related linear inverse problems.
    J. Statistical Planning and Inference 108, 329-349.

49. Brown, L.D., Cai, T. & DasGupta, A. (2002).
    Confidence intervals for a binomial proportion and asymptotic expansions.
    The Annals of Statistics 30, 160-201.

50. Cai, T. (2002).
    On block thresholding in wavelet regression: Adaptivity, block size, and threshold level.
    Statistica Sinica 12, 1241-1273.

    2001

51. Cai, T. (2001).
    Invited discussion on "regularization of wavelets approximations" by A. Antoniadis and J. Fan.
    J. American Statistical Association 96, 960-962.

52. Cai, T., Zhang, D. & Ben-Amotz, D. (2001).
    Enhanced chemical classification of Raman images using wavelet transformation.
    Applied Spectroscopy 55, 1124-1130.

53. Brown, L.D., Cai, T. & DasGupta, A. (2001).
    Interval estimation for a binomial proportion (with discussion).
    Statistical Science 16, 101-133.

54. Cai, T. & Silverman, B.W. (2001).
    Incorporating information on neighboring coefficients into wavelet estimation.
    Sankhya 63, 127-148.

    2000 and Earlier

55. Cai, T., Low, M. & Zhao, L. (2000).
    Sharp adaptive estimation by a blockwise method.
    Technical Report.

56. Cai, T. (1999).
    Adaptive wavelet estimation: a block thresholding and oracle inequality approach.
    The Annals of Statistics 27, 898-924.

57. Cai, T. & Brown, L.D. (1999).
    Wavelet estimation for samples with random uniform design.
    Statistics and Probability Letters 42, 313-321.

58. Shyu, C-R., Cai, T. & Broderick, L.S. (1999).
    On archiving and retrieval of sequential images from tomographic databases in PACS.
    Proc. SPIE - the International Society for Optical Engineering 3656, 33-40.

59. Cai, T. & Brown, L.D. (1998).
    Wavelet shrinkage for nonequispaced samples.
    The Annals of Statistics 26, 1783-1799.

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