Introduction
In-Context learning (ICL) refers to an emerging prediction paradigm in which an estimator, trained once across a collection of tasks, automatically adapts its predictions to an unseen task solely through the task’s in-context samples, without any refitting of model parameters ([6 , 12 ] ). This contrasts sharply with conventional statistical learning, where a separate model must be retrained for each new task. The adaptivity of ICL calls for a theoretical explanation, for which the Bayesian perspective provides a compelling account ([38 ] ); the optimal predictor is the posterior predictive mean which is a fixed functional of the in-context
In-Context Learning in Measure-Indexed RKHS Framework
samples and the query that automatically adapts to any new task through the context alone. This perspective has motivated a growing body of work connecting ICL to classical statistical estimators. For linear function classes, a single layer of linear attention can implement ridge regression on the in-context samples [3 , 35 , 4 ] . For nonparametric regression over smooth function classes, Ching et al. [10 ] showed that transformers trained via meta-learning can attain minimax-optimal prediction rates, and Wakayama and Suzuki [37 ] established a rigorous connection between ICL and Bayesian inference for characterizing the optimal predictor and its generalization error.
Despite this rapid progress, two gaps remain. The first is concerned with uncertainty quantification. Existing convergence results establish that the ICL predictor converges to the truth, but say nothing about its distributional behavior, though the adaptivity of ICL is most valuable precisely when one needs to quantify uncertainty about a prediction made on a previously unseen task. Constructing confidence or prediction intervals in this setting requires asymptotic normality, which no existing result provides. The second gap is concerned with the geometry of the input domain. Directly using the raw context sample as input can lead to the “curse of dimensionality,” motivating a dimension-reduction strategy that transforms the input space into a more structured representation. The natural mathematical object representing an in-context sample is its empirical distribution [20 ] . The ICL predictor is therefore a function whose argument includes a probability measure as part of its input. Classical nonparametric methods, including the reproducing kernel Hilbert space (RKHS) based methods such as kernel ridge regression or related ones, are mostly built for Euclidean domains. They do not directly accommodate this measure-valued structure. Adapting them requires a nontrivial generalization of the standard RKHS framework.
In this paper, we propose a new RKHS framework, called measure-indexed RKHS (MI-RKHS), with measure-valued inputs for ICL that addresses both gaps simultaneously. The key observation is that ICL defines a fixed mean functional from a (context, query) pair to predictions; the adaptivity of the estimator across tasks is naturally captured by the dependence of this functional on the empirical distribution of the context. We model this function as an element in an MI-RKHS defined over the product of a space of probability measures and a feature space, which allows classical RKHS analysis to be extended to the measure-valued setting. For instance, we propose a measure-indexed kernel ridge regression (MI-KRR) estimator computed from multiple independent tasks and establish its convergence rate. We prove that the MI-KRR estimator is pointwise asymptotically normal, enabling the construction of confidence intervals for the mean and prediction intervals for the response on an unseen task. Notably, the estimator adapts to a new task without any refitting, yet still achieves asymptotic normality. The proposed MI-KRR method extends classical kernel ridge regression to the measure-valued setting, with both convergence rate and asymptotic normality established within this new framework. As a special case, when all tasks share the same fixed underlying function, our framework degenerates to the well-known distributed nonparametric regression, recovering known results in that literature such as optimal convergence rate [43 , 29 , 30 , 21 , 32 ] . More generally, our framework is conceptually related to meta-learning or transfer learning since both paradigms require the underlying tasks are different but still possess similarity.
The rest of this paper is organized as follows. In § 3 , we introduce the MI-RKHS framework as well as a MI-KRR regression for estimating the mean functional. In § 4.2 , we derive the convergence rate and asymptotic distribution for the proposed MI-KRR estimator. An example on latent Gaussian process model is provided to examine the proposed MI-RKHS framework. Proofs of the theorems and lemmas are deferred to § 5 .
In-Context Learning in Measure-Indexed RKHS Framework
Let X ⊆ R d \mathcal{X} \subseteq\mathbb{R}^{d} X ⊆ R d be a d d d -dimensional feature space, and H X \mathcal{H}_{X} H X be an RKHS of functions on X \mathcal{X} X endowed with inner product ⟨ ⋅ , ⋅ ⟩ H X \langle\cdot,\cdot\rangle_{\mathcal{H}_{X}} ⟨ ⋅ , ⋅ ⟩ H X and reproducing kernel R ⟨ X ⟩ : X × X → R R^{\langle X\rangle}:\mathcal{X}\times\mathcal{X}\to\mathbb{R} R ⟨ X ⟩ : X × X → R . Suppose that μ \mu μ is a known deterministic probability measure on X \mathcal{X} X . We further assume that R ⟨ X ⟩ R^{\langle X\rangle} R ⟨ X ⟩ is bounded.
Assumption 1. C X ≜ sup x ∈ X R ⟨ X ⟩ ( x , x ) < ∞ C_{X}\triangleq\sup_{x\in\mathcal{X}}R^{\langle X\rangle}(x,x)<\infty C X ≜ sup x ∈ X R ⟨ X ⟩ ( x , x ) < ∞ .
The Assumption 1 is standard in the nonparametric literature which is satisfied for commonly used kernels such as Sobolev kernel and Gaussian kernels [28 , 40 ] . Let f f f be a latent random function with distribution F F F , where F F F is supported on H X \mathcal{H}_{X} H X . Suppose X 1 , … , X n + 1 X_{1},\ldots,X_{n+1} X 1 , … , X n + 1 are i.i.d. feature variables from μ \mu μ and independent of f f f . The response variables Y i Y_{i} Y i satisfy
Y i = f ( X i ) + ε i , i = 1 , … , n + 1 , (1) Y_{i}=f(X_{i})+\varepsilon_{i},\qquad i=1,\ldots,n+1, \tag*{(1)} Y i = f ( X i ) + ε i , i = 1 , … , n + 1 , (1)
where ε i \varepsilon_i ε i ’s are i.i.d. with mean zero and finite variance, independent of f , X 1 , … , X n + 1 f,X_{1},\ldots,X_{n+1} f , X 1 , … , X n + 1 . We are interested in estimating the following conditional mean functional
M ∗ ( D n , x ) = E [ Y n + 1 ∣ D n , X n + 1 = x ] , x ∈ X , (2) M_{*}(D_{n},x)=\mathbb{E}[Y_{n+1}\mid D_{n},X_{n+1}=x],\qquad x\in\mathcal{X}, \tag*{(2)} M ∗ ( D n , x ) = E [ Y n + 1 ∣ D n , X n + 1 = x ] , x ∈ X , (2)
where D n = { Z 1 , … , Z n } D_{n}=\{Z_{1},\ldots,Z_{n}\} D n = { Z 1 , … , Z n } with Z i = ( X i , Y i ) Z_{i}=(X_{i},Y_{i}) Z i = ( X i , Y i ) . Estimation of M ∗ M_{*} M ∗ is closely related to ICL. In classic ICL literature, D n D_{n} D n is regarded as the context data and Z n + 1 Z_{n+1} Z n + 1 is the new query pair [14 , 35 , 41 , 24 , 16 , 2 , 34 , 19 , 37 , 10 ] . The target is to estimate M ∗ M_{*} M ∗ which will be useful to predict the next query output Y n + 1 Y_{n+1} Y n + 1 based on D n D_{n} D n and X n + 1 X_{n+1} X n + 1 . Directly estimating M ∗ M_{*} M ∗ generally suffers from the “curse-of-dimensionality” since the input D n D_{n} D n is n ( d + 1 ) n(d+1) n ( d + 1 ) -dimensional which is high as n n n diverges. A dimension-reduction strategy is usually needed to make this estimation problem well posed.
An observation is that, although the ambient dimension of D n D_{n} D n increases with n n n , the estimation target M ∗ ( D n , x ) M_{*}(D_{n},x) M ∗ ( D n , x ) may admit a substantially simpler representation. In particular, under the conditional i.i.d. structure of D n D_{n} D n , M ∗ M_{*} M ∗ is invariant to the ordering of the observations in D n D_{n} D n and hence depends on the D n D_{n} D n only through its empirical measure. This observation is formalized as follows.
Lemma 1. Under the conditional i.i.d. assumption on Z 1 , … , Z n + 1 Z_{1},\ldots,Z_{n+1} Z 1 , … , Z n + 1 given f f f , it holds that
E [ Y n + 1 ∣ D n , X n + 1 ] = E [ Y n + 1 ∣ π ^ n , X n + 1 ] a.s. , \mathbb{E}[Y_{n+1}\mid D_{n},X_{n+1}]=\mathbb{E}[Y_{n+1}\mid\widehat{\pi}_{n},X_{n+1}]\quad\text{a.s.}, E [ Y n + 1 ∣ D n , X n + 1 ] = E [ Y n + 1 ∣ π n , X n + 1 ] a.s. , where π ^ n = n − 1 ∑ i = 1 n δ Z i \widehat{\pi}_{n}=n^{-1}\sum_{i=1}^{n}\delta_{Z_{i}} π n = n − 1 ∑ i = 1 n δ Z i is the empirical measure of Z 1 , … , Z n Z_{1},\ldots,Z_{n} Z 1 , … , Z n .
Lemma 1 shows that, for the purpose of predicting Y n + 1 Y_{n+1} Y n + 1 , the ordered D n D_{n} D n can be replaced by its empirical measure π ^ n \widehat{\pi}_{n} π n . Thus, although D n D_{n} D n is a high-dimensional ordered object, M ∗ M_{*} M ∗ is invariant to permutations of the observations and can be represented through the measure-valued input π ^ n \widehat{\pi}_{n} π n together with the query point x x x . Accordingly, with a slight abuse of notation, we henceforth regard M ∗ M_{*} M ∗ as a function of ( π ^ n , x ) (\widehat{\pi}_{n},x) ( π n , x ) and write
M ∗ ( π ^ n , x ) ≡ M ∗ ( D n , x ) . M_{*}(\widehat{\pi}_{n},x)\equiv M_{*}(D_{n},x). M ∗ ( π n , x ) ≡ M ∗ ( D n , x ) .
Therefore, M ∗ M_{*} M ∗ is a function defined on the domain P ^ ( Z ) × X \widehat{\mathcal{P}}(\mathcal{Z})\times\mathcal{X} P ( Z ) × X , where
P ^ ( Z ) = { n − 1 ∑ i = 1 n δ z i : z 1 , … , z n ∈ Z , n ≥ 1 } . \widehat{\mathcal{P}}(\mathcal{Z})=\left\{n^{-1}\sum_{i=1}^{n}\delta_{z_i}:z_1,\ldots,z_n\in\mathcal{Z},n\geq1\right\}. P ( Z ) = { n − 1 i = 1 ∑ n δ z i : z 1 , … , z n ∈ Z , n ≥ 1 } .
is the space of empirical measures and Z = X × R \mathcal{Z} = \mathcal{X} \times\mathbb{R} Z = X × R is the range of feature-response pairs. This allows us to characterize the regularity of M ∗ M_* M ∗ with respect to π ^ n \widehat{\pi}_n π n , and hence, reduce the complexity of M ∗ M_* M ∗ . This measure-valued representation is related to the recent ICL framework of Liu et al. [20 ] , where empirical measures are used as a permutation-invariant representation of the context data to facilitate a unified analysis across different context lengths and transformer architectures. In contrast, Lemma 1 shows that the use of π ^ n \widehat{\pi}_n π n provides an alternative representation of the conditional mean functional M ∗ M_* M ∗ through information-preserving reduction of D n D_n D n , which will facilitate our statistical analysis.
A General MI-RKHS Framework
In this section, we establish a general MI-RKHS framework that characterizes the regularity of M ∗ M_* M ∗ . Recall that f f f is the unobservable latent function drawn from F F F , and therefore f ∈ H X f \in\mathcal{H}_X f ∈ H X almost surely. We further assume that ∥ f ∥ H X \|f\|_{\mathcal{H}_X} ∥ f ∥ H X has a finite second moment.
Assumption 2. E [ ∥ f ∥ H X 2 ] < ∞ \mathbb{E}[\|f\|_{\mathcal{H}_X}^2] < \infty E [ ∥ f ∥ H X 2 ] < ∞ .
Assumption 2 says that f f f has a finite second moment in terms of the ∥ ⋅ ∥ H X \|\cdot\|_{\mathcal{H}_X} ∥ ⋅ ∥ H X norm. It ensures that the complexity of f f f is well controlled in expectation. By (1) , (2) and independence between X n + 1 X_{n+1} X n + 1 and ( f , D n ) (f, D_n) ( f , D n ) , we have
M ∗ ( π ^ n , x ) = E [ f ( X n + 1 ) + ϵ n + 1 ∣ π ^ n , X n + 1 = x ] = E [ f ∣ π ^ n ] ( x ) . (3) M_*(\widehat{\pi}_n, x) = \mathbb{E}[f(X_{n+1}) + \epsilon_{n+1} \mid\widehat{\pi}_n, X_{n+1} = x] = \mathbb{E}[f \mid\widehat{\pi}_n](x). \tag*{(3)} M ∗ ( π n , x ) = E [ f ( X n + 1 ) + ϵ n + 1 ∣ π n , X n + 1 = x ] = E [ f ∣ π n ] ( x ) . (3)
Let H ∗ ( π ^ n ) = E [ f ∣ π ^ n ] H_*(\widehat{\pi}_n) = \mathbb{E}[f \mid\widehat{\pi}_n] H ∗ ( π n ) = E [ f ∣ π n ] . By Assumption 2, we have
E [ ∥ H ∗ ( π ^ n ) ∥ H X 2 ] ≤ E [ ∥ f ∥ H X 2 ] < ∞ , \mathbb{E}[\|H_*(\widehat{\pi}_n)\|_{\mathcal{H}_X}^2] \leq\mathbb{E}[\|f\|_{\mathcal{H}_X}^2] < \infty, E [ ∥ H ∗ ( π n ) ∥ H X 2 ] ≤ E [ ∥ f ∥ H X 2 ] < ∞ ,
so H ∗ ( π ^ n ) ∈ H X H_*(\widehat{\pi}_n) \in\mathcal{H}_X H ∗ ( π n ) ∈ H X almost surely, implying that H ∗ H_* H ∗ is a mapping from P ^ ( Z ) \widehat{\mathcal{P}}(\mathcal{Z}) P ( Z ) to H X \mathcal{H}_X H X . To characterize the regularity of H ∗ H_* H ∗ over a richer domain, let
P ( Z ) = { π : π is a probability measure on Z with ∫ Z y 2 d π ( x , y ) < ∞ } . \mathcal{P}(\mathcal{Z}) = \left\{ \pi: \pi\text{ is a probability measure on } \mathcal{Z} \text{ with } \int_{\mathcal{Z}} y^2 \,\mathrm{d}\pi(x,y) < \infty\right\}. P ( Z ) = { π : π is a probability measure on Z with ∫ Z y 2 d π ( x , y ) < ∞ } .
Any π ∈ P ( Z ) \pi\in\mathcal{P}(\mathcal{Z}) π ∈ P ( Z ) satisfies the condition ∫ Z y 2 d π ( x , y ) < ∞ \int_{\mathcal{Z}} y^2 \,\mathrm{d}\pi(x,y) < \infty ∫ Z y 2 d π ( x , y ) < ∞ , which requires that the probability measure π \pi π on Z \mathcal{Z} Z has a finite second moment in the response variable y y y . Note that P ^ ( Z ) ⊂ P ( Z ) \widehat{\mathcal{P}}(\mathcal{Z}) \subset\mathcal{P}(\mathcal{Z}) P ( Z ) ⊂ P ( Z ) . We assume that H ∗ : P ^ ( Z ) → H X H_* : \widehat{\mathcal{P}}(\mathcal{Z}) \to\mathcal{H}_X H ∗ : P ( Z ) → H X admits an extension to P ( Z ) \mathcal{P}(\mathcal{Z}) P ( Z ) , which we continue to denote by H ∗ H_* H ∗ by a slight abuse of notation. To characterize the regularity of this extension, we assume H ∗ ∈ H Π H_* \in\mathcal{H}_{\Pi} H ∗ ∈ H Π , where H Π \mathcal{H}_{\Pi} H Π is a vector-valued RKHS of mappings from P ( Z ) \mathcal{P}(\mathcal{Z}) P ( Z ) into H X \mathcal{H}_X H X . Specifically, H Π \mathcal{H}_{\Pi} H Π is endowed with inner product ⟨ ⋅ , ⋅ ⟩ H Π \langle\cdot,\cdot\rangle_{\mathcal{H}_{\Pi}} ⟨ ⋅ , ⋅ ⟩ H Π and operator-valued reproducing kernel R ⟨ Π ⟩ : P ( Z ) × P ( Z ) → L ( H X ) R^{\langle\Pi\rangle} : \mathcal{P}(\mathcal{Z}) \times\mathcal{P}(\mathcal{Z}) \to\mathcal{L}(\mathcal{H}_X) R ⟨ Π ⟩ : P ( Z ) × P ( Z ) → L ( H X ) , with L ( H X ) \mathcal{L}(\mathcal{H}_X) L ( H X ) denoting the space of bounded linear operators on H X \mathcal{H}_X H X . For any π ∈ P ( Z ) \pi\in\mathcal{P}(\mathcal{Z}) π ∈ P ( Z ) , define R π ⟨ Π ⟩ ( ⋅ ) = R ⟨ Π ⟩ ( ⋅ , π ) R^{\langle\Pi\rangle}_{\pi}(\cdot) = R^{\langle\Pi\rangle}(\cdot,\pi) R π ⟨ Π ⟩ ( ⋅ ) = R ⟨ Π ⟩ ( ⋅ , π ) , so R π ⟨ Π ⟩ R^{\langle\Pi\rangle}_{\pi} R π ⟨ Π ⟩ is a well-defined operator from P ( Z ) \mathcal{P}(\mathcal{Z}) P ( Z ) to L ( H X ) \mathcal{L}(\mathcal{H}_X) L ( H X ) . Moreover, for any g ∈ H X g \in\mathcal{H}_X g ∈ H X , define ( R π ⟨ Π ⟩ g ) ( ⋅ ) ≔ R ⟨ Π ⟩ ( ⋅ , π ) g ∈ H X (R^{\langle\Pi\rangle}_{\pi}g)(\cdot) \coloneqq R^{\langle\Pi\rangle}(\cdot,\pi)g \in\mathcal{H}_X ( R π ⟨ Π ⟩ g ) ( ⋅ ) : = R ⟨ Π ⟩ ( ⋅ , π ) g ∈ H X as the kernel section at π \pi π in the direction of g g g . Obviously, R π ⟨ Π ⟩ g R^{\langle\Pi\rangle}_{\pi}g R π ⟨ Π ⟩ g is a mapping from P ( Z ) \mathcal{P}(\mathcal{Z}) P ( Z ) to H X \mathcal{H}_X H X . The reproducing property in H Π \mathcal{H}_{\Pi} H Π is stated as follows. For any H ∈ H Π H \in\mathcal{H}_{\Pi} H ∈ H Π , g ∈ H X g \in\mathcal{H}_X g ∈ H X and π ∈ P ( Z ) \pi\in\mathcal{P}(\mathcal{Z}) π ∈ P ( Z ) ,
Property (a): R π ⟨ Π ⟩ g ∈ H Π R^{\langle\Pi\rangle}_{\pi}g \in\mathcal{H}_{\Pi} R π ⟨ Π ⟩ g ∈ H Π ;
Property (b): ⟨ H ( π ) , g ⟩ H X = ⟨ H , R π ⟨ Π ⟩ g ⟩ H Π \langle H(\pi),g\rangle_{\mathcal{H}_X} = \langle H,R^{\langle\Pi\rangle}_{\pi}g\rangle_{\mathcal{H}_{\Pi}} ⟨ H ( π ) , g ⟩ H X = ⟨ H , R π ⟨ Π ⟩ g ⟩ H Π .
The object R π ⟨ Π ⟩ g R^{\langle\Pi\rangle}_{\pi}g R π ⟨ Π ⟩ g can be interpreted as the kernel section of the operator-valued kernel R ⟨ Π ⟩ R^{\langle\Pi\rangle} R ⟨ Π ⟩ at π \pi π in the direction g ∈ H X g \in\mathcal{H}_X g ∈ H X . Property (a) requires that R π ⟨ Π ⟩ g R^{\langle\Pi\rangle}_{\pi}g R π ⟨ Π ⟩ g be an element of H Π \mathcal{H}_{\Pi} H Π . Property (b) states that the evaluation of the H X \mathcal{H}_X H X -valued function H H H at π \pi π , when projected onto any direction g ∈ H X g \in\mathcal{H}_X g ∈ H X , can be recovered as an inner product in H Π \mathcal{H}_{\Pi} H Π . These properties are the natural operator-valued analogue of the classical RKHS reproducing property. See [22 , 44 ] for further discussions.
We will use the above RKHS’s H X \mathcal{H}_{X} H X and H Π \mathcal{H}_{\Pi} H Π to construct an MI-RKHS M \mathcal{M} M of functions on P ( Z ) × X \mathcal{P}(\mathcal{Z}) \times\mathcal{X} P ( Z ) × X that contains the true function M ∗ M_* M ∗ . Our approach involves construction of kernels on P ( Z ) × X \mathcal{P}(\mathcal{Z}) \times\mathcal{X} P ( Z ) × X which is closely related to hyper-kernels defined on distributions [13 , 23 ] . For H ∈ H Π H \in\mathcal{H}_{\Pi} H ∈ H Π and ( π , x ) ∈ P ( Z ) × X (\pi,x) \in\mathcal{P}(\mathcal{Z}) \times\mathcal{X} ( π , x ) ∈ P ( Z ) × X , define M H ( π , x ) = ⟨ H ( π ) , R x ⟨ X ⟩ ⟩ H X M_H(\pi,x) = \langle H(\pi), R_x^{\langle X\rangle}\rangle_{\mathcal{H}_X} M H ( π , x ) = ⟨ H ( π ) , R x ⟨ X ⟩ ⟩ H X .
Define
M = { M H : H ∈ H Π } , (4) \mathcal{M} = \{M_H : H \in\mathcal{H}_{\Pi}\}, \tag*{(4)} M = { M H : H ∈ H Π } , (4)
and inner product ⟨ M H , M H ′ ⟩ M ≜ ⟨ H , H ′ ⟩ H Π \langle M_H, M_{H'}\rangle_{\mathcal{M}} \triangleq\langle H,H'\rangle_{\mathcal{H}_{\Pi}} ⟨ M H , M H ′ ⟩ M ≜ ⟨ H , H ′ ⟩ H Π for H , H ′ ∈ H Π H,H' \in\mathcal{H}_{\Pi} H , H ′ ∈ H Π . Since H ∗ ∈ H Π H_* \in\mathcal{H}_{\Pi} H ∗ ∈ H Π , we have
M ∗ ( π , x ) = ⟨ H ∗ ( π ) , R x ⟨ X ⟩ ⟩ H X = M H ∗ ( π , x ) . (5) M_*(\pi,x) = \langle H_*(\pi), R_x^{\langle X\rangle}\rangle_{\mathcal{H}_X} = M_{H_*}(\pi,x). \tag*{(5)} M ∗ ( π , x ) = ⟨ H ∗ ( π ) , R x ⟨ X ⟩ ⟩ H X = M H ∗ ( π , x ) . (5)
So M ∗ = M H ∗ ∈ M M_* = M_{H_*} \in\mathcal{M} M ∗ = M H ∗ ∈ M . Clearly, M \mathcal{M} M is a Hilbert space since the mapping H ↦ M H H \mapsto M_H H ↦ M H is an isometric isomorphism between H Π \mathcal{H}_{\Pi} H Π and M \mathcal{M} M . Let
R ( ( π , x ) , ( π ′ , x ′ ) ) = ⟨ R π ⟨ Π ⟩ R x ⟨ X ⟩ , R π ′ ⟨ Π ⟩ R x ′ ⟨ X ⟩ ⟩ H Π (6) R((\pi,x),(\pi',x')) = \langle R_{\pi}^{\langle\Pi\rangle}R_x^{\langle X\rangle}, R_{\pi'}^{\langle\Pi\rangle}R_{x'}^{\langle X\rangle}\rangle_{\mathcal{H}_{\Pi}} \tag*{(6)} R (( π , x ) , ( π ′ , x ′ )) = ⟨ R π ⟨ Π ⟩ R x ⟨ X ⟩ , R π ′ ⟨ Π ⟩ R x ′ ⟨ X ⟩ ⟩ H Π (6)
for ( π , x ) , ( π ′ , x ′ ) ∈ P ( Z ) × X (\pi,x),(\pi',x') \in\mathcal{P}(\mathcal{Z}) \times\mathcal{X} ( π , x ) , ( π ′ , x ′ ) ∈ P ( Z ) × X . Since R x ⟨ X ⟩ , R x ′ ⟨ X ⟩ ∈ H X R_x^{\langle X\rangle}, R_{x'}^{\langle X\rangle} \in\mathcal{H}_X R x ⟨ X ⟩ , R x ′ ⟨ X ⟩ ∈ H X , it follows from Property (a) that both R π ⟨ Π ⟩ R x ⟨ X ⟩ R_{\pi}^{\langle\Pi\rangle}R_x^{\langle X\rangle} R π ⟨ Π ⟩ R x ⟨ X ⟩ and R π ′ ⟨ Π ⟩ R x ′ ⟨ X ⟩ R_{\pi'}^{\langle\Pi\rangle}R_{x'}^{\langle X\rangle} R π ′ ⟨ Π ⟩ R x ′ ⟨ X ⟩ belong to H Π \mathcal{H}_{\Pi} H Π , so definition (6) is meaningful. Define R ( π , x ) ( ⋅ , ⋅ ) = R ( ( ⋅ , ⋅ ) , ( π , x ) ) R_{(\pi,x)}(\cdot,\cdot) = R((\cdot,\cdot),(\pi,x)) R ( π , x ) ( ⋅ , ⋅ ) = R (( ⋅ , ⋅ ) , ( π , x )) , then R ( π , x ) ∈ M R_{(\pi,x)} \in\mathcal{M} R ( π , x ) ∈ M . To see this, let H π , x = R π ⟨ Π ⟩ R x ⟨ X ⟩ H_{\pi,x} = R_{\pi}^{\langle\Pi\rangle}R_x^{\langle X\rangle} H π , x = R π ⟨ Π ⟩ R x ⟨ X ⟩ which is an element of H Π \mathcal{H}_{\Pi} H Π thanks to Property (a). It follows by Property (b) that
M H π , x ( π ′ , x ′ ) = ⟨ H π , x ( π ′ ) , R x ′ ⟨ X ⟩ ⟩ H X = ⟨ H π , x , R π ′ ⟨ Π ⟩ R x ′ ⟨ X ⟩ ⟩ H Π = ⟨ R π ⟨ Π ⟩ R x ⟨ X ⟩ , R π ′ ⟨ Π ⟩ R x ′ ⟨ X ⟩ ⟩ H Π = R ( π , x ) ( π ′ , x ′ ) , \begin{aligned}
M_{H_{\pi,x}}(\pi',x') &= \langle H_{\pi,x}(\pi'),R_{x'}^{\langle X\rangle}\rangle_{\mathcal{H}_X} = \langle H_{\pi,x},R_{\pi'}^{\langle\Pi\rangle}R_{x'}^{\langle X\rangle}\rangle_{\mathcal{H}_{\Pi}} \\
&= \langle R_{\pi}^{\langle\Pi\rangle}R_x^{\langle X\rangle},R_{\pi'}^{\langle\Pi\rangle}R_{x'}^{\langle X\rangle}\rangle_{\mathcal{H}_{\Pi}} = R_{(\pi,x)}(\pi',x'),
\end{aligned} M H π , x ( π ′ , x ′ ) = ⟨ H π , x ( π ′ ) , R x ′ ⟨ X ⟩ ⟩ H X = ⟨ H π , x , R π ′ ⟨ Π ⟩ R x ′ ⟨ X ⟩ ⟩ H Π = ⟨ R π ⟨ Π ⟩ R x ⟨ X ⟩ , R π ′ ⟨ Π ⟩ R x ′ ⟨ X ⟩ ⟩ H Π = R ( π , x ) ( π ′ , x ′ ) ,
implying that R ( π , x ) = M H π , x ∈ M R_{(\pi,x)} = M_{H_{\pi,x}} \in\mathcal{M} R ( π , x ) = M H π , x ∈ M . Moreover, the reproducing property follows from Property (b). Specifically, for any M H ∈ M M_H \in\mathcal{M} M H ∈ M ,
⟨ M H , R ( π , x ) ⟩ M = ⟨ H , R π ⟨ Π ⟩ R x ⟨ X ⟩ ⟩ H Π = ⟨ H ( π ) , R x ⟨ X ⟩ ⟩ H X = M H ( π , x ) . (7) \langle M_H,R_{(\pi,x)}\rangle_{\mathcal{M}} = \langle H,R_{\pi}^{\langle\Pi\rangle}R_x^{\langle X\rangle}\rangle_{\mathcal{H}_{\Pi}} = \langle H(\pi),R_x^{\langle X\rangle}\rangle_{\mathcal{H}_X} = M_H(\pi,x). \tag*{(7)} ⟨ M H , R ( π , x ) ⟩ M = ⟨ H , R π ⟨ Π ⟩ R x ⟨ X ⟩ ⟩ H Π = ⟨ H ( π ) , R x ⟨ X ⟩ ⟩ H X = M H ( π , x ) . (7)
In summarizing the above, we have proved the following result.
Proposition 1. M \mathcal{M} M is an RKHS of functions on P ( Z ) \mathcal{P}(\mathcal{Z}) P ( Z ) endowed with inner product ⟨ ⋅ , ⋅ ⟩ M \langle\cdot,\cdot\rangle_{\mathcal{M}} ⟨ ⋅ , ⋅ ⟩ M and reproducing kernel R R R . The function M ∗ M_* M ∗ defined in (2) is an element of M \mathcal{M} M .
Measure-Indexed Kernel Ridge Regression
Suppose that, in practice, we have B B B independent tasks corresponding to unobservable f 1 , … , f B f_1,\ldots,f_B f 1 , … , f B that are i.i.d. drawn from F F F . For task b b b , suppose we have n b n_b n b context data D n b b = ( Z 1 b , … , Z n b b ) D_{n_b}^b = (Z_1^b,\ldots,Z_{n_b}^b) D n b b = ( Z 1 b , … , Z n b b ) , and N b N_b N b test data Z n b + 1 b , … , Z n b + N b b Z_{n_b+1}^b,\ldots,Z_{n_b+N_b}^b Z n b + 1 b , … , Z n b + N b b , where Z i b = ( X i b , Y i b ) Z_i^b = (X_i^b,Y_i^b) Z i b = ( X i b , Y i b ) with X 1 b , … , X n b + N b b ∼ i . i . d . μ X_1^b,\ldots,X_{n_b+N_b}^b \overset{\mathrm{i.i.d.}}{\sim} \mu X 1 b , … , X n b + N b b ∼ i.i.d. μ and
Y i b = f b ( X i b ) + ε i b , i = 1 , … , n b + N b . (8) Y_i^b = f_b(X_i^b) + \varepsilon_i^b,\qquad i=1,\ldots,n_b+N_b. \tag*{(8)} Y i b = f b ( X i b ) + ε i b , i = 1 , … , n b + N b . (8)
The errors ε i b \varepsilon_i^b ε i b 's are i.i.d. with mean zero and finite variance σ ε 2 \sigma_\varepsilon^2 σ ε 2 , independent of f b f_b f b , X 1 b , … , X n b + N b b X_1^b,\ldots,X_{n_b+N_b}^b X 1 b , … , X n b + N b b . Let π ^ n b b = n b − 1 ∑ i = 1 n b δ Z i b \widehat{\pi}_{n_b}^b = n_b^{-1}\sum_{i=1}^{n_b}\delta_{Z_i^b} π n b b = n b − 1 ∑ i = 1 n b δ Z i b be the empirical measure based on D n b b D_{n_b}^b D n b b . Similar to (3) , it can be shown that
E [ Y n b + i b ∣ π ^ n b b , X n b + i b = x ] = M ∗ ( π ^ n b b , x ) . \mathbb{E}[Y_{n_b+i}^b\mid\widehat{\pi}_{n_b}^b,X_{n_b+i}^b=x] = M_*(\widehat{\pi}_{n_b}^b,x). E [ Y n b + i b ∣ π n b b , X n b + i b = x ] = M ∗ ( π n b b , x ) .
That is, M ∗ M_* M ∗ is also the conditional mean of the test response Y n b + i b Y^b_{n_b+i} Y n b + i b given π ^ n b b , X n b + i b \widehat{\pi}^b_{n_b}, X^b_{n_b+i} π n b b , X n b + i b . So we may estimate M ∗ M_* M ∗ by minimizing the sum of squared residuals based on the test data. Specifically, we propose the following measure-indexed kernel ridge regression (MI-KRR):
M ^ n , N , B , λ = arg min M ∈ M ℓ n , N , B , λ ( M ) ≡ arg min M ∈ M { 1 2 N ∑ b = 1 B ∑ i = 1 N b ∣ Y n b + i b − M ( π ^ n b b , X n b + i b ) ∣ 2 + λ 2 ∥ M ∥ M 2 } . (9) \begin{aligned}
\widehat{M}_{\mathbf{n},\mathbf{N},B,\lambda}=\underset{M\in\mathcal{M}}{\arg\min}\ \ell_{\mathbf{n},\mathbf{N},B,\lambda}(M) \\
&\equiv\underset{M\in\mathcal{M}}{\arg\min}\left\{\frac{1}{2N}\sum_{b=1}^{B}\sum_{i=1}^{N_b}\left|Y^b_{n_b+i}-M\left(\widehat{\pi}^b_{n_b},X^b_{n_b+i}\right)\right|^2+\frac{\lambda}{2}\lVert M\rVert_{\mathcal{M}}^2\right\}. \tag*{(9)}
\end{aligned} M n , N , B , λ = M ∈ M arg min ℓ n , N , B , λ ( M ) ≡ M ∈ M arg min { 2 N 1 b = 1 ∑ B i = 1 ∑ N b Y n b + i b − M ( π n b b , X n b + i b ) 2 + 2 λ ∥ M ∥ M 2 } . (9)
where λ > 0 \lambda>0 λ > 0 is the smoothing parameter and ∥ ⋅ ∥ M \lVert\cdot\rVert_{\mathcal{M}} ∥ ⋅ ∥ M is the RKHS norm of M \mathcal{M} M , n = ( n 1 , … , n B ) \mathbf{n}=(n_1,\ldots,n_B) n = ( n 1 , … , n B ) and N = ( N 1 , … , N B ) \mathbf{N}=(N_1,\ldots,N_B) N = ( N 1 , … , N B ) represent the sizes of context data sets and test data sets, respectively, and N = N 1 + ⋯ + N B N=N_1+\cdots+N_B N = N 1 + ⋯ + N B is the total number of test data points. Given a new task involving an in-context sample encoded by an empirical measure π ^ \widehat{\pi} π and a query input x x x , we can directly predict the new response by M ^ n , N , B , λ ( π ^ , x ) \widehat{M}_{\mathbf{n},\mathbf{N},B,\lambda}(\widehat{\pi},x) M n , N , B , λ ( π , x ) . Thus, the proposed MI-KRR estimator can automatically adapt to new task without refitting or retraining.
By representer theorem [36 ] , M ^ n , N , B , λ \widehat{M}_{\mathbf{n},\mathbf{N},B,\lambda} M n , N , B , λ has the form
M ^ n , N , B , λ ( π ^ , x ) = ∑ b = 1 B ∑ i = 1 N b c i b R ( ( π ^ , x ) , ( π ^ n b b , X n b + i b ) ) . \widehat{M}_{\mathbf{n},\mathbf{N},B,\lambda}(\widehat{\pi},x)=\sum_{b=1}^{B}\sum_{i=1}^{N_b}c_i^bR\left((\widehat{\pi},x),(\widehat{\pi}^b_{n_b},X^b_{n_b+i})\right). M n , N , B , λ ( π , x ) = b = 1 ∑ B i = 1 ∑ N b c i b R ( ( π , x ) , ( π n b b , X n b + i b ) ) .
where the coefficient vector c = ( c 1 1 , … , c N 1 1 , … , c 1 B , … , c N B B ) ⊤ \mathbf{c}=(c_1^1,\ldots,c_{N_1}^1,\ldots,c_1^B,\ldots,c_{N_B}^B)^\top c = ( c 1 1 , … , c N 1 1 , … , c 1 B , … , c N B B ) ⊤ is given by
c = ( R N × N + N λ I N × N ) − 1 Y , \mathbf{c}=\left(\mathbf{R}_{N\times N}+N\lambda\mathbf{I}_{N\times N}\right)^{-1}\mathbf{Y}, c = ( R N × N + N λ I N × N ) − 1 Y ,
where R N × N \mathbf{R}_{N\times N} R N × N is the N × N N\times N N × N Gram matrix associated with the reproducing kernel R R R of the RKHS M \mathcal{M} M , i.e., the ( ( b , i ) , ( b ′ , i ′ ) ) ((b,i),(b',i')) (( b , i ) , ( b ′ , i ′ )) -th element of R N × N \mathbf{R}_{N\times N} R N × N is R ( ( π ^ n b b , X n b + i b ) , ( π ^ n b ′ b ′ , X n b ′ + i ′ b ′ ) ) R((\widehat{\pi}^b_{n_b},X^b_{n_b+i}),(\widehat{\pi}^{b'}_{n_{b'}},X^{b'}_{n_{b'}+i'})) R (( π n b b , X n b + i b ) , ( π n b ′ b ′ , X n b ′ + i ′ b ′ )) , and Y \mathbf{Y} Y is the response vector defined by Y = ( Y n 1 + 1 1 , … , Y n 1 + N 1 1 , … , Y n B + 1 B , … , Y n B + N B B ) ⊤ \mathbf{Y}=(Y^1_{n_1+1},\ldots,Y^1_{n_1+N_1},\ldots,Y^B_{n_B+1},\ldots,Y^B_{n_B+N_B})^\top Y = ( Y n 1 + 1 1 , … , Y n 1 + N 1 1 , … , Y n B + 1 B , … , Y n B + N B B ) ⊤ . Motivated by classic smoothing spline regression [15 ] , we suggest to select λ \lambda λ using generalized cross-validation (GCV). Define the smoothing matrix
H λ = R N × N ( R N × N + N λ I N × N ) − 1 . \mathbf{H}_{\lambda}=\mathbf{R}_{N\times N}\left(\mathbf{R}_{N\times N}+N\lambda\mathbf{I}_{N\times N}\right)^{-1}. H λ = R N × N ( R N × N + N λ I N × N ) − 1 .
The GCV criterion is
GCV ( λ ) = N − 1 ∣ ( I N × N − H λ ) Y ∣ 2 ( 1 − N − 1 trace ( H λ ) ) 2 , λ > 0. \operatorname{GCV}(\lambda)=\frac{N^{-1}\left|(\mathbf{I}_{N\times N}-\mathbf{H}_{\lambda})\mathbf{Y}\right|^2}{\left(1-N^{-1}\operatorname{trace}(\mathbf{H}_{\lambda})\right)^2},\quad\lambda>0. GCV ( λ ) = ( 1 − N − 1 trace ( H λ ) ) 2 N − 1 ∣ ( I N × N − H λ ) Y ∣ 2 , λ > 0.
We then choose λ ^ G C V = arg min λ GCV ( λ ) \widehat{\lambda}_{\mathrm{GCV}}=\arg\min_{\lambda}\operatorname{GCV}(\lambda) λ GCV = arg min λ GCV ( λ ) .
Asymptotic Properties
In this section, we will derive the convergence rate and asymptotic distribution for M ^ n , N , B , λ \widehat{M}_{\mathbf{n},\mathbf{N},B,\lambda} M n , N , B , λ . Before stating our main results, let us make some technical preparations.
Spectral Property of MI-RKHS
In this section, we will establish the spectral property of M \mathcal{M} M which is crucial for asymptotic analysis. We make the following technical assumption.
Assumption 3. C Π ≜ sup π ∈ P ( Z ) ∥ R ( Π ) ( π , π ) ∥ o p < ∞ C_{\Pi}\triangleq\sup_{\pi\in\mathcal{P}(\mathcal{Z})}\lVert R^{(\Pi)}(\pi,\pi)\rVert_{\mathrm{op}}<\infty C Π ≜ sup π ∈ P ( Z ) ∥ R ( Π ) ( π , π ) ∥ op < ∞ , where ∥ ⋅ ∥ o p \lVert\cdot\rVert_{\mathrm{op}} ∥ ⋅ ∥ op is the operator norm.
Assumption 3 bounds the operator norm of the kernel R ⟨ Π ⟩ R^{\langle\Pi\rangle} R ⟨ Π ⟩ evaluated at arbitrary measures in P ( Z ) \mathcal{P}(\mathcal{Z}) P ( Z ) . Intuitively, it controls how much the measure-indexed kernel can amplify differences between context distributions, ensuring that the proposed MI-KRR estimator remains stable across different in-context samples. It is the measure-valued analogue of a standard bounded-kernel assumption in classical RKHS literature. For M , M ′ ∈ M M, M' \in\mathcal{M} M , M ′ ∈ M , define a quadratic form
V ( M , M ′ ) = 1 N ∑ b = 1 B N b E [ M ( π ^ n b b , X n b + 1 b ) M ′ ( π ^ n b b , X n b + 1 b ) ] . V(M,M')=\frac{1}{N}\sum_{b=1}^{B}N_b\mathbb{E}\left[M(\widehat{\pi}_{n_b}^{b},X_{n_b+1}^{b})M'(\widehat{\pi}_{n_b}^{b},X_{n_b+1}^{b})\right]. V ( M , M ′ ) = N 1 b = 1 ∑ B N b E [ M ( π n b b , X n b + 1 b ) M ′ ( π n b b , X n b + 1 b ) ] .
By (7) , we have the following
V ( M , M ′ ) = 1 N ∑ b = 1 B N b E [ ⟨ M , R ( π ^ n b b , X n b + 1 b ) ⟩ M ⟨ M ′ , R ( π ^ n b b , X n b + 1 b ) ⟩ M ] = ⟨ 1 N ∑ b = 1 B N b E [ R ( π ^ n b b , X n b + 1 b ) ⊗ R ( π ^ n b b , X n b + 1 b ) ] M , M ′ ⟩ M ≡ ⟨ C M , M ′ ⟩ M , \begin{aligned}
V(M,M')&=\frac{1}{N}\sum_{b=1}^{B}N_b\mathbb{E}\left[\left\langle M,R_{(\widehat{\pi}_{n_b}^{b},X_{n_b+1}^{b})}\right\rangle_{\mathcal{M}}\left\langle M',R_{(\widehat{\pi}_{n_b}^{b},X_{n_b+1}^{b})}\right\rangle_{\mathcal{M}}\right]\\
&=\left\langle\frac{1}{N}\sum_{b=1}^{B}N_b\mathbb{E}\left[R_{(\widehat{\pi}_{n_b}^{b},X_{n_b+1}^{b})}\otimes R_{(\widehat{\pi}_{n_b}^{b},X_{n_b+1}^{b})}\right]M,M'\right\rangle_{\mathcal{M}}\\
&\equiv\left\langle CM,M'\right\rangle_{\mathcal{M}},
\end{aligned} V ( M , M ′ ) = N 1 b = 1 ∑ B N b E [ ⟨ M , R ( π n b b , X n b + 1 b ) ⟩ M ⟨ M ′ , R ( π n b b , X n b + 1 b ) ⟩ M ] = ⟨ N 1 b = 1 ∑ B N b E [ R ( π n b b , X n b + 1 b ) ⊗ R ( π n b b , X n b + 1 b ) ] M , M ′ ⟩ M ≡ ⟨ C M , M ′ ⟩ M ,
where
C n , N , B ≜ 1 N ∑ b = 1 B N b E [ R ( π ^ n b b , X n b + 1 b ) ⊗ R ( π ^ n b b , X n b + 1 b ) ] C_{n,N,B}\triangleq\frac{1}{N}\sum_{b=1}^{B}N_b\mathbb{E}\left[R_{(\widehat{\pi}_{n_b}^{b},X_{n_b+1}^{b})}\otimes R_{(\widehat{\pi}_{n_b}^{b},X_{n_b+1}^{b})}\right] C n , N , B ≜ N 1 b = 1 ∑ B N b E [ R ( π n b b , X n b + 1 b ) ⊗ R ( π n b b , X n b + 1 b ) ]
is a nonnegative definite rank-one operator from M \mathcal{M} M to M \mathcal{M} M . To ease notation, we simply denote C = C n , N , B C=C_{n,N,B} C = C n , N , B . By Assumption 3, (6) and (7) , for any ( π , x ) ∈ P ( Z ) × X (\pi,x)\in\mathcal{P}(\mathcal{Z})\times\mathcal{X} ( π , x ) ∈ P ( Z ) × X ,
∥ R ( π , x ) ∥ M 2 = R ( ( π , x ) , ( π , x ) ) (by xref‘(7)‘) = ⟨ R π ⟨ Π ⟩ R x ⟨ X ⟩ , R π ⟨ Π ⟩ R x ⟨ X ⟩ ⟩ H Π (by xref‘(6)‘) = ⟨ R x ⟨ X ⟩ , R ⟨ Π ⟩ ( π , π ) R x ⟨ X ⟩ ⟩ H X (by Property (b)) ≤ ∥ R ⟨ Π ⟩ ( π , π ) ∥ o p ∥ R x ⟨ X ⟩ ∥ H X 2 = ∥ R ⟨ Π ⟩ ( π , π ) ∥ o p R ⟨ X ⟩ ( x , x ) ≤ C Π C X < ∞ (by Assumptions 1 and 3). (10) \begin{aligned}
\left\|R_{(\pi,x)}\right\|_{\mathcal{M}}^{2}
&=R((\pi,x),(\pi,x)) &&\text{(by {xref}`(7)`)}\\
&=\left\langle R_{\pi}^{\langle\Pi\rangle}R_{x}^{\langle X\rangle},R_{\pi}^{\langle\Pi\rangle}R_{x}^{\langle X\rangle}\right\rangle_{\mathcal{H}_{\Pi}} &&\text{(by {xref}`(6)`)}\\
&=\left\langle R_{x}^{\langle X\rangle},R^{\langle\Pi\rangle}(\pi,\pi)R_{x}^{\langle X\rangle}\right\rangle_{\mathcal{H}_{X}} &&\text{(by Property (b))}\\
&\leq\left\|R^{\langle\Pi\rangle}(\pi,\pi)\right\|_{\mathrm{op}}\left\|R_{x}^{\langle X\rangle}\right\|_{\mathcal{H}_{X}}^{2}\\
&=\left\|R^{\langle\Pi\rangle}(\pi,\pi)\right\|_{\mathrm{op}}R^{\langle X\rangle}(x,x)\leq C_{\Pi}C_{X}<\infty&&\text{(by Assumptions 1 and 3).} \tag*{(10)}
\end{aligned} R ( π , x ) M 2 = R (( π , x ) , ( π , x )) = ⟨ R π ⟨ Π ⟩ R x ⟨ X ⟩ , R π ⟨ Π ⟩ R x ⟨ X ⟩ ⟩ H Π = ⟨ R x ⟨ X ⟩ , R ⟨ Π ⟩ ( π , π ) R x ⟨ X ⟩ ⟩ H X ≤ R ⟨ Π ⟩ ( π , π ) op R x ⟨ X ⟩ H X 2 = R ⟨ Π ⟩ ( π , π ) op R ⟨ X ⟩ ( x , x ) ≤ C Π C X < ∞ (by xref ‘(7)‘) (by xref ‘(6)‘) (by Property (b)) (by Assumptions 1 and 3). (10)
Consequently,
trace ( C ) = 1 N ∑ b = 1 B N b E [ ∥ R ( π ^ n b b , X n b + 1 b ) ∥ M 2 ] ≤ C Π C X , \operatorname{trace}(C)=\frac{1}{N}\sum_{b=1}^{B}N_b\mathbb{E}\left[\left\|R_{(\widehat{\pi}_{n_b}^{b},X_{n_b+1}^{b})}\right\|_{\mathcal{M}}^{2}\right]\leq C_{\Pi}C_{X}, trace ( C ) = N 1 b = 1 ∑ B N b E [ R ( π n b b , X n b + 1 b ) M 2 ] ≤ C Π C X ,
i.e., C C C is a nonnegative trace-class operator. Let ker ( C ) = { M ∈ M : C M = 0 } \operatorname{ker}(C)=\{M\in\mathcal{M}:CM=0\} ker ( C ) = { M ∈ M : C M = 0 } be the kernel space of C C C , and ker ( C ) ⊥ \operatorname{ker}(C)^{\perp} ker ( C ) ⊥ its orthogonal complement with respect to inner product ⟨ ⋅ , ⋅ ⟩ M \langle\cdot,\cdot\rangle_{\mathcal{M}} ⟨ ⋅ , ⋅ ⟩ M . The range of π ^ n b b \widehat{\pi}_{n_b}^{b} π n b b 's may not be the entire range P ( Z ) \mathcal{P}(\mathcal{Z}) P ( Z ) , so it is possible that C M = 0 CM=0 C M = 0 for some nonzero M M M , i.e., ker ( C ) ≠ { 0 } \operatorname{ker}(C)\ne\{0\} ker ( C ) = { 0 } . By spectral theorem in Hilbert spaces (see Corollary 5.4 of Conway [11 ] ), there exist a positive nondecreasing sequence { ρ k } k ≥ 1 \{\rho_k\}_{k\geq1} { ρ k } k ≥ 1 and a basis { φ k } k ≥ 1 ⊆ ker ( C ) ⊥ \{\varphi_k\}_{k\geq1}\subseteq\operatorname{ker}(C)^{\perp} { φ k } k ≥ 1 ⊆ ker ( C ) ⊥ such that
V ( φ k , φ l ) = ⟨ C φ k , φ l ⟩ M = δ k l , ⟨ φ k , φ l ⟩ M = ρ k δ k l , k , l ≥ 1 , (11) V(\varphi_k,\varphi_l)=\langle C\varphi_k,\varphi_l\rangle_{\mathcal{M}}=\delta_{kl},\qquad\langle\varphi_k,\varphi_l\rangle_{\mathcal{M}}=\rho_k\delta_{kl},\quad k,l\geq1, \tag*{(11)} V ( φ k , φ l ) = ⟨ C φ k , φ l ⟩ M = δ k l , ⟨ φ k , φ l ⟩ M = ρ k δ k l , k , l ≥ 1 , (11)
where δ k l \delta_{kl} δ k l are Kronecker’s notation. When ker ( C ) = { 0 } \operatorname{ker}(C)=\{0\} ker ( C ) = { 0 } so that ker ( C ) ⊥ = M \operatorname{ker}(C)^{\perp}=\mathcal{M} ker ( C ) ⊥ = M , { φ k } k ≥ 1 \{\varphi_k\}_{k\geq1} { φ k } k ≥ 1 becomes the basis for M \mathcal{M} M . Our results apply to general ker ( C ) \operatorname{ker}(C) ker ( C ) , either null or non-null. For technical convenience, we further assume that these basis functions are uniformly bounded.
Assumption 4. There exists a constant C φ C_{\varphi} C φ which is free of n n n , N N N , B B B such that sup k ≥ 1 ∥ φ k ∥ ∞ ≤ C φ \sup_{k\geq1}\|\varphi_k\|_{\infty}\leq C_{\varphi} sup k ≥ 1 ∥ φ k ∥ ∞ ≤ C φ .
Assumption 4 requires that the basis functions φ k \varphi_k φ k used to expand the RKHS M \mathcal{M} M are uniformly bounded in sup-norm. It is a standard regularity condition in nonparametric literature that facilitates the establishment of certain maximal inequalities. The requirement that C φ C_\varphi C φ be free of n \mathbf{n} n , N \mathbf{N} N , B \mathbf{B} B ensures that the bound does not deteriorate as these indices grow.
For M , M ′ ∈ M M,M^{\prime}\in\mathcal{M} M , M ′ ∈ M , define ⟨ M , M ′ ⟩ = V ( M , M ′ ) + λ ⟨ M , M ′ ⟩ M \langle M,M^{\prime}\rangle=V(M,M^{\prime})+\lambda\langle M,M^{\prime}\rangle_{\mathcal{M}} ⟨ M , M ′ ⟩ = V ( M , M ′ ) + λ ⟨ M , M ′ ⟩ M . Then ⟨ ⋅ , ⋅ ⟩ \langle\cdot,\cdot\rangle ⟨ ⋅ , ⋅ ⟩ and ⟨ ⋅ , ⋅ ⟩ M \langle\cdot,\cdot\rangle_{\mathcal{M}} ⟨ ⋅ , ⋅ ⟩ M are equivalent inner products for M \mathcal{M} M , hence, M \mathcal{M} M under ⟨ ⋅ , ⋅ ⟩ \langle\cdot,\cdot\rangle ⟨ ⋅ , ⋅ ⟩ is also an RKHS. To see this, for any M ∈ M M\in\mathcal{M} M ∈ M , consider the orthogonal decomposition M = M 1 + M 2 M=M_1+M_2 M = M 1 + M 2 with M 1 ∈ ker ( C ) ⊥ M_1\in\operatorname{ker}(C)^{\perp} M 1 ∈ ker ( C ) ⊥ and M 2 ∈ ker ( C ) M_2\in\operatorname{ker}(C) M 2 ∈ ker ( C ) . Write M 1 = ∑ k ≥ 1 m k φ k M_1=\sum_{k\geq1}m_k\varphi_k M 1 = ∑ k ≥ 1 m k φ k . Then
V ( M 1 , M 2 ) = ∑ k ≥ 1 ρ k m k 2 ≤ ρ 1 − 1 ∑ k ≥ 1 ρ k m k 2 = ρ 1 − 1 ∥ M 1 ∥ M 2 . V(M_1,M_2)=\sum_{k\geq1}\rho_km_k^2\leq\rho_1^{-1}\sum_{k\geq1}\rho_km_k^2=\rho_1^{-1}\lVert M_1\rVert_{\mathcal{M}}^2. V ( M 1 , M 2 ) = k ≥ 1 ∑ ρ k m k 2 ≤ ρ 1 − 1 k ≥ 1 ∑ ρ k m k 2 = ρ 1 − 1 ∥ M 1 ∥ M 2 .
Since ∥ M ∥ M 2 = ∥ M 1 ∥ M 2 + ∥ M 2 ∥ M 2 ≥ ∥ M 1 ∥ M 2 \lVert M\rVert_{\mathcal{M}}^2=\lVert M_1\rVert_{\mathcal{M}}^2+\lVert M_2\rVert_{\mathcal{M}}^2\geq\lVert M_1\rVert_{\mathcal{M}}^2 ∥ M ∥ M 2 = ∥ M 1 ∥ M 2 + ∥ M 2 ∥ M 2 ≥ ∥ M 1 ∥ M 2 , we have
∥ M ∥ 2 ≜ V ( M , M ) + λ ∥ M ∥ M 2 = V ( M 1 , M 1 ) + λ ∥ M ∥ M 2 ≤ ρ 1 − 1 ∥ M 1 ∥ M 2 + λ ∥ M ∥ M 2 ≤ ( ρ 1 − 1 + λ ) ∥ M ∥ M 2 . \begin{aligned}
\lVert M\rVert^2 &\triangleq V(M,M)+\lambda\lVert M\rVert_{\mathcal{M}}^2=V(M_1,M_1)+\lambda\lVert M\rVert_{\mathcal{M}}^2\\
&\leq\rho_1^{-1}\lVert M_1\rVert_{\mathcal{M}}^2+\lambda\lVert M\rVert_{\mathcal{M}}^2\leq(\rho_1^{-1}+\lambda)\lVert M\rVert_{\mathcal{M}}^2.
\end{aligned} ∥ M ∥ 2 ≜ V ( M , M ) + λ ∥ M ∥ M 2 = V ( M 1 , M 1 ) + λ ∥ M ∥ M 2 ≤ ρ 1 − 1 ∥ M 1 ∥ M 2 + λ ∥ M ∥ M 2 ≤ ( ρ 1 − 1 + λ ) ∥ M ∥ M 2 .
On the other hand, ∥ M ∥ 2 ≥ λ ∥ M ∥ M 2 \lVert M\rVert^2\geq\lambda\lVert M\rVert_{\mathcal{M}}^2 ∥ M ∥ 2 ≥ λ ∥ M ∥ M 2 , we therefore get the equivalence of ∥ ⋅ ∥ \lVert\cdot\rVert ∥ ⋅ ∥ and ∥ ⋅ ∥ M \lVert\cdot\rVert_{\mathcal{M}} ∥ ⋅ ∥ M .
Let K : ( P ( Z ) × X ) 2 → R K:(\mathcal{P}(\mathcal{Z})\times\mathcal{X})^2\to\mathbb{R} K : ( P ( Z ) × X ) 2 → R be the reproducing kernel for M \mathcal{M} M under ⟨ ⋅ , ⋅ ⟩ \langle\cdot,\cdot\rangle ⟨ ⋅ , ⋅ ⟩ , which satisfies the following reproducing property: for any ( π ^ , x ) ∈ P ( Z ) × X (\widehat{\pi},x)\in\mathcal{P}(\mathcal{Z})\times\mathcal{X} ( π , x ) ∈ P ( Z ) × X and M ∈ M M\in\mathcal{M} M ∈ M ,
K ( π ^ , x ) ≜ K ( ( ⋅ , ⋅ ) , ( π ^ , x ) ) ∈ M , ⟨ M , K ( π ^ , x ) ⟩ = M ( π ^ , x ) . K_{(\widehat{\pi},x)}\triangleq K((\cdot,\cdot),(\widehat{\pi},x))\in\mathcal{M},\quad\langle M,K_{(\widehat{\pi},x)}\rangle=M(\widehat{\pi},x). K ( π , x ) ≜ K (( ⋅ , ⋅ ) , ( π , x )) ∈ M , ⟨ M , K ( π , x ) ⟩ = M ( π , x ) .
For any M ∈ M M\in\mathcal{M} M ∈ M , λ ⟨ M , ⋅ ⟩ M \lambda\langle M,\cdot\rangle_{\mathcal{M}} λ ⟨ M , ⋅ ⟩ M is a bounded linear functional on ( M , ∥ ⋅ ∥ ) (\mathcal{M},\lVert\cdot\rVert) ( M , ∥ ⋅ ∥) . By Riesz representation theorem, there is a bounded linear operator P λ : M → M P_\lambda:\mathcal{M}\to\mathcal{M} P λ : M → M such that, for any M , M ′ ∈ M M,M^{\prime}\in\mathcal{M} M , M ′ ∈ M ,
⟨ P λ M , M ′ ⟩ = λ ⟨ M , M ′ ⟩ M . \langle P_\lambda M,M^{\prime}\rangle=\lambda\langle M,M^{\prime}\rangle_{\mathcal{M}}. ⟨ P λ M , M ′ ⟩ = λ ⟨ M , M ′ ⟩ M .
Convergence Rate and Asymptotic Normality
In this section, we derive the convergence rate and asymptotic distribution for M ^ n , N , B , λ \widehat{M}_{n,N,B,\lambda} M n , N , B , λ . For b = 1 , … , B b=1,\ldots,B b = 1 , … , B , let
V b 2 ( n b ) = E [ ∣ f b ( X n b + 1 b ) − E [ f b ∣ π ^ n b b ] ( X n b + 1 b ) ∣ 2 ] , V_b^2(n_b)=\mathbb{E}\left[\left|f_b(X_{n_b+1}^b)-\mathbb{E}[f_b\mid\widehat{\pi}_{n_b}^b](X_{n_b+1}^b)\right|^2\right], V b 2 ( n b ) = E [ f b ( X n b + 1 b ) − E [ f b ∣ π n b b ] ( X n b + 1 b ) 2 ] ,
and V 2 ( n ) = max 1 ≤ b ≤ B V b 2 ( n b ) V^2(\mathbf{n})=\max_{1\leq b\leq B}V_b^2(n_b) V 2 ( n ) = max 1 ≤ b ≤ B V b 2 ( n b ) . Specifically, V b 2 ( n b ) V_b^2(n_b) V b 2 ( n b ) measures the posterior uncertainty of f b f_b f b given the b b b -th context data, and V 2 ( n ) V^2(\mathbf{n}) V 2 ( n ) represents the largest such uncertainty across all B B B tasks. Let ϵ n b , i b = Y n b + i b − M ∗ ( π ^ n b b , X n b + i b ) \epsilon_{n_b,i}^b=Y_{n_b+i}^b-M_*(\widehat{\pi}_{n_b}^b,X_{n_b+i}^b) ϵ n b , i b = Y n b + i b − M ∗ ( π n b b , X n b + i b ) , i = 1 , … , N b i=1,\ldots,N_b i = 1 , … , N b denote the prediction errors, which measure the discrepancies between test responses and their predictions based on the context data. Recall also that ε i b \varepsilon_i^b ε i b 's denote the observation errors defined in (8) . We further assume that these error terms have finite second moments which is a mild condition commonly used in nonparametric literature.
Assumption 5. There are positive constants σ e 2 \sigma_e^2 σ e 2 and σ ε 2 \sigma_\varepsilon^2 σ ε 2 such that, for b = 1 , … , B b=1,\ldots,B b = 1 , … , B ,
E [ ∣ ϵ n b , i b ∣ 2 ∣ π ^ n b b , X n b + i b ] ≤ σ e 2 almost surely , and E [ ∣ ε i b ∣ 2 ] = σ ε 2 . \mathbb{E}\left[\left|\epsilon_{n_b,i}^b\right|^2\mid\widehat{\pi}_{n_b}^b,X_{n_b+i}^b\right]\leq\sigma_e^2\ \text{almost surely},\quad\text{and}\quad\mathbb{E}\left[\left|\varepsilon_i^b\right|^2\right]=\sigma_\varepsilon^2. E [ ϵ n b , i b 2 ∣ π n b b , X n b + i b ] ≤ σ e 2 almost surely , and E [ ε i b 2 ] = σ ε 2 .
Let
M h = { M ∈ M : ∥ M ∥ ≤ C φ − 1 h 1 / 2 } and a h = ∫ 0 1 log ( 1 + D ( M h , ϵ , ∥ ⋅ ∥ ∞ ) ) d ϵ , \mathcal{M}_h=\left\{M\in\mathcal{M}:\lVert M\rVert\leq C_\varphi^{-1}h^{1/2}\right\}\ \text{and}\ a_h=\int_0^1\sqrt{\log(1+D(\mathcal{M}_h,\epsilon,\lVert\cdot\rVert_\infty))}\,\mathrm{d}\epsilon, M h = { M ∈ M : ∥ M ∥ ≤ C φ − 1 h 1/2 } and a h = ∫ 0 1 log ( 1 + D ( M h , ϵ , ∥ ⋅ ∥ ∞ )) d ϵ ,
where h = ( ∑ k ≥ 1 1 k + λ ρ k ) − 1 h = \left(\sum_{k\geq1} \frac{1}{k+\lambda\rho_k}\right)^{-1} h = ( ∑ k ≥ 1 k + λ ρ k 1 ) − 1 and D ( M h , ϵ , ∥ ⋅ ∥ ∞ ) D(\mathcal{M}_h,\epsilon,\lVert\cdot\rVert_\infty) D ( M h , ϵ , ∥ ⋅ ∥ ∞ ) is the ϵ \epsilon ϵ -covering number of M h \mathcal{M}_h M h with respect to supremum norm ∥ ⋅ ∥ ∞ \lVert\cdot\rVert_\infty ∥ ⋅ ∥ ∞ . The following theorem provides a convergence rate for M ^ n , N , B , λ \widehat{M}_{n,N,B,\lambda} M n , N , B , λ .
Theorem 2. Suppose that Assumptions 1-5 are satisfied and as n , N , B → ∞ n,N,B\to\infty n , N , B → ∞ (meaning that all n b n_b n b 's, N b N_b N b 's, B B B tend to infinity),
a h ∑ b = 1 B N b 2 = o ( N h ) . (12) a_h\sqrt{\sum_{b=1}^{B}N_b^2}=o(Nh). \tag*{(12)} a h b = 1 ∑ B N b 2 = o ( N h ) . (12) Then ∥ M ^ n , N , B , λ − M ∗ ∥ = O P ( λ 1 / 2 + U ( n , N , B , λ ) ( N h ) − 1 / 2 ) \lVert\widehat{M}_{n,N,B,\lambda}-M_*\rVert=O_{\mathbb{P}}\left(\lambda^{1/2}+U(n,N,B,\lambda)(Nh)^{-1/2}\right) ∥ M n , N , B , λ − M ∗ ∥ = O P ( λ 1/2 + U ( n , N , B , λ ) ( N h ) − 1/2 ) , where
U ( n , N , B , λ ) = max { 1 , ( λ max 1 ≤ b ≤ B N b ) 1 / 2 , V ( n ) ( max 1 ≤ b ≤ B N b ) 1 / 2 } . U(n,N,B,\lambda)=\max\left\{1,\left(\lambda\max_{1\leq b\leq B}N_b\right)^{1/2},V(n)\left(\max_{1\leq b\leq B}N_b\right)^{1/2}\right\}. U ( n , N , B , λ ) = max { 1 , ( λ 1 ≤ b ≤ B max N b ) 1/2 , V ( n ) ( 1 ≤ b ≤ B max N b ) 1/2 } .
We will demonstrate the rate of convergence of Theorem 2 under a concrete setting. For technical convenience, consider the balanced case n b = n n_b=n n b = n and N b = T N_b=T N b = T for all b = 1 , … , B b=1,\ldots,B b = 1 , … , B . That is, each task has the same context size and the same number of test observations. The total number of test data is therefore N = T B N=TB N = T B . Suppose ρ k ≍ k 2 γ \rho_k\asymp k^{2\gamma} ρ k ≍ k 2 γ , i.e., there exist constants c 1 , c 2 > 0 c_1,c_2>0 c 1 , c 2 > 0 and γ > 1 / 2 \gamma>1/2 γ > 1/2 such that
c 1 k 2 γ ≤ ρ k ≤ c 2 k 2 γ , k ≥ 1. (13) c_1 k^{2\gamma}\leq\rho_k\leq c_2 k^{2\gamma},\quad k\geq1. \tag*{(13)} c 1 k 2 γ ≤ ρ k ≤ c 2 k 2 γ , k ≥ 1. (13)
Under (13) , it can be checked that λ ≍ h 2 γ \lambda\asymp h^{2\gamma} λ ≍ h 2 γ , and the eigenvalues of C C C satisfy an order k − 2 γ k^{-2\gamma} k − 2 γ . Suppose
log D ( B M , ϵ , ∥ ⋅ ∥ ∞ ) ≲ ϵ − 1 / γ , for ϵ > 0 , (14) \log D(\mathbb{B}_{\mathcal{M}},\epsilon,\lVert\cdot\rVert_\infty)\lesssim\epsilon^{-1/\gamma},\quad\text{for }\epsilon>0, \tag*{(14)} log D ( B M , ϵ , ∥ ⋅ ∥ ∞ ) ≲ ϵ − 1/ γ , for ϵ > 0 , (14)
where B M = { M ∈ M : ∥ M ∥ M ≤ 1 } \mathbb{B}_{\mathcal{M}}=\{M\in\mathcal{M}:\lVert M\rVert_{\mathcal{M}}\leq1\} B M = { M ∈ M : ∥ M ∥ M ≤ 1 } is the unit ball of M \mathcal{M} M . The exponent 1 / γ 1/\gamma 1/ γ in (14) is consistent with the eigenvalue decay of C C C , which reflects a well-known relationship between the metric entropy of an RKHS unit ball and its kernel eigenvalue decay ([9 ] ). Since M h ⊂ C φ − 1 ( h / λ ) 1 / 2 B M \mathcal{M}_h\subset C_\varphi^{-1}(h/\lambda)^{1/2}\mathbb{B}_{\mathcal{M}} M h ⊂ C φ − 1 ( h / λ ) 1/2 B M , we have
log D ( M h , ϵ , ∥ ⋅ ∥ ∞ ) ≤ log D ( C φ − 1 ( h / λ ) 1 / 2 B M , ϵ , ∥ ⋅ ∥ ∞ ) = log D ( B M , C φ ( h / λ ) − 1 / 2 ϵ , ∥ ⋅ ∥ ∞ ) ≲ ( h / λ ) 1 / ( 2 γ ) ϵ − 1 / γ . \begin{aligned}
\log D(\mathcal{M}_h,\epsilon,\lVert\cdot\rVert_\infty)\leq\log D(C_\varphi^{-1}(h/\lambda)^{1/2}\mathbb{B}_{\mathcal{M}},\epsilon,\lVert\cdot\rVert_\infty) \\
&=\log D(\mathbb{B}_{\mathcal{M}},C_\varphi(h/\lambda)^{-1/2}\epsilon,\lVert\cdot\rVert_\infty)\lesssim(h/\lambda)^{1/(2\gamma)}\epsilon^{-1/\gamma}.
\end{aligned} log D ( M h , ϵ , ∥ ⋅ ∥ ∞ ) ≤ log D ( C φ − 1 ( h / λ ) 1/2 B M , ϵ , ∥ ⋅ ∥ ∞ ) = log D ( B M , C φ ( h / λ ) − 1/2 ϵ , ∥ ⋅ ∥ ∞ ) ≲ ( h / λ ) 1/ ( 2 γ ) ϵ − 1/ γ .
Consequently, a h = O ( h ( 1 − 2 γ ) / ( 4 γ ) ) a_h=O(h^{(1-2\gamma)/(4\gamma)}) a h = O ( h ( 1 − 2 γ ) / ( 4 γ ) ) . When h ≍ N − 1 / ( 2 γ + 1 ) h\asymp N^{-1/(2\gamma+1)} h ≍ N − 1/ ( 2 γ + 1 ) and T = o ( B ( 2 γ − 1 ) 2 / ( 6 γ − 1 ) ) T=o(B^{(2\gamma-1)^2/(6\gamma-1)}) T = o ( B ( 2 γ − 1 ) 2 / ( 6 γ − 1 ) ) (i.e., the number of tasks B B B should not be too small compared with test data size T T T ), condition (12) is satisfied. Meanwhile, it can be checked that
λ max 1 ≤ b ≤ B N b = λ T ≍ T N − 2 γ / ( 2 γ + 1 ) = ( T B − 2 γ ) 1 / ( 2 γ + 1 ) = O ( 1 ) . \lambda\max_{1\leq b\leq B}N_b=\lambda T\asymp TN^{-2\gamma/(2\gamma+1)}=(TB^{-2\gamma})^{1/(2\gamma+1)}=O(1). λ 1 ≤ b ≤ B max N b = λ T ≍ T N − 2 γ / ( 2 γ + 1 ) = ( T B − 2 γ ) 1/ ( 2 γ + 1 ) = O ( 1 ) .
If we further assume that V ( n ) = O ( T − 1 / 2 ) V(n)=O(T^{-1/2}) V ( n ) = O ( T − 1/2 ) , i.e., the posterior uncertainty of f b f_b f b is uniformly small compared with T T T , then U ( n , N , B , λ ) = O ( 1 ) U(n,N,B,\lambda)=O(1) U ( n , N , B , λ ) = O ( 1 ) . Therefore, Theorem 2 implies that
∥ M ^ n , N , B , λ − M ∗ ∥ = O P ( λ 1 / 2 + ( N h ) − 1 / 2 ) = O P ( N − γ / ( 2 γ + 1 ) ) . (15) \lVert\widehat{M}_{n,N,B,\lambda}-M_*\rVert=O_{\mathbb{P}}\left(\lambda^{1/2}+(Nh)^{-1/2}\right)=O_{\mathbb{P}}\left(N^{-\gamma/(2\gamma+1)}\right). \tag*{(15)} ∥ M n , N , B , λ − M ∗ ∥ = O P ( λ 1/2 + ( N h ) − 1/2 ) = O P ( N − γ / ( 2 γ + 1 ) ) . (15)
The rate is minimax optimal since there are N = T B N=TB N = T B test data involved in the MI-KRR (9) . In the classic distributed learning ([42 , 29 , 30 , 5 , 21 , 32 ] (Xu et al. 2019)), all task-specific regression functions coincide, i.e., f 1 = ⋯ = f B = f ∗ f_1=\cdots=f_B=f_* f 1 = ⋯ = f B = f ∗ , where f ∗ f_* f ∗ is unknown deterministic. Consequently, f b f_b f b 's are sampled from the point mass measure F = δ f ∗ F = \delta_{f_*} F = δ f ∗ which leads to V ( n ) = 0 V(\mathbf{n}) = 0 V ( n ) = 0 (regardless of n \mathbf{n} n ). We can therefore choose n ≍ T \mathbf{n} \asymp T n ≍ T in each task so that the context and test sample sizes are of the same order. Since N = T B N = TB N = T B , the total number of observations across all tasks, including both context and test data, is of order 2 N 2N 2 N . Thus, the rate in (15) is minimax optimal even when accounting for the context data. More generally, V ( n ) ≠ 0 V(\mathbf{n}) \ne0 V ( n ) = 0 , but the following Lemma 2 establishes a convergence rate for it. This allows the framework to accommodate heterogeneous tasks whose underlying regression functions f b f_b f b are similar but not necessarily identical, connecting our results to meta-learning and transfer learning [26 , 27 , 33 , 8 , 7 , 31 ] (Li et al. 2021).
Suppose that the reproducing kernel R ⟨ X ⟩ R^{\langle X\rangle} R ⟨ X ⟩ satisfies a Mercer decomposition
R ⟨ X ⟩ ( x , x ′ ) = ∑ k ≥ 1 φ k ⟨ X ⟩ ( x ) φ k ⟨ X ⟩ ( x ′ ) ρ k ⟨ X ⟩ , x , x ′ ∈ X , (16) R^{\langle X\rangle}(x,x') = \sum_{k\ge1} \frac{\varphi_k^{\langle X\rangle}(x)\varphi_k^{\langle X\rangle}(x')}{\rho_k^{\langle X\rangle}},\quad x,x'\in\mathcal{X}, \tag*{(16)} R ⟨ X ⟩ ( x , x ′ ) = k ≥ 1 ∑ ρ k ⟨ X ⟩ φ k ⟨ X ⟩ ( x ) φ k ⟨ X ⟩ ( x ′ ) , x , x ′ ∈ X , (16)
where φ k ⟨ X ⟩ \varphi_k^{\langle X\rangle} φ k ⟨ X ⟩ are orthonormal basis for L 2 ( μ ) L^2(\mu) L 2 ( μ ) with C φ ⟨ X ⟩ = sup k ≥ 1 ∥ φ k ⟨ X ⟩ ∥ ∞ < ∞ C_{\varphi\langle X\rangle}=\sup_{k\ge1}\|\varphi_k^{\langle X\rangle}\|_\infty<\infty C φ ⟨ X ⟩ = sup k ≥ 1 ∥ φ k ⟨ X ⟩ ∥ ∞ < ∞ and ρ k ⟨ X ⟩ ≍ k 2 β \rho_k^{\langle X\rangle}\asymp k^{2\beta} ρ k ⟨ X ⟩ ≍ k 2 β is a positive sequence with β > 1 / 2 \beta>1/2 β > 1/2 . The following lemma establishes a nonasymptotic rate for V b ( n b ) V_b(n_b) V b ( n b ) .
Lemma 2. Suppose that ε i b \varepsilon_i^b ε i b 's have finite fourth moments, Assumption 2 holds and R ⟨ X ⟩ R^{\langle X\rangle} R ⟨ X ⟩ has decomposition (16) , then
V b ( n b ) 2 ≤ C 1 ( 1 + E [ ∥ f b ∥ X 2 ] ) n b − 2 β 2 β + 1 , b = 1 , … , B , V_b(n_b)^2 \le C_1\left(1+\mathbb{E}\left[\|f_b\|_{\mathcal{X}}^2\right]\right)n_b^{-\frac{2\beta}{2\beta+1}},\quad b=1,\ldots,B, V b ( n b ) 2 ≤ C 1 ( 1 + E [ ∥ f b ∥ X 2 ] ) n b − 2 β + 1 2 β , b = 1 , … , B , where C 1 C_1 C 1 is a constant.
By Lemma 2, V ( n ) = O ( n − β / ( 2 β + 1 ) ) V(\mathbf{n})=O(n^{-\beta/(2\beta+1)}) V ( n ) = O ( n − β / ( 2 β + 1 ) ) , so the condition V ( n ) T 1 / 2 = O ( 1 ) V(\mathbf{n})T^{1/2}=O(1) V ( n ) T 1/2 = O ( 1 ) is satisfied whenever T = O ( n 2 β / ( 2 β + 1 ) ) T=O(n^{2\beta/(2\beta+1)}) T = O ( n 2 β / ( 2 β + 1 ) ) . As β → ∞ \beta\to\infty β → ∞ , the exponent 2 β / ( 2 β + 1 ) → 1 2\beta/(2\beta+1)\to1 2 β / ( 2 β + 1 ) → 1 , permitting T T T as large as O ( n ) O(n) O ( n ) and hence a total sample size of order 2 N 2N 2 N across all tasks. Thus the rate in (15) remains nearly minimax optimal even after accounting for the context observations.
In the end of this section, we establish the asymptotic normality for M ^ n , N , B , λ \widehat{M}_{n,N,B,\lambda} M n , N , B , λ . Let π ^ ∈ P ( Z ) \widehat{\pi}\in\mathcal{P}(\mathcal{Z}) π ∈ P ( Z ) be a nonrandom probability measure, possibly a realization of an empirical measure, and x ∈ X x\in\mathcal{X} x ∈ X be a nonrandom vector. We regard ( π ^ , x ) (\widehat{\pi},x) ( π , x ) as the prompt of a new task, representing the context distribution and a query input, respectively. The pointwise prediction of M ∗ M_* M ∗ at ( π ^ , x ) (\widehat{\pi},x) ( π , x ) is M ∗ ( π ^ , x ) M_*(\widehat{\pi},x) M ∗ ( π , x ) , which can be estimated by M ^ n , N , B , λ ( π ^ , x ) \widehat{M}_{n,N,B,\lambda}(\widehat{\pi},x) M n , N , B , λ ( π , x ) . The following theorem establishes its asymptotic normality.
Theorem 3. Suppose that Assumptions 1-5 are satisfied and, as n , N , B → ∞ \mathbf{n},N,B\to\infty n , N , B → ∞ , (12) holds and
U ( n , N , B , λ ) = O ( 1 ) , (17) U(\mathbf{n},N,B,\lambda)=O(1), \tag*{(17)} U ( n , N , B , λ ) = O ( 1 ) , (17) 1 σ ( π ^ , x ) 2 ∑ k = 1 ∞ h ∣ φ k ( π ^ , x ) ∣ 2 ( 1 + λ ρ k ) 2 → 1 , (18) \frac{1}{\sigma^2_{(\widehat{\pi},x)}}\sum_{k=1}^{\infty}\frac{h|\varphi_k(\widehat{\pi},x)|^2}{(1+\lambda\rho_k)^2}\to1, \tag*{(18)} σ ( π , x ) 2 1 k = 1 ∑ ∞ ( 1 + λ ρ k ) 2 h ∣ φ k ( π , x ) ∣ 2 → 1 , (18) N h ( P λ M ∗ ) ( π ^ , x ) = o ( 1 ) , (19) \sqrt{Nh}(P_\lambda M_*)(\widehat{\pi},x)=o(1), \tag*{(19)} N h ( P λ M ∗ ) ( π , x ) = o ( 1 ) , (19) a h ∑ b = 1 B N b 2 N h ( λ 1 / 2 + ( N h ) − 1 ) = o ( 1 ) , (20) \frac{a_h\sqrt{\sum_{b=1}^{B}N_b^2}}{\sqrt{Nh}}\left(\lambda^{1/2}+(Nh)^{-1}\right)=o(1), \tag*{(20)} N h a h ∑ b = 1 B N b 2 ( λ 1/2 + ( N h ) − 1 ) = o ( 1 ) , (20) ∑ b = 1 B N b 2 V ( n ) 2 = o ( N h ) , (21) \sum_{b=1}^{B}N_b^2V(n)^2=o(Nh), \tag*{(21)} b = 1 ∑ B N b 2 V ( n ) 2 = o ( N h ) , (21)
where σ π ^ , x 2 \sigma_{\hat{\pi},x}^{2} σ π ^ , x 2 is a constant possibly depending on π ^ , x \hat{\pi},x π ^ , x . Then
N h σ ε σ π ^ , x ( M ^ n , N , B , λ ( π ^ , x ) − M ∗ ( π ^ , x ) ) ⟶ d N ( 0 , 1 ) . \frac{\sqrt{Nh}}{\sigma_{\varepsilon}\sigma_{\hat{\pi},x}}\left(\widehat{M}_{n,N,B,\lambda}(\hat{\pi},x)-M_{*}(\hat{\pi},x)\right)\mathrel{\mathop{\longrightarrow}\limits^{d}}N(0,1). σ ε σ π ^ , x N h ( M n , N , B , λ ( π ^ , x ) − M ∗ ( π ^ , x ) ) ⟶ d N ( 0 , 1 ) .
Theorem 3 establishes a pointwise CLT for M ^ n , N , B , λ ( π ^ , x ) \widehat{M}_{n,N,B,\lambda}(\hat{\pi},x) M n , N , B , λ ( π ^ , x ) , providing the asymptotic foundation for inference on M ∗ ( π ^ , x ) M_{*}(\hat{\pi},x) M ∗ ( π ^ , x ) . Notably, the estimator adapts to a new task π ^ \hat{\pi} π ^ without any refitting of the model, yet still achieves asymptotic normality. Condition (18) says that the asymptotic variance of M ^ n , N , B , λ ( π ^ , x ) \widehat{M}_{n,N,B,\lambda}(\hat{\pi},x) M n , N , B , λ ( π ^ , x ) converges to σ π ^ , x 2 \sigma_{\hat{\pi},x}^{2} σ π ^ , x 2 , which is a common assumption in establishing CLT-type results. Condition (19) is known as the undersmoothing condition, which is useful to remove the asymptotic bias in M ^ n , N , B , λ ( π ^ , x ) \widehat{M}_{n,N,B,\lambda}(\hat{\pi},x) M n , N , B , λ ( π ^ , x ) . To be more explicit, suppose M ∗ = ∑ k = 1 ∞ m k φ k M_{*}=\sum_{k=1}^{\infty}m_{k}\varphi_{k} M ∗ = ∑ k = 1 ∞ m k φ k , then
P λ M ∗ = ∑ k = 1 ∞ m k P λ φ k = ∑ k = 1 ∞ λ ρ k m k 1 + λ ρ k φ k . P_{\lambda}M_{*}=\sum_{k=1}^{\infty}m_{k}P_{\lambda}\varphi_{k}=\sum_{k=1}^{\infty}\frac{\lambda\rho_{k}m_{k}}{1+\lambda\rho_{k}}\varphi_{k}. P λ M ∗ = k = 1 ∑ ∞ m k P λ φ k = k = 1 ∑ ∞ 1 + λ ρ k λ ρ k m k φ k .
If ∑ k = 1 ∞ m k 2 ρ k 1 + ϵ < ∞ \sum_{k=1}^{\infty}m_{k}^{2}\rho_{k}^{1+\epsilon}<\infty ∑ k = 1 ∞ m k 2 ρ k 1 + ϵ < ∞ for some constant ϵ ∈ ( 1 / ( 2 γ ) , 1 ) \epsilon\in(1/(2\gamma),1) ϵ ∈ ( 1/ ( 2 γ ) , 1 ) , i.e., M ∗ M_{*} M ∗ is slightly smoother than the regularity of H X \mathcal{H}_{X} H X , then
∥ P λ M ∗ ∥ 2 = ∑ k = 1 ∞ m k 2 ( λ ρ k ) 2 1 + λ ρ k = ∑ k = 1 ∞ m k 2 ( λ ρ k ) 1 + ϵ ( λ ρ k ) 1 − ϵ 1 + λ ρ k = O ( λ 1 + ϵ ) . \lVert P_{\lambda}M_{*}\rVert^{2}=\sum_{k=1}^{\infty}m_{k}^{2}\frac{(\lambda\rho_{k})^{2}}{1+\lambda\rho_{k}}=\sum_{k=1}^{\infty}m_{k}^{2}(\lambda\rho_{k})^{1+\epsilon}\frac{(\lambda\rho_{k})^{1-\epsilon}}{1+\lambda\rho_{k}}=O(\lambda^{1+\epsilon}). ∥ P λ M ∗ ∥ 2 = k = 1 ∑ ∞ m k 2 1 + λ ρ k ( λ ρ k ) 2 = k = 1 ∑ ∞ m k 2 ( λ ρ k ) 1 + ϵ 1 + λ ρ k ( λ ρ k ) 1 − ϵ = O ( λ 1 + ϵ ) .
When h ≍ N − 1 / ( 2 γ + 1 ) h\asymp N^{-1/(2\gamma+1)} h ≍ N − 1/ ( 2 γ + 1 ) , by Lemma 4,
N h ∣ ( P λ M ∗ ) ( π ^ , x ) ∣ ≤ N h C ϵ h − 1 / 2 ∥ P λ M ∗ ∥ = O ( N N − γ ( 1 + ϵ ) / ( 2 γ + 1 ) ) = o ( 1 ) , \sqrt{Nh}\lvert(P_{\lambda}M_{*})(\hat{\pi},x)\rvert\leq\sqrt{Nh}C_{\epsilon}h^{-1/2}\lVert P_{\lambda}M_{*}\rVert=O\left(\sqrt{N}N^{-\gamma(1+\epsilon)/(2\gamma+1)}\right)=o(1), N h ∣( P λ M ∗ ) ( π ^ , x )∣ ≤ N h C ϵ h − 1/2 ∥ P λ M ∗ ∥ = O ( N N − γ ( 1 + ϵ ) / ( 2 γ + 1 ) ) = o ( 1 ) ,
which verifies Condition (19). It can be directly checked that Condition (20) holds when γ > ( 3 + 5 ) / 4 \gamma>(3+\sqrt{5})/4 γ > ( 3 + 5 ) /4 and T = o ( B ( 4 γ 2 − 6 γ + 1 ) / ( 8 γ − 1 ) ) T=o\left(B^{(4\gamma^{2}-6\gamma+1)/(8\gamma-1)}\right) T = o ( B ( 4 γ 2 − 6 γ + 1 ) / ( 8 γ − 1 ) ) ; the larger value of γ \gamma γ implies a smoother RKHS M \mathcal{M} M . By Lemma 2, it can be checked that (20) holds if T 2 ( γ + 1 ) B = o ( n 2 β ( 2 γ + 1 ) / ( 2 β + 1 ) ) T^{2(\gamma+1)}B=o\left(n^{2\beta(2\gamma+1)/(2\beta+1)}\right) T 2 ( γ + 1 ) B = o ( n 2 β ( 2 γ + 1 ) / ( 2 β + 1 ) ) .
In practice, we suggest to estimate σ π ^ , x 2 \sigma_{\hat{\pi},x}^{2} σ π ^ , x 2 by
σ ^ ( π ^ , x ) 2 = ∑ k = 1 ∞ h ∣ φ k ( π ^ , x ) ∣ 2 ( 1 + λ ρ k ) 2 . \widehat{\sigma}_{(\hat{\pi},x)}^{2}=\sum_{k=1}^{\infty}\frac{h\lvert\varphi_{k}(\hat{\pi},x)\rvert^{2}}{(1+\lambda\rho_{k})^{2}}. σ ( π ^ , x ) 2 = k = 1 ∑ ∞ ( 1 + λ ρ k ) 2 h ∣ φ k ( π ^ , x ) ∣ 2 .
Suppose D n n e w = { Z 1 n e w , … , Z n n e w } D_{n}^{\mathrm{new}}=\{Z_{1}^{\mathrm{new},\ldots,Z_{n}^{\mathrm{new}}\}} D n new = { Z 1 new , … , Z n new } is an in-context sample from a new task with Z i n e w = ( X i n e w , Y i n e w ) Z_{i}^{\mathrm{new}}=(X_{i}^{\mathrm{new}},Y_{i}^{\mathrm{new}}) Z i new = ( X i new , Y i new ) generated from the following model
Y i n e w = f n e w ( X i n e w ) + ϵ i n e w , i = 1 , … , n . Y_{i}^{\mathrm{new}}=f_{\mathrm{new}}(X_{i}^{\mathrm{new}})+\epsilon_{i}^{\mathrm{new}},\quad i=1,\ldots,n. Y i new = f new ( X i new ) + ϵ i new , i = 1 , … , n .
Let π ^ n n e w \hat{\pi}_{n}^{\mathrm{new}} π ^ n new be the empirical distribution of D n n e w D_{n}^{\mathrm{new}} D n new . Therefore, M ∗ ( π ^ , x ) = E [ Y n e w ∣ π ^ n n e w = π ^ , X n e w = x ] M_{*}(\hat{\pi},x)=\mathbb{E}[Y^{\mathrm{new}}\mid\hat{\pi}_{n}^{\mathrm{new}}=\hat{\pi},X^{\mathrm{new}}=x] M ∗ ( π ^ , x ) = E [ Y new ∣ π ^ n new = π ^ , X new = x ] . Based on Theorem 3, we suggest the following 100 % ( 1 − α ) 100\%(1-\alpha) 100% ( 1 − α ) confidence interval for M ∗ ( π ^ , x ) M_{*}(\hat{\pi},x) M ∗ ( π ^ , x ) :
M ^ n , N , B , λ ( π ^ , x ) ± z 1 − α / 2 σ ^ ( π ^ , x ) σ ^ ε N h , \widehat{M}_{n,N,B,\lambda}(\hat{\pi},x)\pm z_{1-\alpha/2}\frac{\widehat{\sigma}_{(\hat{\pi},x)}\widehat{\sigma}_{\varepsilon}}{\sqrt{Nh}}, M n , N , B , λ ( π ^ , x ) ± z 1 − α /2 N h σ ( π ^ , x ) σ ε ,
where z 1 − α / 2 z_{1-\alpha/2} z 1 − α /2 is the ( 1 − α / 2 ) (1-\alpha/2) ( 1 − α /2 ) -th quantile of the standard normal distribution, and
σ ^ ε 2 = N − 1 ∑ b = 1 B ∑ i = 1 N b ( Y n b + i b − M ^ n , N , B , λ ( π ^ n b b , X n b + i b ) ) 2 \widehat{\sigma}_{\varepsilon}^{2}=N^{-1}\sum_{b=1}^{B}\sum_{i=1}^{N_b}\left(Y_{n_b+i}^{b}-\widehat{M}_{n,N,B,\lambda}\left(\widehat{\pi}_{n_b}^{b},X_{n_b+i}^{b}\right)\right)^{2} σ ε 2 = N − 1 b = 1 ∑ B i = 1 ∑ N b ( Y n b + i b − M n , N , B , λ ( π n b b , X n b + i b ) ) 2
is a consistent estimator of σ ε 2 \sigma_{\varepsilon}^{2} σ ε 2 . Under π ^ n n e w = π ^ \widehat{\pi}_{n}^{\mathrm{new}}=\widehat{\pi} π n new = π and X n e w = x X^{\mathrm{new}}=x X new = x , we have
Y n e w − M ^ n , N , B , λ ( π ^ , x ) = f n e w ( x ) − M ^ n , N , B , λ ( π ^ , x ) + ε n e w = f n e w ( x ) − M ∗ ( π ^ , x ) + M ∗ ( π ^ , x ) − M ^ n , N , B , λ ( π ^ , x ) + ε n e w = O P ( n − β / ( 2 β + 1 ) ) + M ∗ ( π ^ , x ) − M ^ n , N , B , λ ( π ^ , x ) + ε n e w , \begin{aligned}
Y^{\mathrm{new}}-\widehat{M}_{n,N,B,\lambda}(\widehat{\pi},x)
&=f_{\mathrm{new}}(x)-\widehat{M}_{n,N,B,\lambda}(\widehat{\pi},x)+\varepsilon^{\mathrm{new}}\\
&=f_{\mathrm{new}}(x)-M_{*}(\widehat{\pi},x)+M_{*}(\widehat{\pi},x)-\widehat{M}_{n,N,B,\lambda}(\widehat{\pi},x)+\varepsilon^{\mathrm{new}}\\
&=O_{\mathbb{P}}\left(n^{-\beta/(2\beta+1)}\right)+M_{*}(\widehat{\pi},x)-\widehat{M}_{n,N,B,\lambda}(\widehat{\pi},x)+\varepsilon^{\mathrm{new}},
\end{aligned} Y new − M n , N , B , λ ( π , x ) = f new ( x ) − M n , N , B , λ ( π , x ) + ε new = f new ( x ) − M ∗ ( π , x ) + M ∗ ( π , x ) − M n , N , B , λ ( π , x ) + ε new = O P ( n − β / ( 2 β + 1 ) ) + M ∗ ( π , x ) − M n , N , B , λ ( π , x ) + ε new ,
where the O P ( n − β / ( 2 β + 1 ) ) O_{\mathbb{P}}\left(n^{-\beta/(2\beta+1)}\right) O P ( n − β / ( 2 β + 1 ) ) term in the last equation follows by Lemma 2. Note that ε n e w \varepsilon^{\mathrm{new}} ε new is independent of M ^ n , N , B , λ ( π ^ , x ) \widehat{M}_{n,N,B,\lambda}(\widehat{\pi},x) M n , N , B , λ ( π , x ) . If further ε n e w ∼ N ( 0 , σ ε 2 ) \varepsilon^{\mathrm{new}}\sim N(0,\sigma_{\varepsilon}^{2}) ε new ∼ N ( 0 , σ ε 2 ) , by Theorem 3 ,
M ∗ ( π ^ , x ) − M ^ n , N , B , λ ( π ^ , x ) + ε n e w ∼ a . d . N ( 0 , σ ε 2 σ π ^ , x 2 N h + σ ε 2 ) , M_{*}(\widehat{\pi},x)-\widehat{M}_{n,N,B,\lambda}(\widehat{\pi},x)+\varepsilon^{\mathrm{new}}\mathrel{\overset{\mathrm{a.d.}}{\sim}}N\left(0,\frac{\sigma_{\varepsilon}^{2}\sigma_{\widehat{\pi},x}^{2}}{Nh}+\sigma_{\varepsilon}^{2}\right), M ∗ ( π , x ) − M n , N , B , λ ( π , x ) + ε new ∼ a.d. N ( 0 , N h σ ε 2 σ π , x 2 + σ ε 2 ) ,
where “a.d. ∼ \sim ∼ ” means “approximately distributed.” If n − β / ( 2 β + 1 ) = o ( ( N h ) − 1 / 2 ) n^{-\beta/(2\beta+1)}=o((Nh)^{-1/2}) n − β / ( 2 β + 1 ) = o (( N h ) − 1/2 ) , the bias term is asymptotically negligible. Then we drop the O P ( n − β / ( 2 β + 1 ) ) O_{\mathbb{P}}\left(n^{-\beta/(2\beta+1)}\right) O P ( n − β / ( 2 β + 1 ) ) term, so that
Y n e w − M ^ n , N , B , λ ( π ^ , x ) ∼ a . d . N ( 0 , σ ε 2 σ π ^ , x 2 N h + σ ε 2 ) . Y^{\mathrm{new}}-\widehat{M}_{n,N,B,\lambda}(\widehat{\pi},x)\mathrel{\overset{\mathrm{a.d.}}{\sim}}N\left(0,\frac{\sigma_{\varepsilon}^{2}\sigma_{\widehat{\pi},x}^{2}}{Nh}+\sigma_{\varepsilon}^{2}\right). Y new − M n , N , B , λ ( π , x ) ∼ a.d. N ( 0 , N h σ ε 2 σ π , x 2 + σ ε 2 ) .
Therefore, we suggest the following 100 % ( 1 − α ) 100\%(1-\alpha) 100% ( 1 − α ) prediction interval for the new response Y n e w Y_{\mathrm{new}} Y new :
M ^ n , N , B , λ ( π ^ , x ) ± z 1 − α / 2 σ ^ π ^ , x 2 σ ^ ε 2 N h + σ ^ ε 2 . \widehat{M}_{n,N,B,\lambda}(\widehat{\pi},x)\pm z_{1-\alpha/2}\sqrt{\frac{\widehat{\sigma}_{\widehat{\pi},x}^{2}\widehat{\sigma}_{\varepsilon}^{2}}{Nh}+\widehat{\sigma}_{\varepsilon}^{2}}. M n , N , B , λ ( π , x ) ± z 1 − α /2 N h σ π , x 2 σ ε 2 + σ ε 2 .
Example: Latent Gaussian Process Model
In this section, we consider a latent Gaussian process model which will validate the proposed MI-RKHS framework. Specifically, we will describe an explicit construction of the RKHS H Π \mathcal{H}_{\Pi} H Π as well as the corresponding reproducing kernel R ⟨ Π ⟩ R^{\langle\Pi\rangle} R ⟨ Π ⟩ to which H ∗ H_{*} H ∗ belongs. Recall that R ⟨ Π ⟩ R^{\langle\Pi\rangle} R ⟨ Π ⟩ and R ⟨ X ⟩ R^{\langle X\rangle} R ⟨ X ⟩ jointly determine the reproducing kernel R R R for the MI-RKHS via (6) , hence, such explicit construction is useful for the application of the proposed MI-KRR (9) . Suppose that H X \mathcal{H}_{X} H X is closed under pointwise multiplication, i.e., there exists a constant C d C_{d} C d such that for any f 1 , f 2 ∈ H X f_{1},f_{2}\in\mathcal{H}_{X} f 1 , f 2 ∈ H X ,
∥ f 1 f 2 ∥ H X ≤ C d ∥ f 1 ∥ H X ∥ f 2 ∥ H X . (22) \lVert f_{1}f_{2}\rVert_{\mathcal{H}_{X}}\leq C_{d}\lVert f_{1}\rVert_{\mathcal{H}_{X}}\lVert f_{2}\rVert_{\mathcal{H}_{X}}. \tag*{(22)} ∥ f 1 f 2 ∥ H X ≤ C d ∥ f 1 ∥ H X ∥ f 2 ∥ H X . (22)
This holds, for example, when H X \mathcal{H}_{X} H X is a Sobolev space of order greater than d / 2 d/2 d /2 on a compact domain X ⊂ R d \mathcal{X}\subset\mathbb{R}^{d} X ⊂ R d ([1 ] ). Suppose that the latent random function f f f satisfies f = f ∗ + W f=f_{*}+W f = f ∗ + W , where f ∗ ∈ H X f_{*}\in\mathcal{H}_{X} f ∗ ∈ H X is unknown deterministic mean function and W W W is a centered Gaussian process with unknown deterministic covariance function C ∗ C_{*} C ∗ such that E [ ∥ W ∥ H X 2 ] < ∞ \mathbb{E}[\lVert W\rVert_{\mathcal{H}_{X}}^{2}]<\infty E [∥ W ∥ H X 2 ] < ∞ , which implies f ∈ H X f\in\mathcal{H}_{X} f ∈ H X almost surely. Moreover, for any x ∈ X x\in\mathcal{X} x ∈ X , by the reproducing property,
∥ C ∗ ( ⋅ , x ) ∥ H X = ∥ E [ W ( ⋅ ) W ( x ) ] ∥ H X ≤ E [ ∣ W ( x ) ∣ ⋅ ∥ W ∥ H X ] ≤ E [ ∥ W ∥ H X 2 R ⟨ X ⟩ ( x , x ) 1 / 2 ] ≤ C X 1 / 2 E [ ∥ W ∥ H X 2 ] < ∞ . (23) \begin{aligned}
\lVert C_{*}(\cdot,x)\rVert_{\mathcal{H}_{X}}
&=\lVert\mathbb{E}[W(\cdot)W(x)]\rVert_{\mathcal{H}_{X}}\leq\mathbb{E}[|W(x)|\cdot\lVert W\rVert_{\mathcal{H}_{X}}]\\
&\leq\mathbb{E}[\lVert W\rVert_{\mathcal{H}_{X}}^{2}R^{\langle X\rangle}(x,x)^{1/2}]
\leq C_{X}^{1/2}\mathbb{E}[\lVert W\rVert_{\mathcal{H}_{X}}^{2}]<\infty. \tag*{(23)}
\end{aligned} ∥ C ∗ ( ⋅ , x ) ∥ H X = ∥ E [ W ( ⋅ ) W ( x )] ∥ H X ≤ E [ ∣ W ( x ) ∣ ⋅ ∥ W ∥ H X ] ≤ E [∥ W ∥ H X 2 R ⟨ X ⟩ ( x , x ) 1/2 ] ≤ C X 1/2 E [∥ W ∥ H X 2 ] < ∞. (23)
therefore, C ∗ ( ⋅ , x ) C_*(\cdot,x) C ∗ ( ⋅ , x ) belongs to H X \mathcal{H}_X H X . Let Γ ∗ = E [ W ⊗ W ] \Gamma_*=\mathbb{E}[W\otimes W] Γ ∗ = E [ W ⊗ W ] . Since trace ( Γ ∗ ) = E [ ∥ W ∥ H X 2 ] < ∞ \operatorname{trace}(\Gamma_*)=\mathbb{E}[\lVert W\rVert_{\mathcal{H}_X}^2]<\infty trace ( Γ ∗ ) = E [∥ W ∥ H X 2 ] < ∞ , Γ ∗ \Gamma_* Γ ∗ is trace-class, hence bounded from H X \mathcal{H}_X H X to H X \mathcal{H}_X H X . We also have
C ∗ ( ⋅ , x ) = E [ W ( ⋅ ) W ( x ) ] = E [ ⟨ W , R x ⟨ X ⟩ ⟩ H X ⟨ W , R x ⟨ X ⟩ ⟩ H X ] = ⟨ Γ ∗ R x ⟨ X ⟩ , R x ⟨ X ⟩ ⟩ H X = ( Γ ∗ R x ⟨ X ⟩ ) ( ⋅ ) . (24) C_*(\cdot,x)=\mathbb{E}[W(\cdot)W(x)]=\mathbb{E}[\langle W,R_x^{\langle X\rangle}\rangle_{\mathcal{H}_X}\langle W,R_x^{\langle X\rangle}\rangle_{\mathcal{H}_X}]=\langle\Gamma_*R_x^{\langle X\rangle},R_x^{\langle X\rangle}\rangle_{\mathcal{H}_X}=(\Gamma_*R_x^{\langle X\rangle})(\cdot). \tag*{(24)} C ∗ ( ⋅ , x ) = E [ W ( ⋅ ) W ( x )] = E [⟨ W , R x ⟨ X ⟩ ⟩ H X ⟨ W , R x ⟨ X ⟩ ⟩ H X ] = ⟨ Γ ∗ R x ⟨ X ⟩ , R x ⟨ X ⟩ ⟩ H X = ( Γ ∗ R x ⟨ X ⟩ ) ( ⋅ ) . (24)
For π ∈ P ( Z ) \pi\in\mathcal{P}(\mathcal{Z}) π ∈ P ( Z ) , define
G π = ∫ Z ( y − f ∗ ( x ) ) Γ ∗ 1 / 2 R x ⟨ X ⟩ d π ( x , y ) , J π = ∫ X ( Γ ∗ 1 / 2 R x ⟨ X ⟩ ) ⊗ ( Γ ∗ 1 / 2 R x ⟨ X ⟩ ) d π X ( x ) , g ∈ H X , (25) G_\pi=\int_{\mathcal{Z}}(y-f_*(x))\Gamma_*^{1/2}R_x^{\langle X\rangle}d\pi(x,y),\qquad J_\pi=\int_{\mathcal{X}}(\Gamma_*^{1/2}R_x^{\langle X\rangle})\otimes(\Gamma_*^{1/2}R_x^{\langle X\rangle})d\pi^X(x),\quad g\in\mathcal{H}_X, \tag*{(25)} G π = ∫ Z ( y − f ∗ ( x )) Γ ∗ 1/2 R x ⟨ X ⟩ d π ( x , y ) , J π = ∫ X ( Γ ∗ 1/2 R x ⟨ X ⟩ ) ⊗ ( Γ ∗ 1/2 R x ⟨ X ⟩ ) d π X ( x ) , g ∈ H X , (25)
where π X \pi^X π X is the marginal of X X X under π \pi π . By Cauchy-Schwarz inequality and Assumption 1,
∥ G π ∥ H X 2 ≤ ∫ Z ∣ y − f ∗ ( x ) ∣ 2 d π ( x , y ) ∥ Γ ∗ 1 / 2 R x ⟨ X ⟩ ∥ H X 2 ≤ 2 ( ∫ Z y 2 d π ( x , y ) + ∥ f ∗ ∥ 2 2 ) × C X ∥ Γ ∗ ∥ o p < ∞ , \begin{aligned}
\lVert G_\pi\rVert_{\mathcal{H}_X}^2
&\le\int_{\mathcal{Z}}|y-f_*(x)|^2d\pi(x,y)\lVert\Gamma_*^{1/2}R_x^{\langle X\rangle}\rVert_{\mathcal{H}_X}^2\\
&\le2\left(\int_{\mathcal{Z}}y^2d\pi(x,y)+\lVert f_*\rVert_2^2\right)\times C_X\lVert\Gamma_*\rVert_{\mathrm{op}}<\infty,
\end{aligned} ∥ G π ∥ H X 2 ≤ ∫ Z ∣ y − f ∗ ( x ) ∣ 2 d π ( x , y ) ∥ Γ ∗ 1/2 R x ⟨ X ⟩ ∥ H X 2 ≤ 2 ( ∫ Z y 2 d π ( x , y ) + ∥ f ∗ ∥ 2 2 ) × C X ∥ Γ ∗ ∥ op < ∞ ,
and for any g ∈ H X g\in\mathcal{H}_X g ∈ H X ,
∥ J π g ∥ H X ≤ ∫ X ∥ ( Γ ∗ 1 / 2 R x ⟨ X ⟩ ) ⊗ ( Γ ∗ 1 / 2 R x ⟨ X ⟩ ) g ∥ H X d π X ( x ) ≤ ∫ X ∥ Γ ∗ 1 / 2 R x ⟨ X ⟩ ∥ H X 2 d π X ( x ) ∥ g ∥ H X ≤ C X ∥ Γ ∗ ∥ o p ∥ g ∥ H X . \begin{aligned}
\lVert J_\pi g\rVert_{\mathcal{H}_X}
&\le\int_{\mathcal{X}}\lVert(\Gamma_*^{1/2}R_x^{\langle X\rangle})\otimes(\Gamma_*^{1/2}R_x^{\langle X\rangle})g\rVert_{\mathcal{H}_X}d\pi^X(x)\\
&\le\int_{\mathcal{X}}\lVert\Gamma_*^{1/2}R_x^{\langle X\rangle}\rVert_{\mathcal{H}_X}^2d\pi^X(x)\lVert g\rVert_{\mathcal{H}_X}\le C_X\lVert\Gamma_*\rVert_{\mathrm{op}}\lVert g\rVert_{\mathcal{H}_X}.
\end{aligned} ∥ J π g ∥ H X ≤ ∫ X ∥( Γ ∗ 1/2 R x ⟨ X ⟩ ) ⊗ ( Γ ∗ 1/2 R x ⟨ X ⟩ ) g ∥ H X d π X ( x ) ≤ ∫ X ∥ Γ ∗ 1/2 R x ⟨ X ⟩ ∥ H X 2 d π X ( x ) ∥ g ∥ H X ≤ C X ∥ Γ ∗ ∥ op ∥ g ∥ H X .
Consequently, G π ∈ H X G_\pi\in\mathcal{H}_X G π ∈ H X and J π ∈ L ( H X ) J_\pi\in\mathcal{L}(\mathcal{H}_X) J π ∈ L ( H X ) . In fact, ∥ J π ∥ o p ≤ C X ∥ Γ ∗ ∥ o p \lVert J_\pi\rVert_{\mathrm{op}}\le C_X\lVert\Gamma_*\rVert_{\mathrm{op}} ∥ J π ∥ op ≤ C X ∥ Γ ∗ ∥ op . We also observe that J π J_\pi J π is self-adjoint semi-positive definite. Let T π = ( J π + σ ε 2 Id ) − 1 T_\pi=(J_\pi+\sigma_\varepsilon^2\operatorname{Id})^{-1} T π = ( J π + σ ε 2 Id ) − 1 , and
H ∗ ( π ) = f ∗ + Γ ∗ 1 / 2 T π G π , π ∈ P ( Z ) . H_*(\pi)=f_*+\Gamma_*^{1/2}T_\pi G_\pi,\quad\pi\in\mathcal{P}(\mathcal{Z}). H ∗ ( π ) = f ∗ + Γ ∗ 1/2 T π G π , π ∈ P ( Z ) .
Clearly, H ∗ H_* H ∗ is a mapping from P ( Z ) \mathcal{P}(\mathcal{Z}) P ( Z ) to H X \mathcal{H}_X H X . Let R ⟨ Z ⟩ ( z , z ′ ) = ( 1 + y y ′ ) R ⟨ X ⟩ ( x , x ′ ) R^{\langle Z\rangle}(z,z')=(1+yy')R^{\langle X\rangle}(x,x') R ⟨ Z ⟩ ( z , z ′ ) = ( 1 + y y ′ ) R ⟨ X ⟩ ( x , x ′ ) and
R ⟨ Π , X ⟩ ( π , π ′ ) = ∫ X × X R ⟨ X ⟩ ( x , x ′ ) d π X ( x ) d π ′ X ( x ′ ) , R^{\langle\Pi,X\rangle}(\pi,\pi')=\int_{\mathcal{X}\times\mathcal{X}}R^{\langle X\rangle}(x,x')d\pi^X(x)d\pi^{\prime X}(x'), R ⟨ Π , X ⟩ ( π , π ′ ) = ∫ X × X R ⟨ X ⟩ ( x , x ′ ) d π X ( x ) d π ′ X ( x ′ ) ,
R ⟨ Π , Z ⟩ ( π , π ′ ) = ∫ Z × Z R ⟨ Z ⟩ ( z , z ′ ) d π ( z ) d π ′ ( z ′ ) . (26) R^{\langle\Pi,Z\rangle}(\pi,\pi')=\int_{\mathcal{Z}\times\mathcal{Z}}R^{\langle Z\rangle}(z,z')d\pi(z)d\pi'(z'). \tag*{(26)} R ⟨ Π , Z ⟩ ( π , π ′ ) = ∫ Z × Z R ⟨ Z ⟩ ( z , z ′ ) d π ( z ) d π ′ ( z ′ ) . (26)
Define
R ⟨ Π ⟩ ( π , π ′ ) = ( 1 + R ⟨ Π , Z ⟩ ( π , π ′ ) 1 − c ε R ⟨ Π , X ⟩ ( π , π ′ ) ) ⋅ id H X , π , π ′ ∈ P ( Z ) , (27) R^{\langle\Pi\rangle}(\pi,\pi')=\left(1+\frac{R^{\langle\Pi,Z\rangle}(\pi,\pi')}{1-c_\varepsilon R^{\langle\Pi,X\rangle}(\pi,\pi')}\right)\cdot\operatorname{id}_{\mathcal{H}_X},\quad\pi,\pi'\in\mathcal{P}(\mathcal{Z}), \tag*{(27)} R ⟨ Π ⟩ ( π , π ′ ) = ( 1 + 1 − c ε R ⟨ Π , X ⟩ ( π , π ′ ) R ⟨ Π , Z ⟩ ( π , π ′ ) ) ⋅ id H X , π , π ′ ∈ P ( Z ) , (27)
where 0 < c ε < C X − 1 0<c_\varepsilon<C_X^{-1} 0 < c ε < C X − 1 is a scaling constant. By Assumption 1, ∣ R ⟨ Π , X ⟩ ( π , π ′ ) ∣ ≤ C X \lvert R^{\langle\Pi,X\rangle}(\pi,\pi')\rvert\le C_X ∣ R ⟨ Π , X ⟩ ( π , π ′ )∣ ≤ C X for all π , π ′ ∈ P ( Z ) \pi,\pi'\in\mathcal{P}(\mathcal{Z}) π , π ′ ∈ P ( Z ) , hence, such c ε c_\varepsilon c ε makes R ⟨ Π ⟩ R^{\langle\Pi\rangle} R ⟨ Π ⟩ well defined. Let H Π \mathcal{H}_\Pi H Π be an RKHS of mappings from P ( Z ) \mathcal{P}(\mathcal{Z}) P ( Z ) to H X \mathcal{H}_X H X endowed with reproducing kernel R ⟨ Π ⟩ R^{\langle\Pi\rangle} R ⟨ Π ⟩ . The following lemma shows that M ∗ M_* M ∗ can be explicitly expressed by H ∗ H_* H ∗ and H ∗ H_* H ∗ is an element of H Π \mathcal{H}_\Pi H Π .
Lemma 3. Under Assumption 1, (22) and the following series condition
∑ k = 1 ∞ ( E [ ⟨ W , φ k ⟨ X ⟩ ⟩ H X 2 ] ρ k ⟨ X ⟩ ) 1 / 2 < ∞ , (28) \sum_{k=1}^{\infty}\left(\frac{\mathbb{E}[\langle W,\varphi_k^{\langle X\rangle}\rangle_{\mathcal{H}_X}^2]}{\rho_k^{\langle X\rangle}}\right)^{1/2}<\infty, \tag*{(28)} k = 1 ∑ ∞ ( ρ k ⟨ X ⟩ E [⟨ W , φ k ⟨ X ⟩ ⟩ H X 2 ] ) 1/2 < ∞ , (28)
it holds that H ∗ ∈ H Π H_* \in\mathcal{H}_{\Pi} H ∗ ∈ H Π and M ∗ ( π n , ⋅ ) = H ∗ ( π n ) ( ⋅ ) M_*(\pi_n,\cdot)=H_*(\pi_n)(\cdot) M ∗ ( π n , ⋅ ) = H ∗ ( π n ) ( ⋅ ) .
Note that (28) is slightly stronger than E [ ∥ W ∥ H X 2 ] < ∞ \mathbb{E}[\lVert W\rVert_{\mathcal{H}_X}^{2}]<\infty E [∥ W ∥ H X 2 ] < ∞ , which is equivalent to
∑ k = 1 ∞ E [ ⟨ W , φ k ⟨ X ⟩ ⟩ H X 2 ] / ρ k ⟨ X ⟩ < ∞ . \sum_{k=1}^{\infty}\mathbb{E}[\langle W,\varphi_k^{\langle X\rangle}\rangle_{\mathcal{H}_X}^{2}]/\rho_k^{\langle X\rangle}<\infty. k = 1 ∑ ∞ E [⟨ W , φ k ⟨ X ⟩ ⟩ H X 2 ] / ρ k ⟨ X ⟩ < ∞.
The additional strength of (28) ensures that the covariance function C ∗ C_* C ∗ is sufficiently regular in H X \mathcal{H}_X H X for H ∗ H_* H ∗ to belong to H Π \mathcal{H}_{\Pi} H Π with a finite norm. The kernel R ⟨ Π ⟩ R^{\langle\Pi\rangle} R ⟨ Π ⟩ in (27) together with (6) leads to the construction of R R R as follows: for ( π , x ) , ( π ′ , x ′ ) ∈ P ( Z ) × X (\pi,x),(\pi',x')\in\mathcal{P}(\mathcal{Z})\times\mathcal{X} ( π , x ) , ( π ′ , x ′ ) ∈ P ( Z ) × X ,
R ( ( π , x ) , ( π ′ , x ′ ) ) = ⟨ R π ⟨ Π ⟩ R x ⟨ X ⟩ , R π ′ ⟨ Π ⟩ R x ′ ⟨ X ⟩ ⟩ H Π = ⟨ ( R π ⟨ Π ⟩ R x ⟨ X ⟩ ) ( π ′ ) , R x ′ ⟨ X ⟩ ⟩ H X (by Property(b)) = ⟨ R ⟨ Π ⟩ ( π , π ′ ) R x ⟨ X ⟩ , R x ′ ⟨ X ⟩ ⟩ H X = ( 1 + R ⟨ Π , Z ⟩ ( π , π ′ ) 1 − c E R ⟨ Π , X ⟩ ( π , π ′ ) ) ⟨ R x ⟨ X ⟩ , R x ′ ⟨ X ⟩ ⟩ H X = ( 1 + R ⟨ Π , Z ⟩ ( π , π ′ ) 1 − c E R ⟨ Π , X ⟩ ( π , π ′ ) ) R ⟨ X ⟩ ( x , x ′ ) . \begin{aligned}
R((\pi,x),(\pi',x'))&=\langle R_{\pi}^{\langle\Pi\rangle}R_x^{\langle X\rangle},R_{\pi'}^{\langle\Pi\rangle}R_{x'}^{\langle X\rangle}\rangle_{\mathcal{H}_{\Pi}}\\
&=\langle(R_{\pi}^{\langle\Pi\rangle}R_x^{\langle X\rangle})(\pi'),R_{x'}^{\langle X\rangle}\rangle_{\mathcal{H}_X}\quad\text{(by Property(b))}\\
&=\langle R^{\langle\Pi\rangle}(\pi,\pi')R_x^{\langle X\rangle},R_{x'}^{\langle X\rangle}\rangle_{\mathcal{H}_X}\\
&=\left(1+\frac{R^{\langle\Pi,Z\rangle}(\pi,\pi')}{1-c_{\mathcal{E}}R^{\langle\Pi,X\rangle}(\pi,\pi')}\right)\langle R_x^{\langle X\rangle},R_{x'}^{\langle X\rangle}\rangle_{\mathcal{H}_X}\\
&=\left(1+\frac{R^{\langle\Pi,Z\rangle}(\pi,\pi')}{1-c_{\mathcal{E}}R^{\langle\Pi,X\rangle}(\pi,\pi')}\right)R^{\langle X\rangle}(x,x').
\end{aligned} R (( π , x ) , ( π ′ , x ′ )) = ⟨ R π ⟨ Π ⟩ R x ⟨ X ⟩ , R π ′ ⟨ Π ⟩ R x ′ ⟨ X ⟩ ⟩ H Π = ⟨( R π ⟨ Π ⟩ R x ⟨ X ⟩ ) ( π ′ ) , R x ′ ⟨ X ⟩ ⟩ H X (by Property(b)) = ⟨ R ⟨ Π ⟩ ( π , π ′ ) R x ⟨ X ⟩ , R x ′ ⟨ X ⟩ ⟩ H X = ( 1 + 1 − c E R ⟨ Π , X ⟩ ( π , π ′ ) R ⟨ Π , Z ⟩ ( π , π ′ ) ) ⟨ R x ⟨ X ⟩ , R x ′ ⟨ X ⟩ ⟩ H X = ( 1 + 1 − c E R ⟨ Π , X ⟩ ( π , π ′ ) R ⟨ Π , Z ⟩ ( π , π ′ ) ) R ⟨ X ⟩ ( x , x ′ ) .
where the second last equality holds due to
R ⟨ Π ⟩ ( π , π ′ ) R x ⟨ X ⟩ = ( 1 + R ⟨ Π , Z ⟩ ( π , π ′ ) 1 − c E R ⟨ Π , X ⟩ ( π , π ′ ) ) R x ⟨ X ⟩ . R^{\langle\Pi\rangle}(\pi,\pi')R_x^{\langle X\rangle}=\left(1+\frac{R^{\langle\Pi,Z\rangle}(\pi,\pi')}{1-c_{\mathcal{E}}R^{\langle\Pi,X\rangle}(\pi,\pi')}\right)R_x^{\langle X\rangle}. R ⟨ Π ⟩ ( π , π ′ ) R x ⟨ X ⟩ = ( 1 + 1 − c E R ⟨ Π , X ⟩ ( π , π ′ ) R ⟨ Π , Z ⟩ ( π , π ′ ) ) R x ⟨ X ⟩ .
Appendix: Proofs
Proof of Lemma 1
Let
H ( z 1 , … , z n , x ) = E [ Y n + 1 ∣ D n = ( z 1 , … , z n ) , X n + 1 = x ] , z 1 , … , z n ∈ Z , x ∈ X . H(z_1,\ldots,z_n,x)=\mathbb{E}[Y_{n+1}\mid D_n=(z_1,\ldots,z_n),X_{n+1}=x],\quad z_1,\ldots,z_n\in\mathcal{Z},x\in\mathcal{X}. H ( z 1 , … , z n , x ) = E [ Y n + 1 ∣ D n = ( z 1 , … , z n ) , X n + 1 = x ] , z 1 , … , z n ∈ Z , x ∈ X .
Since Z 1 , … , Z n + 1 Z_1,\ldots,Z_{n+1} Z 1 , … , Z n + 1 is finite exchangeable, we may define
H ~ ( { z 1 , … , z n } , x ) = H ( z 1 , … , z n , x ) , \widetilde{H}(\{z_1,\ldots,z_n\},x)=H(z_1,\ldots,z_n,x), H ({ z 1 , … , z n } , x ) = H ( z 1 , … , z n , x ) ,
which is a measurable mapping that maps an unordered set { z 1 , … , z n } \{z_1,\ldots,z_n\} { z 1 , … , z n } to H ( z 1 , … , z n , x ) H(z_1,\ldots,z_n,x) H ( z 1 , … , z n , x ) . Such definition is meaningful since if two sets { z 1 , … , z n } \{z_1,\ldots,z_n\} { z 1 , … , z n } and { z 1 ′ , … , z n ′ } \{z'_1,\ldots,z'_n\} { z 1 ′ , … , z n ′ } are identical, there exists a permutation τ \tau τ of 1 , … , n 1,\ldots,n 1 , … , n such that z i ′ = z τ ( i ) z'_i=z_{\tau(i)} z i ′ = z τ ( i ) for i = 1 , … , n i=1,\ldots,n i = 1 , … , n . By exchangeability, we have
H ~ ( { z 1 ′ , … , z n ′ } , x ) = H ( z 1 ′ , … , z n ′ , x ) = E [ Y n + 1 ∣ D n = ( z 1 ′ , … , z n ′ ) , X n + 1 = x ] = E [ Y n + 1 ∣ D n = ( z τ ( 1 ) , … , z τ ( n ) ) , X n + 1 = x ] = E [ Y n + 1 ∣ D n = ( z 1 , … , z n ) , X n + 1 = x ] = H ( z 1 , … , z n , x ) = H ~ ( { z 1 , … , z n } , x ) . \begin{aligned}
\widetilde{H}(\{z'_1,\ldots,z'_n\},x)&=H(z'_1,\ldots,z'_n,x)=\mathbb{E}[Y_{n+1}\mid D_n=(z'_1,\ldots,z'_n),X_{n+1}=x]\\
&=\mathbb{E}[Y_{n+1}\mid D_n=(z_{\tau(1)},\ldots,z_{\tau(n)}),X_{n+1}=x]\\
&=\mathbb{E}[Y_{n+1}\mid D_n=(z_1,\ldots,z_n),X_{n+1}=x]=H(z_1,\ldots,z_n,x)\\
&=\widetilde{H}(\{z_1,\ldots,z_n\},x).
\end{aligned} H ({ z 1 ′ , … , z n ′ } , x ) = H ( z 1 ′ , … , z n ′ , x ) = E [ Y n + 1 ∣ D n = ( z 1 ′ , … , z n ′ ) , X n + 1 = x ] = E [ Y n + 1 ∣ D n = ( z τ ( 1 ) , … , z τ ( n ) ) , X n + 1 = x ] = E [ Y n + 1 ∣ D n = ( z 1 , … , z n ) , X n + 1 = x ] = H ( z 1 , … , z n , x ) = H ({ z 1 , … , z n } , x ) .
Let
s ( n − 1 ∑ i = 1 n δ z i ) = { z 1 , … , z n } . s\left(n^{-1}\sum_{i=1}^{n}\delta_{z_i}\right)=\{z_1,\ldots,z_n\}. s ( n − 1 i = 1 ∑ n δ z i ) = { z 1 , … , z n } .
which maps the empirical measure to a unique set of the data points. Then we have
H ( z 1 , … , z n , x ) = H ~ ( ( s ( n − 1 ∑ i = 1 n δ z i ) , x ) ) H(z_1,\ldots,z_n,x)=\widetilde{H}\left(\left(s\left(n^{-1}\sum_{i=1}^{n}\delta_{z_i}\right),x\right)\right) H ( z 1 , … , z n , x ) = H ( ( s ( n − 1 i = 1 ∑ n δ z i ) , x ) )
which leads to
E [ Y n + 1 ∣ D n , X n + 1 = x ] = H ~ ( s ( π ~ n ) , x ) , \mathbb{E}[Y_{n+1}\mid D_n,X_{n+1}=x]=\widetilde{H}(s(\widetilde{\pi}_n),x), E [ Y n + 1 ∣ D n , X n + 1 = x ] = H ( s ( π n ) , x ) ,
which means E [ Y n + 1 ∣ D n , X n + 1 = x ] \mathbb{E}[Y_{n+1}\mid D_n,X_{n+1}=x] E [ Y n + 1 ∣ D n , X n + 1 = x ] is in fact a measurable function of ( π ~ n , x ) (\widetilde{\pi}_n,x) ( π n , x ) . Due to the inclusion of the σ \sigma σ -fields σ ( π ~ n , X n + 1 ) ⊆ σ ( D n , X n + 1 ) \sigma(\widetilde{\pi}_n,X_{n+1})\subseteq\sigma(D_n,X_{n+1}) σ ( π n , X n + 1 ) ⊆ σ ( D n , X n + 1 ) , i.e., the information that π ~ n \widetilde{\pi}_n π n contains is less than the information that D n D_n D n contains, we have
E [ Y n + 1 ∣ π ~ n , X n + 1 ] = E [ E [ Y n + 1 ∣ D n , X n + 1 ] ∣ π ~ n , X n + 1 ] = E [ H ~ ( s ( π ~ n ) , X n + 1 ) ∣ π ~ n , X n + 1 ] = H ~ ( s ( π ~ n ) , X n + 1 ) = E [ Y n + 1 ∣ D n , X n + 1 ] . \begin{aligned}
\mathbb{E}[Y_{n+1}\mid\widetilde{\pi}_n,X_{n+1}]
&=\mathbb{E}[\mathbb{E}[Y_{n+1}\mid D_n,X_{n+1}]\mid\widetilde{\pi}_n,X_{n+1}]\\
&=\mathbb{E}[\widetilde{H}(s(\widetilde{\pi}_n),X_{n+1})\mid\widetilde{\pi}_n,X_{n+1}]
=\widetilde{H}(s(\widetilde{\pi}_n),X_{n+1})
=\mathbb{E}[Y_{n+1}\mid D_n,X_{n+1}].
\end{aligned} E [ Y n + 1 ∣ π n , X n + 1 ] = E [ E [ Y n + 1 ∣ D n , X n + 1 ] ∣ π n , X n + 1 ] = E [ H ( s ( π n ) , X n + 1 ) ∣ π n , X n + 1 ] = H ( s ( π n ) , X n + 1 ) = E [ Y n + 1 ∣ D n , X n + 1 ] .
Proof is completed.
Proofs in Section 3.2
We calculate the Fréchet derivatives of ℓ n , N , B , λ ( M ) \ell_{n,N,B,\lambda}(M) ℓ n , N , B , λ ( M ) as follows:
S n , N , B , λ ( M ) ≡ D ℓ n , N , B , λ ( M ) = − 1 N ∑ b = 1 B ∑ i = 1 N b ( Y n b + i b − M ( π ~ n b b , X n b + i b ) ) K ( π ~ n b b , X n b + i b ) + P λ M , \begin{aligned}
S_{n,N,B,\lambda}(M)\equiv D\ell_{n,N,B,\lambda}(M) \\
&=\frac{-1}{N}\sum_{b=1}^{B}\sum_{i=1}^{N_b}\left(Y_{n_b+i}^{b}-M(\widetilde{\pi}_{n_b}^{b},X_{n_b+i}^{b})\right)K(\widetilde{\pi}_{n_b}^{b},X_{n_b+i}^{b})+P_{\lambda}M,
\end{aligned} S n , N , B , λ ( M ) ≡ D ℓ n , N , B , λ ( M ) = N − 1 b = 1 ∑ B i = 1 ∑ N b ( Y n b + i b − M ( π n b b , X n b + i b ) ) K ( π n b b , X n b + i b ) + P λ M ,
D S n , N , B , λ ( M ) Δ M = 1 N ∑ b = 1 B ∑ i = 1 N b Δ M ( π ~ n b b , X n b + i b ) K ( π ~ n b b , X n b + i b ) + P λ Δ M , DS_{n,N,B,\lambda}(M)\Delta M
=\frac{1}{N}\sum_{b=1}^{B}\sum_{i=1}^{N_b}\Delta M(\widetilde{\pi}_{n_b}^{b},X_{n_b+i}^{b})K(\widetilde{\pi}_{n_b}^{b},X_{n_b+i}^{b})+P_{\lambda}\Delta M, D S n , N , B , λ ( M ) Δ M = N 1 b = 1 ∑ B i = 1 ∑ N b Δ M ( π n b b , X n b + i b ) K ( π n b b , X n b + i b ) + P λ Δ M ,
D 2 S n , N , B , λ ( M ) ≡ 0. D^{2}S_{n,N,B,\lambda}(M)\equiv0. D 2 S n , N , B , λ ( M ) ≡ 0.
By exchangeability, ( π ~ n b b , Z n b + i b ) (\widetilde{\pi}_{n_b}^{b},Z_{n_b+i}^{b}) ( π n b b , Z n b + i b ) and ( π ~ n b b , Z n b + 1 b ) (\widetilde{\pi}_{n_b}^{b},Z_{n_b+1}^{b}) ( π n b b , Z n b + 1 b ) are identically distributed. Therefore, the expected Fréchet derivatives are
E [ S n , N , B , λ ( M ) ] = 1 N ∑ b = 1 B N b E [ ( M − M ∗ ) ( π ~ n b b , X n b + 1 b ) K ( π ~ n b b , X n b + 1 b ) ] + P λ M ≡ S ‾ n , B , λ ( M ) , \mathbb{E}[S_{n,N,B,\lambda}(M)]
=\frac{1}{N}\sum_{b=1}^{B}N_b\mathbb{E}[(M-M_*)(\widetilde{\pi}_{n_b}^{b},X_{n_b+1}^{b})K(\widetilde{\pi}_{n_b}^{b},X_{n_b+1}^{b})]+P_{\lambda}M\equiv\overline{S}_{n,B,\lambda}(M), E [ S n , N , B , λ ( M )] = N 1 b = 1 ∑ B N b E [( M − M ∗ ) ( π n b b , X n b + 1 b ) K ( π n b b , X n b + 1 b )] + P λ M ≡ S n , B , λ ( M ) ,
E [ D S n , N , B , λ ( M ) Δ M ] = 1 N ∑ b = 1 B N b E [ Δ M ( π ~ n b b , X n b + 1 b ) K ( π ~ n b b , X n b + 1 b ) ] + P λ Δ M ≡ D S ‾ n , B , λ ( M ) Δ M . \mathbb{E}[DS_{n,N,B,\lambda}(M)\Delta M]
=\frac{1}{N}\sum_{b=1}^{B}N_b\mathbb{E}[\Delta M(\widetilde{\pi}_{n_b}^{b},X_{n_b+1}^{b})K(\widetilde{\pi}_{n_b}^{b},X_{n_b+1}^{b})]+P_{\lambda}\Delta M\equiv D\overline{S}_{n,B,\lambda}(M)\Delta M. E [ D S n , N , B , λ ( M ) Δ M ] = N 1 b = 1 ∑ B N b E [ Δ M ( π n b b , X n b + 1 b ) K ( π n b b , X n b + 1 b )] + P λ Δ M ≡ D S n , B , λ ( M ) Δ M .
Obviously, for any Δ M , Δ M ′ ∈ M \Delta M,\Delta M'\in\mathcal{M} Δ M , Δ M ′ ∈ M , it holds that
⟨ D S ‾ n , B , λ ( M ) Δ M , Δ M ′ ⟩ M = ⟨ Δ M , Δ M ′ ⟩ M , \left\langle D\overline{S}_{n,B,\lambda}(M)\Delta M,\Delta M'\right\rangle_{\mathcal{M}}=\left\langle\Delta M,\Delta M'\right\rangle_{\mathcal{M}}, ⟨ D S n , B , λ ( M ) Δ M , Δ M ′ ⟩ M = ⟨ Δ M , Δ M ′ ⟩ M ,
so D S ‾ n , B , λ ( M ) = id D\overline{S}_{n,B,\lambda}(M)=\operatorname{id} D S n , B , λ ( M ) = id is the identity operator on M \mathcal{M} M . Consequently,
S ‾ n , B , λ ( M ) = 1 N ∑ b = 1 B N b E [ ( M − M ∗ ) ( π ~ n b b , X n b + 1 b ) K ( π ~ n b b , X n b + 1 b ) ] + P λ ( M − M ∗ ) + P λ M ∗ = M − M ∗ + P λ M ∗ . \begin{aligned}
\overline{S}_{n,B,\lambda}(M)
&=\frac{1}{N}\sum_{b=1}^{B}N_b\mathbb{E}[(M-M_*)(\widetilde{\pi}_{n_b}^{b},X_{n_b+1}^{b})K(\widetilde{\pi}_{n_b}^{b},X_{n_b+1}^{b})]+P_{\lambda}(M-M_*)+P_{\lambda}M_*\\
&=M-M_*+P_{\lambda}M_*.
\end{aligned} S n , B , λ ( M ) = N 1 b = 1 ∑ B N b E [( M − M ∗ ) ( π n b b , X n b + 1 b ) K ( π n b b , X n b + 1 b )] + P λ ( M − M ∗ ) + P λ M ∗ = M − M ∗ + P λ M ∗ .
Let M λ = ( id − P λ ) M ∗ M_\lambda=(\operatorname{id}-P_\lambda)M_* M λ = ( id − P λ ) M ∗ , so S ˉ n , B , λ ( M λ ) = 0 \bar{S}_{n,B,\lambda}(M_\lambda)=0 S ˉ n , B , λ ( M λ ) = 0 .
Lemma 4. It holds almost surely that K ( π ^ n b b , X n b + 1 b ) ∈ ker ( C ) ⊥ K(\hat{\pi}_{n_b}^b,X_{n_b+1}^b)\in\operatorname{ker}(C)^\perp K ( π ^ n b b , X n b + 1 b ) ∈ ker ( C ) ⊥ and ∥ K ( π ^ n b b , X n b + 1 b ) ∥ ≤ C φ h − 1 / 2 \left\|K(\hat{\pi}_{n_b}^b,X_{n_b+1}^b)\right\|\le C_\varphi h^{-1/2} K ( π ^ n b b , X n b + 1 b ) ≤ C φ h − 1/2 .
Proof of Lemma 4. Decompose
K ( π ^ n b b , X n b + 1 b ) = M 1 + M 2 , for M 1 ∈ ker ( C ) and M 2 ∈ ker ( C ) ⊥ . K(\hat{\pi}_{n_b}^b,X_{n_b+1}^b)=M_1+M_2,\text{ for }M_1\in\operatorname{ker}(C)\text{ and }M_2\in\operatorname{ker}(C)^\perp. K ( π ^ n b b , X n b + 1 b ) = M 1 + M 2 , for M 1 ∈ ker ( C ) and M 2 ∈ ker ( C ) ⊥ .
Clearly,
1 N ∑ b = 1 B N b E [ ∣ M 1 ( π ^ n b b , X n b + 1 b ) ∣ 2 ] = V ( M 1 , M 1 ) = ⟨ C M 1 , M 1 ⟩ M = 0 , \frac{1}{N}\sum_{b=1}^{B}N_b\mathbb{E}[|M_1(\hat{\pi}_{n_b}^b,X_{n_b+1}^b)|^2]=V(M_1,M_1)=\langle CM_1,M_1\rangle_M=0, N 1 b = 1 ∑ B N b E [ ∣ M 1 ( π ^ n b b , X n b + 1 b ) ∣ 2 ] = V ( M 1 , M 1 ) = ⟨ C M 1 , M 1 ⟩ M = 0 ,
hence, M 1 ( π ^ n b b , X n b + 1 b ) = 0 M_1(\hat{\pi}_{n_b}^b,X_{n_b+1}^b)=0 M 1 ( π ^ n b b , X n b + 1 b ) = 0 almost surely. By reproducing property,
⟨ M 1 , K ( π ^ n b b , X n b + 1 b ) ⟩ = M 1 ( π ^ n b b , X n b + 1 b ) = 0 , almost surely . \langle M_1,K(\hat{\pi}_{n_b}^b,X_{n_b+1}^b)\rangle=M_1(\hat{\pi}_{n_b}^b,X_{n_b+1}^b)=0,\text{ almost surely}. ⟨ M 1 , K ( π ^ n b b , X n b + 1 b )⟩ = M 1 ( π ^ n b b , X n b + 1 b ) = 0 , almost surely .
Meanwhile,
⟨ M 1 , M 2 ⟩ = V ( M 1 , M 2 ) + λ ⟨ M 1 , M 2 ⟩ M = ⟨ C M 1 , M 2 ⟩ M + λ ⟨ M 1 , M 2 ⟩ M = 0. \langle M_1,M_2\rangle=V(M_1,M_2)+\lambda\langle M_1,M_2\rangle_M=\langle CM_1,M_2\rangle_M+\lambda\langle M_1,M_2\rangle_M=0. ⟨ M 1 , M 2 ⟩ = V ( M 1 , M 2 ) + λ ⟨ M 1 , M 2 ⟩ M = ⟨ C M 1 , M 2 ⟩ M + λ ⟨ M 1 , M 2 ⟩ M = 0.
So we have ∥ M 1 ∥ = 0 \|M_1\|=0 ∥ M 1 ∥ = 0 almost surely. This shows that K ( π ^ n b b , X n b + 1 b ) = M 2 ∈ ker ( C n ) ⊥ K(\hat{\pi}_{n_b}^b,X_{n_b+1}^b)=M_2\in\operatorname{ker}(C_n)^\perp K ( π ^ n b b , X n b + 1 b ) = M 2 ∈ ker ( C n ) ⊥ almost surely. Now consider basis expansion K ( π ^ n b b , X n b + 1 b ) = ∑ k ≥ 1 a k φ k K(\hat{\pi}_{n_b}^b,X_{n_b+1}^b)=\sum_{k\ge1}a_k\varphi_k K ( π ^ n b b , X n b + 1 b ) = ∑ k ≥ 1 a k φ k . Since
φ k ( π ^ n b b , X n b + 1 b ) = ⟨ φ k , K ( π ^ n b b , X n b + 1 b ) ⟩ = a k ( 1 + λ ρ k ) , (29) \varphi_k(\hat{\pi}_{n_b}^b,X_{n_b+1}^b)=\langle\varphi_k,K(\hat{\pi}_{n_b}^b,X_{n_b+1}^b)\rangle=a_k(1+\lambda\rho_k), \tag*{(29)} φ k ( π ^ n b b , X n b + 1 b ) = ⟨ φ k , K ( π ^ n b b , X n b + 1 b )⟩ = a k ( 1 + λ ρ k ) , (29)
we have a k = φ k ( π ^ n b b , X n b + 1 b ) / ( 1 + λ ρ k ) a_k=\varphi_k(\hat{\pi}_{n_b}^b,X_{n_b+1}^b)/(1+\lambda\rho_k) a k = φ k ( π ^ n b b , X n b + 1 b ) / ( 1 + λ ρ k ) . By Assumption 4, we get
∥ K ( π ^ n b b , X n b + 1 b ) ∥ 2 = ∑ k ≥ 1 ∣ φ k ( π ^ n b b , X n b + 1 b ) ∣ 2 1 + λ ρ k ≤ C φ 2 h − 1 . \left\|K(\hat{\pi}_{n_b}^b,X_{n_b+1}^b)\right\|^2=\sum_{k\ge1}\frac{|\varphi_k(\hat{\pi}_{n_b}^b,X_{n_b+1}^b)|^2}{1+\lambda\rho_k}\le C_\varphi^2h^{-1}. K ( π ^ n b b , X n b + 1 b ) 2 = k ≥ 1 ∑ 1 + λ ρ k ∣ φ k ( π ^ n b b , X n b + 1 b ) ∣ 2 ≤ C φ 2 h − 1 .
Proof is completed.
Proof of Theorem 2. Define T ( M ) = M − S n , N , B , λ ( M λ + M ) T(M)=M-S_{n,N,B,\lambda}(M_\lambda+M) T ( M ) = M − S n , N , B , λ ( M λ + M ) for M ∈ M M\in\mathcal{M} M ∈ M . By proof of Theorem 3.1 in Yang et al. [40 ] , T ( M ) T(M) T ( M ) can be rewritten as
T ( M ) = − Γ ( M ) − S n , N , B , λ ( M λ ) , T(M)=-\Gamma(M)-S_{n,N,B,\lambda}(M_\lambda), T ( M ) = − Γ ( M ) − S n , N , B , λ ( M λ ) ,
where
Γ ( M ) = 1 N ∑ b = 1 B ∑ i = 1 N b [ M ( π ^ n b b , X n b + i b ) K ( π ^ n b b , X n b + i b ) − E [ M ( π ^ n b b , X n b + i b ) K ( π ^ n b b , X n b + i b ) ] ] = 1 N ∑ b = 1 B ∑ i = 1 N b [ W i b ( M ) − E [ W i b ( M ) ] ] = 1 N ∑ b = 1 B ∑ i = 1 N b [ W i b ( M ) − E [ W i b ( M ) ∣ Π ] ] + 1 N ∑ b = 1 B ∑ i = 1 N b [ E [ W i b ( M ) ∣ Π ] − E [ W i b ( M ) ] ] ≡ Γ 1 ( M ) + Γ 2 ( M ) . \begin{aligned}
\Gamma(M)&=\frac{1}{N}\sum_{b=1}^{B}\sum_{i=1}^{N_b}\left[M(\hat{\pi}_{n_b}^b,X_{n_b+i}^b)K(\hat{\pi}_{n_b}^b,X_{n_b+i}^b)-\mathbb{E}\left[M(\hat{\pi}_{n_b}^b,X_{n_b+i}^b)K(\hat{\pi}_{n_b}^b,X_{n_b+i}^b)\right]\right]\\
&=\frac{1}{N}\sum_{b=1}^{B}\sum_{i=1}^{N_b}\left[W_i^b(M)-\mathbb{E}\left[W_i^b(M)\right]\right]\\
&=\frac{1}{N}\sum_{b=1}^{B}\sum_{i=1}^{N_b}\left[W_i^b(M)-\mathbb{E}\left[W_i^b(M)\mid\Pi\right]\right]+\frac{1}{N}\sum_{b=1}^{B}\sum_{i=1}^{N_b}\left[\mathbb{E}\left[W_i^b(M)\mid\Pi\right]-\mathbb{E}\left[W_i^b(M)\right]\right]\\
&\equiv\Gamma_1(M)+\Gamma_2(M).
\end{aligned} Γ ( M ) = N 1 b = 1 ∑ B i = 1 ∑ N b [ M ( π ^ n b b , X n b + i b ) K ( π ^ n b b , X n b + i b ) − E [ M ( π ^ n b b , X n b + i b ) K ( π ^ n b b , X n b + i b ) ] ] = N 1 b = 1 ∑ B i = 1 ∑ N b [ W i b ( M ) − E [ W i b ( M ) ] ] = N 1 b = 1 ∑ B i = 1 ∑ N b [ W i b ( M ) − E [ W i b ( M ) ∣ Π ] ] + N 1 b = 1 ∑ B i = 1 ∑ N b [ E [ W i b ( M ) ∣ Π ] − E [ W i b ( M ) ] ] ≡ Γ 1 ( M ) + Γ 2 ( M ) .
In the above, we have set W i b ( M ) ≜ M ( π ^ n b b , X n b + i b ) K ( π ^ n b b , X n b + i b ) W_i^b(M) \triangleq M(\hat{\pi}_{n_b}^b, X_{n_b+i}^b)K(\hat{\pi}_{n_b}^b,X_{n_b+i}^b) W i b ( M ) ≜ M ( π ^ n b b , X n b + i b ) K ( π ^ n b b , X n b + i b ) and Π = { D n 1 1 , … , D n B B } \boldsymbol{\Pi}=\{D_{n_1}^1,\ldots,D_{n_B}^B\} Π = { D n 1 1 , … , D n B B } with D n b b = ( Z 1 b , … , Z N b b ) D_{n_b}^b=(Z_1^b,\ldots,Z_{N_b}^b) D n b b = ( Z 1 b , … , Z N b b ) being the b b b th task data.
Since W 1 b ( M ) , … , W N b b ( M ) W_1^b(M),\ldots,W_{N_b}^b(M) W 1 b ( M ) , … , W N b b ( M ) are i.i.d. conditional on Π \boldsymbol{\Pi} Π , and ( W i b ( M ) , π ^ n b b ) (W_i^b(M),\hat{\pi}_{n_b}^b) ( W i b ( M ) , π ^ n b b ) is independent of { D n b ′ b ′ : b ′ ≠ b } \{D_{n_{b'}}^{b'}:b'\ne b\} { D n b ′ b ′ : b ′ = b } , we have
Γ 2 ( M ) = 1 N ∑ b = 1 B ∑ i = 1 N b [ E [ W i b ( M ) ∣ D n b b ] − E [ W i b ( M ) ] ] = 1 N ∑ b = 1 B N b [ E [ W 1 b ( M ) ∣ D n b b ] − E [ W 1 b ( M ) ] ] . \Gamma_2(M)=\frac{1}{N}\sum_{b=1}^B\sum_{i=1}^{N_b}\left[\mathbb{E}\left[W_i^b(M)\mid D_{n_b}^b\right]-\mathbb{E}\left[W_i^b(M)\right]\right]=\frac{1}{N}\sum_{b=1}^B N_b\left[\mathbb{E}\left[W_1^b(M)\mid D_{n_b}^b\right]-\mathbb{E}\left[W_1^b(M)\right]\right]. Γ 2 ( M ) = N 1 b = 1 ∑ B i = 1 ∑ N b [ E [ W i b ( M ) ∣ D n b b ] − E [ W i b ( M ) ] ] = N 1 b = 1 ∑ B N b [ E [ W 1 b ( M ) ∣ D n b b ] − E [ W 1 b ( M ) ] ] .
Since D n 1 1 , … , D n B B D_{n_1}^1,\ldots,D_{n_B}^B D n 1 1 , … , D n B B are independent, and by Lemma 4 it has ∥ W i b ( M ) ∥ ≤ C φ h − 1 / 2 ∥ M ∥ ∞ \|W_i^b(M)\|\le C_\varphi h^{-1/2}\|M\|_\infty ∥ W i b ( M ) ∥ ≤ C φ h − 1/2 ∥ M ∥ ∞ , it follows by Theorem 3.5 of Pinelis [25 ] that, for any M , M ′ ∈ M M,M'\in\mathcal{M} M , M ′ ∈ M ,
P ( ∥ N h ∑ b = 1 B N b 2 [ Γ 2 ( M ) − Γ 2 ( M ′ ) ] ∥ ≥ t ) ≤ 2 e − t 2 8 C φ 2 ∥ M − M ′ ∥ ∞ 2 , \mathbb{P}\left(\left\|N\sqrt{\frac{h}{\sum_{b=1}^B N_b^2}}\left[\Gamma_2(M)-\Gamma_2(M')\right]\right\|\ge t\right)\le2e^{-\frac{t^2}{8C_\varphi^2\|M-M'\|_\infty^2}}, P ( N ∑ b = 1 B N b 2 h [ Γ 2 ( M ) − Γ 2 ( M ′ ) ] ≥ t ) ≤ 2 e − 8 C φ 2 ∥ M − M ′ ∥ ∞ 2 t 2 ,
and so
∥ N h ∑ b = 1 B N b 2 [ Γ 2 ( M ) − Γ 2 ( M ′ ) ] ∥ ψ 2 ≤ 3 C φ ∥ M − M ′ ∥ ∞ , \left\|N\sqrt{\frac{h}{\sum_{b=1}^B N_b^2}}\left[\Gamma_2(M)-\Gamma_2(M')\right]\right\|_{\psi_2}\le3C_\varphi\|M-M'\|_\infty, N ∑ b = 1 B N b 2 h [ Γ 2 ( M ) − Γ 2 ( M ′ ) ] ψ 2 ≤ 3 C φ ∥ M − M ′ ∥ ∞ ,
where ∥ ⋅ ∥ ψ 2 \|\cdot\|_{\psi_2} ∥ ⋅ ∥ ψ 2 is the Orlics norm corresponding to ψ 2 ( s ) ≜ e s 2 − 1 \psi_2(s)\triangleq e^{s^2}-1 ψ 2 ( s ) ≜ e s 2 − 1 . Combined with Theorem 8.4 of Kosorok [17 ] we have
N h ∑ b = 1 B N b 2 sup M ∈ M h ∥ Γ 2 ( M ) ∥ ≲ a h ≔ ∫ 0 1 ψ 2 − 1 ( D ( M h , ϵ , ∥ ⋅ ∥ ∞ ) ) d ϵ . N\sqrt{\frac{h}{\sum_{b=1}^B N_b^2}}\sup_{M\in\mathcal{M}_h}\|\Gamma_2(M)\|\lesssim a_h\coloneqq\int_0^1\psi_2^{-1}(D(\mathcal{M}_h,\epsilon,\|\cdot\|_\infty))d\epsilon. N ∑ b = 1 B N b 2 h M ∈ M h sup ∥ Γ 2 ( M ) ∥ ≲ a h : = ∫ 0 1 ψ 2 − 1 ( D ( M h , ϵ , ∥ ⋅ ∥ ∞ )) d ϵ .
By Lemma 8.1 of Kosorok [17 ] , we have for any t ≥ 0 t\ge0 t ≥ 0 ,
P ( sup M ∈ M h ∥ Γ 2 ( M ) ∥ ≥ t ) ≤ 2 e − h t 2 a h 2 ∑ b = 1 B N b 2 . (30) \mathbb{P}\left(\sup_{M\in\mathcal{M}_h}\|\Gamma_2(M)\|\ge t\right)\le2e^{-\frac{ht^2}{a_h^2\sum_{b=1}^B N_b^2}}. \tag*{(30)} P ( M ∈ M h sup ∥ Γ 2 ( M ) ∥ ≥ t ) ≤ 2 e − a h 2 ∑ b = 1 B N b 2 h t 2 . (30)
So we have
sup M ∈ M h ∥ Γ 2 ( M ) ∥ = O P ( a h ∑ b = 1 B N b 2 N 2 h ) . \sup_{M\in\mathcal{M}_h}\|\Gamma_2(M)\|=O_{\mathbb{P}}\left(a_h\sqrt{\frac{\sum_{b=1}^B N_b^2}{N^2h}}\right). M ∈ M h sup ∥ Γ 2 ( M ) ∥ = O P a h N 2 h ∑ b = 1 B N b 2 .
For any M , M ′ ∈ H M,M'\in\mathcal{H} M , M ′ ∈ H , it can be seen that C φ − 1 h 1 / 2 ( M − M ′ ) / ∥ M − M ′ ∥ ∈ M h C_\varphi^{-1}h^{1/2}(M-M')/\|M-M'\|\in\mathcal{M}_h C φ − 1 h 1/2 ( M − M ′ ) /∥ M − M ′ ∥ ∈ M h . So
sup M , M ′ ∈ M M ≠ M ′ ∥ Γ 2 ( M ) − Γ 2 ( M ′ ) ∥ ∥ M − M ′ ∥ = sup M , M ′ ∈ M M ≠ M ′ ∥ Γ 2 ( C φ − 1 h 1 / 2 ( M − M ′ ) ∥ M − M ′ ∥ ) ∥ C φ h − 1 / 2 ≤ sup M ∈ M h ∥ Γ 2 ( M ) ∥ C φ h − 1 / 2 = O P ( a h ∑ b = 1 B N b 2 N h ) = o P ( 1 ) , (31) \begin{aligned}
\sup_{\substack{M,M'\in\mathcal{M}\\M\ne M'}}\frac{\|\Gamma_2(M)-\Gamma_2(M')\|}{\|M-M'\|}=\sup_{\substack{M,M'\in\mathcal{M}\\M\ne M'}}\left\|\Gamma_2\left(\frac{C_\varphi^{-1}h^{1/2}(M-M')}{\|M-M'\|}\right)\right\|C_\varphi h^{-1/2} \\
&\le\sup_{M\in\mathcal{M}_h}\|\Gamma_2(M)\|C_\varphi h^{-1/2}=O_{\mathbb{P}}\left(\frac{a_h\sqrt{\sum_{b=1}^B N_b^2}}{Nh}\right)=o_{\mathbb{P}}(1), \tag*{(31)}
\end{aligned} M , M ′ ∈ M M = M ′ sup ∥ M − M ′ ∥ ∥ Γ 2 ( M ) − Γ 2 ( M ′ ) ∥ = M , M ′ ∈ M M = M ′ sup Γ 2 ( ∥ M − M ′ ∥ C φ − 1 h 1/2 ( M − M ′ ) ) C φ h − 1/2 ≤ M ∈ M h sup ∥ Γ 2 ( M ) ∥ C φ h − 1/2 = O P N h a h ∑ b = 1 B N b 2 = o P ( 1 ) , (31)
where the last o P ( 1 ) o_{\mathbb{P}}(1) o P ( 1 ) follows from condition a h ∑ b = 1 B N b 2 = o ( N h ) a_h\sqrt{\sum_{b=1}^B N_b^2}=o(Nh) a h ∑ b = 1 B N b 2 = o ( N h ) .
To deal with Γ 1 \Gamma_1 Γ 1 , since conditional Π \boldsymbol{\Pi} Π , W i b ( M ) W_i^b(M) W i b ( M ) 's are independent, as well as $|W_i^b(M-M')|\le C φ h − 1 / 2 ∥ M − M ′ ∥ ∞ C_{\varphi}h^{-1/2}\|M-M'\|_{\infty} C φ h − 1/2 ∥ M − M ′ ∥ ∞ , by Theorem 3.5 of Pinelis [25 ] , for any M , M ′ ∈ M M,M'\in\mathcal{M} M , M ′ ∈ M , we have
P ( ∥ N h [ Γ 1 ( M ) − Γ 1 ( M ′ ) ] ∥ ≥ t ∣ Π ) ≤ 2 e − t 2 8 C φ 2 ∥ M − M ′ ∥ ∞ 2 . \mathbb{P}\left(\left\|\sqrt{Nh}[\Gamma_1(M)-\Gamma_1(M')]\right\|\geq t\mid\boldsymbol{\Pi}\right)\leq2e^{-\frac{t^2}{8C_{\varphi}^2\|M-M'\|_{\infty}^2}}. P ( N h [ Γ 1 ( M ) − Γ 1 ( M ′ )] ≥ t ∣ Π ) ≤ 2 e − 8 C φ 2 ∥ M − M ′ ∥ ∞ 2 t 2 .
By Theorem 8.4 of Kosorok [17 ] , we have
∥ sup M ∈ M h N h ∥ Γ 1 ( M ) ∥ ∥ ψ 2 ∣ Π ≲ a h : = ∫ 0 1 ψ 2 − 1 ( D ( M h , ε , ∥ ⋅ ∥ ∞ ) ) d ε . \left\|\sup_{M\in\mathcal{M}_h}\sqrt{Nh}\|\Gamma_1(M)\|\right\|_{\psi_2\mid\boldsymbol{\Pi}}\lesssim a_h:=\int_0^1\psi_2^{-1}\left(D(\mathcal{M}_h,\varepsilon,\|\cdot\|_{\infty})\right)d\varepsilon. M ∈ M h sup N h ∥ Γ 1 ( M ) ∥ ψ 2 ∣ Π ≲ a h := ∫ 0 1 ψ 2 − 1 ( D ( M h , ε , ∥ ⋅ ∥ ∞ ) ) d ε .
where ∥ ⋅ ∥ ψ 2 ∣ Π \|\cdot\|_{\psi_2\mid\boldsymbol{\Pi}} ∥ ⋅ ∥ ψ 2 ∣ Π is the Orlicz norm conditional on Π \boldsymbol{\Pi} Π . By Lemma 8.1 of Kosorok [17 ] , we have for any t ≥ 0 t\geq0 t ≥ 0 ,
P ( sup M ∈ M h ∥ N h Γ 1 ( M ) ∥ ≥ t ∣ Π ) ≤ 2 e − t 2 a h 2 . (32) \mathbb{P}\left(\sup_{M\in\mathcal{M}_h}\left\|\sqrt{Nh}\Gamma_1(M)\right\|\geq t\mid\boldsymbol{\Pi}\right)\leq2e^{-\frac{t^2}{a_h^2}}. \tag*{(32)} P ( M ∈ M h sup N h Γ 1 ( M ) ≥ t ∣ Π ) ≤ 2 e − a h 2 t 2 . (32)
Then it holds that
sup M ∈ M h ∥ Γ 1 ( M ) ∥ = O P ( a h N h ) . \sup_{M\in\mathcal{M}_h}\|\Gamma_1(M)\|=O_{\mathbb{P}}\left(\frac{a_h}{\sqrt{Nh}}\right). M ∈ M h sup ∥ Γ 1 ( M ) ∥ = O P ( N h a h ) .
By condition a h ∑ b = 1 B N b 2 = o ( N h ) a_h\sqrt{\sum_{b=1}^B N_b^2}=o(Nh) a h ∑ b = 1 B N b 2 = o ( N h ) , it can be verified that a h = o ( N h 2 ) a_h=o(\sqrt{Nh^2}) a h = o ( N h 2 ) . So we have
sup M , M ′ ∈ M M ≠ M ′ ∥ Γ 1 ( M ) − Γ 1 ( M ′ ) ∥ ∥ M − M ′ ∥ = O P ( a h N h 2 ) = o P ( 1 ) . (33) \sup_{\substack{M,M'\in\mathcal{M}\\M\ne M'}}\frac{\|\Gamma_1(M)-\Gamma_1(M')\|}{\|M-M'\|}=O_{\mathbb{P}}\left(\frac{a_h}{\sqrt{Nh^2}}\right)=o_{\mathbb{P}}(1). \tag*{(33)} M , M ′ ∈ M M = M ′ sup ∥ M − M ′ ∥ ∥ Γ 1 ( M ) − Γ 1 ( M ′ ) ∥ = O P ( N h 2 a h ) = o P ( 1 ) . (33)
Combining (31) and (33) , we get
sup M , M ′ ∈ M M ≠ M ′ ∥ T ( M ) − T ( M ′ ) ∥ ∥ M − M ′ ∥ = sup M , M ′ ∈ M M ≠ M ′ ∥ Γ ( M ) − Γ ( M ′ ) ∥ ∥ M − M ′ ∥ ≤ sup M , M ′ ∈ M M ≠ M ′ ∥ Γ 1 ( M ) − Γ 1 ( M ′ ) ∥ ∥ M − M ′ ∥ + sup M , M ′ ∈ M M ≠ M ′ ∥ Γ 2 ( M ) − Γ 2 ( M ′ ) ∥ ∥ M − M ′ ∥ = o P ( 1 ) . \begin{aligned}
\sup_{\substack{M,M'\in\mathcal{M}\\M\ne M'}}\frac{\|T(M)-T(M')\|}{\|M-M'\|}
&=\sup_{\substack{M,M'\in\mathcal{M}\\M\ne M'}}\frac{\|\Gamma(M)-\Gamma(M')\|}{\|M-M'\|}\\
&\leq\sup_{\substack{M,M'\in\mathcal{M}\\M\ne M'}}\frac{\|\Gamma_1(M)-\Gamma_1(M')\|}{\|M-M'\|}
+\sup_{\substack{M,M'\in\mathcal{M}\\M\ne M'}}\frac{\|\Gamma_2(M)-\Gamma_2(M')\|}{\|M-M'\|}\\
&=o_{\mathbb{P}}(1).
\end{aligned} M , M ′ ∈ M M = M ′ sup ∥ M − M ′ ∥ ∥ T ( M ) − T ( M ′ ) ∥ = M , M ′ ∈ M M = M ′ sup ∥ M − M ′ ∥ ∥Γ ( M ) − Γ ( M ′ ) ∥ ≤ M , M ′ ∈ M M = M ′ sup ∥ M − M ′ ∥ ∥ Γ 1 ( M ) − Γ 1 ( M ′ ) ∥ + M , M ′ ∈ M M = M ′ sup ∥ M − M ′ ∥ ∥ Γ 2 ( M ) − Γ 2 ( M ′ ) ∥ = o P ( 1 ) .
Therefore, with probability approaching one, for M ∈ M M\in\mathcal{M} M ∈ M with ∥ M ∥ ≤ 2 ∥ T ( 0 ) ∥ = 2 ∥ S n , N , B , λ ( M λ ) ∥ \|M\|\leq2\|T(0)\|=2\|S_{n,N,B,\lambda}(M_{\lambda})\| ∥ M ∥ ≤ 2∥ T ( 0 ) ∥ = 2∥ S n , N , B , λ ( M λ ) ∥ , we get that ∥ T ( M ) ∥ ≤ 2 ∥ T ( 0 ) ∥ \|T(M)\|\leq2\|T(0)\| ∥ T ( M ) ∥ ≤ 2∥ T ( 0 ) ∥ and T T T is a contraction mapping. By contraction mapping theorem, with probability approaching one, there is Δ M \Delta M Δ M such that ∥ Δ M ∥ ≤ 2 ∥ T ( 0 ) ∥ \|\Delta M\|\leq2\|T(0)\| ∥Δ M ∥ ≤ 2∥ T ( 0 ) ∥ and T ( Δ M ) = Δ M T(\Delta M)=\Delta M T ( Δ M ) = Δ M . This implies that with probability approaching one,
∥ M ^ n , N , B , λ − M ∗ ∥ ≤ ∥ M λ − M ∗ ∥ + ∥ M ^ n , N , B , λ − M λ ∥ ≤ ∥ M λ − M ∗ ∥ + 2 ∥ S n , N , B , λ ( M λ ) ∥ . \|\widehat{M}_{n,N,B,\lambda}-M_*\|\leq\|M_{\lambda}-M_*\|+\|\widehat{M}_{n,N,B,\lambda}-M_{\lambda}\|\leq\|M_{\lambda}-M_*\|+2\|S_{n,N,B,\lambda}(M_{\lambda})\|. ∥ M n , N , B , λ − M ∗ ∥ ≤ ∥ M λ − M ∗ ∥ + ∥ M n , N , B , λ − M λ ∥ ≤ ∥ M λ − M ∗ ∥ + 2∥ S n , N , B , λ ( M λ ) ∥.
We need to bound the second moment of ∥ S n , N , B , λ ( M λ ) ∥ \|S_{n,N,B,\lambda}(M_{\lambda})\| ∥ S n , N , B , λ ( M λ ) ∥ . Recall e n b , i b = Y n b + i b − M ∗ ( π ^ n b b , X n b + i b ) e^b_{n_b,i}=Y^b_{n_b+i}-M_*(\widehat{\pi}^b_{n_b},X^b_{n_b+i}) e n b , i b = Y n b + i b − M ∗ ( π n b b , X n b + i b ) .
Since E [ S n , N , B , λ ( M λ ) ] = 0 \mathbb{E}[S_{n,N,B,\lambda}(M_\lambda)]=0 E [ S n , N , B , λ ( M λ )] = 0 , we have
S n , N , B , λ ( M λ ) = S n , N , B , λ ( M λ ) − E [ S n , N , B , λ ( M λ ) ] = 1 N ∑ b = 1 B ∑ i = 1 N b [ W i b ( M λ − M ∗ ) − E [ W i b ( M λ − M ∗ ) ] ] − 1 N ∑ b = 1 B ∑ i = 1 N b e n b , i b K ( π ^ n b b , X n b + i b ) ≡ 1 N ∑ b = 1 B ∑ i = 1 N b [ W i b ( M λ − M ∗ ) − E [ W i b ( M λ − M ∗ ) ∣ D n b b ] ] + 1 N ∑ b = 1 B N b [ E [ W 1 b ( M λ − M ∗ ) ∣ D n b b ] − E [ W 1 b ( M λ − M ∗ ) ] ] − 1 N ∑ b = 1 B ∑ i = 1 N b e n b , i b K ( π ^ n b b , X n b + i b ) ≜ I 1 , 1 + I 1 , 2 − I 2 . \begin{aligned}
S_{n,N,B,\lambda}(M_\lambda)
&=S_{n,N,B,\lambda}(M_\lambda)-\mathbb{E}[S_{n,N,B,\lambda}(M_\lambda)]\\
&=\frac{1}{N}\sum_{b=1}^{B}\sum_{i=1}^{N_b}\left[W_i^b(M_\lambda-M_*)-\mathbb{E}[W_i^b(M_\lambda-M_*)]\right]
-\frac{1}{N}\sum_{b=1}^{B}\sum_{i=1}^{N_b}e_{n_b,i}^bK(\widehat{\pi}_{n_b}^b,X_{n_b+i}^b)\\
&\equiv\frac{1}{N}\sum_{b=1}^{B}\sum_{i=1}^{N_b}\left[W_i^b(M_\lambda-M_*)-\mathbb{E}\left[W_i^b(M_\lambda-M_*)\mid D_{n_b}^b\right]\right]\\
&\quad+\frac{1}{N}\sum_{b=1}^{B}N_b\left[\mathbb{E}\left[W_1^b(M_\lambda-M_*)\mid D_{n_b}^b\right]-\mathbb{E}\left[W_1^b(M_\lambda-M_*)\right]\right]\\
&\quad-\frac{1}{N}\sum_{b=1}^{B}\sum_{i=1}^{N_b}e_{n_b,i}^bK(\widehat{\pi}_{n_b}^b,X_{n_b+i}^b)\\
&\triangleq I_{1,1}+I_{1,2}-I_2.
\end{aligned} S n , N , B , λ ( M λ ) = S n , N , B , λ ( M λ ) − E [ S n , N , B , λ ( M λ )] = N 1 b = 1 ∑ B i = 1 ∑ N b [ W i b ( M λ − M ∗ ) − E [ W i b ( M λ − M ∗ )] ] − N 1 b = 1 ∑ B i = 1 ∑ N b e n b , i b K ( π n b b , X n b + i b ) ≡ N 1 b = 1 ∑ B i = 1 ∑ N b [ W i b ( M λ − M ∗ ) − E [ W i b ( M λ − M ∗ ) ∣ D n b b ] ] + N 1 b = 1 ∑ B N b [ E [ W 1 b ( M λ − M ∗ ) ∣ D n b b ] − E [ W 1 b ( M λ − M ∗ ) ] ] − N 1 b = 1 ∑ B i = 1 ∑ N b e n b , i b K ( π n b b , X n b + i b ) ≜ I 1 , 1 + I 1 , 2 − I 2 .
We treat the second moments of the three terms respectively. First, W i b ( M λ − M ∗ ) , i = 1 , … , N b , b = 1 , … , B W_i^b(M_\lambda-M_*), i=1,\ldots,N_b, b=1,\ldots,B W i b ( M λ − M ∗ ) , i = 1 , … , N b , b = 1 , … , B are mutually independent conditional on Π \Pi Π . By Lemma 4 , we get that
E [ ∥ I 1 , 1 ∥ 2 ∣ Π ] = 1 N 2 ∑ b = 1 B ∑ i = 1 N b ( E [ ∥ W i b ( M λ − M ∗ ) ∥ 2 ∣ Π ] − ∥ E [ W i b ( M λ − M ∗ ) ∣ Π ] ∥ 2 ) ≤ 1 N 2 ∑ b = 1 B ∑ i = 1 N b E [ ∥ W i b ( M λ − M ∗ ) ∥ 2 ∣ Π ] ≤ C φ 2 N 2 h ∑ b = 1 B N b E [ ∣ ( P λ M ∗ ) ( π ^ n b b , X n b + 1 b ) ∣ 2 ∣ Π ] . \begin{aligned}
\mathbb{E}\left[\|I_{1,1}\|^2\mid\Pi\right]
&=\frac{1}{N^2}\sum_{b=1}^{B}\sum_{i=1}^{N_b}\left(\mathbb{E}\left[\|W_i^b(M_\lambda-M_*)\|^2\mid\Pi\right]-\|\mathbb{E}[W_i^b(M_\lambda-M_*)\mid\Pi]\|^2\right)\\
&\leq\frac{1}{N^2}\sum_{b=1}^{B}\sum_{i=1}^{N_b}\mathbb{E}\left[\|W_i^b(M_\lambda-M_*)\|^2\mid\Pi\right]\\
&\leq\frac{C_\varphi^2}{N^2h}\sum_{b=1}^{B}N_b\mathbb{E}\left[|(P_\lambda M_*)(\widehat{\pi}_{n_b}^b,X_{n_b+1}^b)|^2\mid\Pi\right].
\end{aligned} E [ ∥ I 1 , 1 ∥ 2 ∣ Π ] = N 2 1 b = 1 ∑ B i = 1 ∑ N b ( E [ ∥ W i b ( M λ − M ∗ ) ∥ 2 ∣ Π ] − ∥ E [ W i b ( M λ − M ∗ ) ∣ Π ] ∥ 2 ) ≤ N 2 1 b = 1 ∑ B i = 1 ∑ N b E [ ∥ W i b ( M λ − M ∗ ) ∥ 2 ∣ Π ] ≤ N 2 h C φ 2 b = 1 ∑ B N b E [ ∣ ( P λ M ∗ ) ( π n b b , X n b + 1 b ) ∣ 2 ∣ Π ] .
The last equality follows by the fact that ( π ^ n b b , X n b + i b ) (\widehat{\pi}_{n_b}^b,X_{n_b+i}^b) ( π n b b , X n b + i b ) are identically distributed as ( π ^ n b b , X n b + 1 b ) (\widehat{\pi}_{n_b}^b,X_{n_b+1}^b) ( π n b b , X n b + 1 b ) as well as M λ − M ∗ = P λ M ∗ M_\lambda-M_*=P_\lambda M_* M λ − M ∗ = P λ M ∗ . The norm of P λ M ∗ P_\lambda M_* P λ M ∗ is controlled by
∥ P λ M ∗ ∥ = sup ∥ M ∥ = 1 ⟨ P λ M ∗ , M ⟩ = sup ∥ M ∥ = 1 λ ⟨ M ∗ , M ⟩ M ≤ λ ∥ M ∗ ∥ M , (34) \|P_\lambda M_*\|=\sup_{\|M\|=1}\langle P_\lambda M_*,M\rangle=\sup_{\|M\|=1}\lambda\langle M_*,M\rangle_M\leq\sqrt{\lambda}\|M_*\|_M, \tag*{(34)} ∥ P λ M ∗ ∥ = ∥ M ∥ = 1 sup ⟨ P λ M ∗ , M ⟩ = ∥ M ∥ = 1 sup λ ⟨ M ∗ , M ⟩ M ≤ λ ∥ M ∗ ∥ M , (34)
Therefore, taking expectation with respect to Π \Pi Π and using (34) ,
E [ ∥ I 1 , 1 ∥ 2 ] ≤ C φ 2 N 2 h ∑ b = 1 B N b E [ ∣ ( P λ M ∗ ) ( π ^ n b b , X n b + 1 b ) ∣ 2 ] = C φ 2 N h V ( P λ M ∗ , P λ M ∗ ) ≤ C φ 2 N h ∥ P λ M ∗ ∥ 2 ≤ C φ 2 ∥ M ∗ ∥ M 2 λ N h . (35) \begin{aligned}
\mathbb{E}[\|I_{1,1}\|^2]
&\leq\frac{C_\varphi^2}{N^2h}\sum_{b=1}^{B}N_b\mathbb{E}[|(P_\lambda M_*)(\widehat{\pi}_{n_b}^b,X_{n_b+1}^b)|^2]
=\frac{C_\varphi^2}{Nh}V(P_\lambda M_*,P_\lambda M_*)\\
&\leq\frac{C_\varphi^2}{Nh}\|P_\lambda M_*\|^2
\leq\frac{C_\varphi^2\|M_*\|_M^2\lambda}{Nh}. \tag*{(35)}
\end{aligned} E [ ∥ I 1 , 1 ∥ 2 ] ≤ N 2 h C φ 2 b = 1 ∑ B N b E [ ∣ ( P λ M ∗ ) ( π n b b , X n b + 1 b ) ∣ 2 ] = N h C φ 2 V ( P λ M ∗ , P λ M ∗ ) ≤ N h C φ 2 ∥ P λ M ∗ ∥ 2 ≤ N h C φ 2 ∥ M ∗ ∥ M 2 λ . (35)
Second, V b ≜ E [ W 1 b ( M λ − M ∗ ) ∣ D n b b ] V_b\triangleq\mathbb{E}[W_1^b(M_\lambda-M_*)\mid D_{n_b}^b] V b ≜ E [ W 1 b ( M λ − M ∗ ) ∣ D n b b ] , b = 1 , … , B b=1,\ldots,B b = 1 , … , B are independent, together with Cauchy-Schwartz inequality, we have
E [ ∥ I 1 , 2 ∥ 2 ] = 1 N 2 ∑ b = 1 B N b 2 ( E [ ∥ V b ∥ 2 ] − ∥ E [ V b ] ∥ 2 ) ≤ 1 N 2 ∑ b = 1 B N b 2 E [ ∥ V b ∥ 2 ] ≤ 1 N 2 ∑ b = 1 B N b 2 E [ ∥ W 1 b ( M λ − M ∗ ) ∥ 2 ] ≤ C φ 2 max 1 ≤ b ≤ B N b N h × 1 N ∑ b = 1 B N b E [ ∣ ( P λ M ∗ ) ( π ^ n b b , X n b + 1 b ) ∣ 2 ] = C φ 2 max 1 ≤ b ≤ B N b N h V ( P λ M ∗ , P λ M ∗ ) ≤ C φ 2 ∥ M ∗ ∥ 2 max 1 ≤ b ≤ B N b λ N h . (36) \begin{aligned}
\mathbb{E}[\|I_{1,2}\|^2] = \frac{1}{N^2}\sum_{b=1}^{B}N_b^2\left(\mathbb{E}[\|V_b\|^2]-\|\mathbb{E}[V_b]\|^2\right) \le\frac{1}{N^2}\sum_{b=1}^{B}N_b^2\mathbb{E}[\|V_b\|^2] \\
&\le\frac{1}{N^2}\sum_{b=1}^{B}N_b^2\mathbb{E}[\|W_1^b(M_\lambda-M_*)\|^2] \\
&\le\frac{C_\varphi^2\max_{1\le b\le B}N_b}{Nh}\times\frac{1}{N}\sum_{b=1}^{B}N_b\mathbb{E}[|(P_\lambda M_*)(\widehat{\pi}_{n_b}^b,X_{n_b+1}^b)|^2] \\
&= \frac{C_\varphi^2\max_{1\le b\le B}N_b}{Nh}V(P_\lambda M_*,P_\lambda M_*)\le\frac{C_\varphi^2\|M_*\|^2\max_{1\le b\le B}N_b\lambda}{Nh}. \tag*{(36)}
\end{aligned} E [ ∥ I 1 , 2 ∥ 2 ] = N 2 1 b = 1 ∑ B N b 2 ( E [ ∥ V b ∥ 2 ] − ∥ E [ V b ] ∥ 2 ) ≤ N 2 1 b = 1 ∑ B N b 2 E [ ∥ V b ∥ 2 ] ≤ N 2 1 b = 1 ∑ B N b 2 E [ ∥ W 1 b ( M λ − M ∗ ) ∥ 2 ] ≤ N h C φ 2 max 1 ≤ b ≤ B N b × N 1 b = 1 ∑ B N b E [ ∣ ( P λ M ∗ ) ( π n b b , X n b + 1 b ) ∣ 2 ] = N h C φ 2 max 1 ≤ b ≤ B N b V ( P λ M ∗ , P λ M ∗ ) ≤ N h C φ 2 ∥ M ∗ ∥ 2 max 1 ≤ b ≤ B N b λ . (36)
Third, we analyze the second moment of I 2 I_2 I 2 . Due to independence between the tasks, and e n b , i b e_{n_b,i}^b e n b , i b has zero mean conditional on D n b b , X n b + i b D_{n_b}^b,X_{n_b+i}^b D n b b , X n b + i b , we get
E [ ∥ I 2 ∥ 2 ] = 1 N 2 ∑ b , b ′ = 1 B ∑ i = 1 N b ∑ i ′ = 1 N b ′ E [ e n b , i b e n b ′ , i ′ b ′ ⟨ K ( π ^ n b b , X n b + i b ) , K ( π ^ n b ′ b ′ , X n b ′ + i ′ b ′ ) ⟩ ] = 1 N 2 ∑ b = 1 B ∑ i , i ′ = 1 N b E [ e n b , i b e n b , i ′ b ⟨ K ( π ^ n b b , X n b + i b ) , K ( π ^ n b b , X n b + i ′ b ) ⟩ ] . (37) \begin{aligned}
\mathbb{E}[\|I_2\|^2]=\frac{1}{N^2}\sum_{b,b'=1}^{B}\sum_{i=1}^{N_b}\sum_{i'=1}^{N_{b'}}\mathbb{E}\left[e_{n_b,i}^be_{n_{b'},i'}^{b'}\left\langle K(\widehat{\pi}_{n_b}^b,X_{n_b+i}^b),K(\widehat{\pi}_{n_{b'}}^{b'},X_{n_{b'}+i'}^{b'})\right\rangle\right] \\
&=\frac{1}{N^2}\sum_{b=1}^{B}\sum_{i,i'=1}^{N_b}\mathbb{E}\left[e_{n_b,i}^be_{n_b,i'}^b\left\langle K(\widehat{\pi}_{n_b}^b,X_{n_b+i}^b),K(\widehat{\pi}_{n_b}^b,X_{n_b+i'}^b)\right\rangle\right]. \tag*{(37)}
\end{aligned} E [ ∥ I 2 ∥ 2 ] = N 2 1 b , b ′ = 1 ∑ B i = 1 ∑ N b i ′ = 1 ∑ N b ′ E [ e n b , i b e n b ′ , i ′ b ′ ⟨ K ( π n b b , X n b + i b ) , K ( π n b ′ b ′ , X n b ′ + i ′ b ′ ) ⟩ ] = N 2 1 b = 1 ∑ B i , i ′ = 1 ∑ N b E [ e n b , i b e n b , i ′ b ⟨ K ( π n b b , X n b + i b ) , K ( π n b b , X n b + i ′ b ) ⟩ ] . (37)
For i ≠ i ′ i\ne i' i = i ′ , Z n b + i b Z_{n_b+i}^b Z n b + i b and Z n b + i ′ b Z_{n_b+i'}^b Z n b + i ′ b are i.i.d. conditional on ( D n b b , f b ) (D_{n_b}^b,f_b) ( D n b b , f b ) . Let δ n b , i b = e n b , i b K ( π ^ n b b , X n b + i b ) \delta_{n_b,i}^b=e_{n_b,i}^bK(\widehat{\pi}_{n_b}^b,X_{n_b+i}^b) δ n b , i b = e n b , i b K ( π n b b , X n b + i b ) . Then we have
E [ e n b , i b e n b , i ′ b ⟨ K ( π ^ n b b , X n b + i b ) , K ( π ^ n b b , X n b + i ′ b ) ⟩ ] = E [ E [ ⟨ δ n b , i b , δ n b , i ′ b ⟩ ∣ D n b b , f b ] ] = E [ ⟨ E [ δ n b , i b ∣ D n b b , f b ] , E [ δ n b , i ′ b ∣ D n b b , f b ] ⟩ ] = E [ ∥ E [ δ n b , i b ∣ D n b b , f b ] ∥ 2 ] . \begin{aligned}
\mathbb{E}\left[e_{n_b,i}^be_{n_b,i'}^b\left\langle K(\widehat{\pi}_{n_b}^b,X_{n_b+i}^b),K(\widehat{\pi}_{n_b}^b,X_{n_b+i'}^b)\right\rangle\right]
=\mathbb{E}\left[\mathbb{E}[\langle\delta_{n_b,i}^b,\delta_{n_b,i'}^b\rangle\mid D_{n_b}^b,f_b]\right] \\
&=\mathbb{E}\left[\left\langle\mathbb{E}[\delta_{n_b,i}^b\mid D_{n_b}^b,f_b],\mathbb{E}[\delta_{n_b,i'}^b\mid D_{n_b}^b,f_b]\right\rangle\right] \\
&=\mathbb{E}\left[\|\mathbb{E}[\delta_{n_b,i}^b\mid D_{n_b}^b,f_b]\|^2\right].
\end{aligned} E [ e n b , i b e n b , i ′ b ⟨ K ( π n b b , X n b + i b ) , K ( π n b b , X n b + i ′ b ) ⟩ ] = E [ E [⟨ δ n b , i b , δ n b , i ′ b ⟩ ∣ D n b b , f b ] ] = E [ ⟨ E [ δ n b , i b ∣ D n b b , f b ] , E [ δ n b , i ′ b ∣ D n b b , f b ] ⟩ ] = E [ ∥ E [ δ n b , i b ∣ D n b b , f b ] ∥ 2 ] .
Since Z n b + i b Z_{n_b+i}^b Z n b + i b and D n b b D_{n_b}^b D n b b are independent conditional on f b f_b f b , it holds that
E [ Y n b + i b ∣ D n b b , f b , X n b + i b ] = E [ Y n b + i b ∣ f b , X n b + i b ] = f b ( X n b + i b ) . (38) \mathbb{E}[Y_{n_b+i}^b\mid D_{n_b}^b,f_b,X_{n_b+i}^b]=\mathbb{E}[Y_{n_b+i}^b\mid f_b,X_{n_b+i}^b]=f_b(X_{n_b+i}^b). \tag*{(38)} E [ Y n b + i b ∣ D n b b , f b , X n b + i b ] = E [ Y n b + i b ∣ f b , X n b + i b ] = f b ( X n b + i b ) . (38)
Also, M ∗ ( π ^ n b b , X n b + i b ) = E [ f b ∣ π ^ n b b ] ( X n b + i b ) M_*(\widehat{\pi}_{n_b}^b,X_{n_b+i}^b)=\mathbb{E}[f_b\mid\widehat{\pi}_{n_b}^b](X_{n_b+i}^b) M ∗ ( π n b b , X n b + i b ) = E [ f b ∣ π n b b ] ( X n b + i b ) . Then we have
E [ δ n b , i b ∣ D n b b , f b , X n b + i b ] = E [ e n b , i b K ( π ^ n b b , X n b + i b ) ∣ D n b b , f b , X n b + i b ] = E [ e n b , i b ∣ D n b b , f b , X n b + i b ] K ( π ^ n b b , X n b + i b ) = ( E [ Y n b + i b ∣ D n b b , f b , X n b + i b ] − M ∗ ( π ^ n b b , X n b + i b ) ) K ( π ^ n b b , X n b + i b ) = ( f b ( X n b + i b ) − E [ f b ∣ π ^ n b b ] ( X n b + i b ) ) K ( π ^ n b b , X n b + i b ) , \begin{aligned}
\mathbb{E}[\delta_{n_b,i}^b\mid D_{n_b}^b,f_b,X_{n_b+i}^b]
=\mathbb{E}[e_{n_b,i}^bK(\widehat{\pi}_{n_b}^b,X_{n_b+i}^b)\mid D_{n_b}^b,f_b,X_{n_b+i}^b]
=\mathbb{E}[e_{n_b,i}^b\mid D_{n_b}^b,f_b,X_{n_b+i}^b]K(\widehat{\pi}_{n_b}^b,X_{n_b+i}^b) \\
&=\left(\mathbb{E}[Y_{n_b+i}^b\mid D_{n_b}^b,f_b,X_{n_b+i}^b]-M_*(\widehat{\pi}_{n_b}^b,X_{n_b+i}^b)\right)K(\widehat{\pi}_{n_b}^b,X_{n_b+i}^b) \\
&=\left(f_b(X_{n_b+i}^b)-\mathbb{E}[f_b\mid\widehat{\pi}_{n_b}^b](X_{n_b+i}^b)\right)K(\widehat{\pi}_{n_b}^b,X_{n_b+i}^b),
\end{aligned} E [ δ n b , i b ∣ D n b b , f b , X n b + i b ] = E [ e n b , i b K ( π n b b , X n b + i b ) ∣ D n b b , f b , X n b + i b ] = E [ e n b , i b ∣ D n b b , f b , X n b + i b ] K ( π n b b , X n b + i b ) = ( E [ Y n b + i b ∣ D n b b , f b , X n b + i b ] − M ∗ ( π n b b , X n b + i b ) ) K ( π n b b , X n b + i b ) = ( f b ( X n b + i b ) − E [ f b ∣ π n b b ] ( X n b + i b ) ) K ( π n b b , X n b + i b ) ,
which implies
E [ δ n b , i b ∣ D n b b , f b ] = E [ ( f b ( X n b + i b ) − E [ f b ∣ π ^ n b b ] ( X n b + i b ) ) K ( π ^ n b b , X n b + i b ) ∣ D n b b , f b ] . \mathbb{E}[\delta_{n_b,i}^b\mid D_{n_b}^b,f_b]
=\mathbb{E}\left[(f_b(X_{n_b+i}^b)-\mathbb{E}[f_b\mid\widehat{\pi}_{n_b}^b](X_{n_b+i}^b))K(\widehat{\pi}_{n_b}^b,X_{n_b+i}^b)\mid D_{n_b}^b,f_b\right]. E [ δ n b , i b ∣ D n b b , f b ] = E [ ( f b ( X n b + i b ) − E [ f b ∣ π n b b ] ( X n b + i b )) K ( π n b b , X n b + i b ) ∣ D n b b , f b ] .
By Lemma 4 , we get
∥ E [ δ n b , i b ∣ D n b b , f b ] ∥ ≤ C φ h − 1 / 2 E [ ∣ f b ( X n b + i b ) − E [ f b ∣ π ^ n b b ] ( X n b + i b ) ∣ D n b b , f b ] . \left\|\mathbb{E}[\delta^{b}_{n_b,i}\mid D^{b}_{n_b},f_b]\right\| \le C_{\varphi}h^{-1/2}\mathbb{E}\left[|f_b(X^{b}_{n_b+i})-\mathbb{E}[f_b\mid\widehat{\pi}^{b}_{n_b}](X^{b}_{n_b+i})|D^{b}_{n_b},f_b\right]. E [ δ n b , i b ∣ D n b b , f b ] ≤ C φ h − 1/2 E [ ∣ f b ( X n b + i b ) − E [ f b ∣ π n b b ] ( X n b + i b ) ∣ D n b b , f b ] .
hence,
∥ E [ δ n b , i b ∣ D n b b , f b ] ∥ 2 ≤ C φ 2 h − 1 E [ ∣ f b ( X n b + i b ) − E [ f b ∣ π ^ n b b ] ( X n b + i b ) ∣ 2 ∣ D n b b , f b ] . \left\|\mathbb{E}[\delta^{b}_{n_b,i}\mid D^{b}_{n_b},f_b]\right\|^{2}\le C_{\varphi}^{2}h^{-1}\mathbb{E}\left[|f_b(X^{b}_{n_b+i})-\mathbb{E}[f_b\mid\widehat{\pi}^{b}_{n_b}](X^{b}_{n_b+i})|^{2}\mid D^{b}_{n_b},f_b\right]. E [ δ n b , i b ∣ D n b b , f b ] 2 ≤ C φ 2 h − 1 E [ ∣ f b ( X n b + i b ) − E [ f b ∣ π n b b ] ( X n b + i b ) ∣ 2 ∣ D n b b , f b ] .
Therefore,
E [ e n b , i b e n b , i ′ b ⟨ K ( π ^ n b b , X n b + i b ) , K ( π ^ n b b , X n b + i ′ b ) ⟩ ] ≤ C φ 2 h − 1 E [ ∣ f b ( X n b + i b ) − E [ f b ∣ π ^ n b b ] ( X n b + i b ) ∣ 2 ] ≡ C φ 2 h − 1 V b 2 ( n ) , \mathbb{E}\left[e^{b}_{n_b,i}e^{b}_{n_b,i'}\left\langle K(\widehat{\pi}^{b}_{n_b},X^{b}_{n_b+i}),K(\widehat{\pi}^{b}_{n_b},X^{b}_{n_b+i'})\right\rangle\right]\le C_{\varphi}^{2}h^{-1}\mathbb{E}\left[|f_b(X^{b}_{n_b+i})-\mathbb{E}[f_b\mid\widehat{\pi}^{b}_{n_b}](X^{b}_{n_b+i})|^{2}\right]\equiv C_{\varphi}^{2}h^{-1}V_b^{2}(\mathbf{n}), E [ e n b , i b e n b , i ′ b ⟨ K ( π n b b , X n b + i b ) , K ( π n b b , X n b + i ′ b ) ⟩ ] ≤ C φ 2 h − 1 E [ ∣ f b ( X n b + i b ) − E [ f b ∣ π n b b ] ( X n b + i b ) ∣ 2 ] ≡ C φ 2 h − 1 V b 2 ( n ) ,
where recall V b 2 ( n ) = E [ ∣ f b ( X n b + i b ) − E [ f b ∣ π ^ n b b ] ( X n b + i b ) ∣ 2 V_b^{2}(\mathbf{n})=\mathbb{E}[|f_b(X^{b}_{n_b+i})-\mathbb{E}[f_b\mid\widehat{\pi}^{b}_{n_b}](X^{b}_{n_b+i})|^{2} V b 2 ( n ) = E [ ∣ f b ( X n b + i b ) − E [ f b ∣ π n b b ] ( X n b + i b ) ∣ 2 . By Assumption 5 and Lemma 4 , for i = i ′ i=i' i = i ′ ,
E [ e n b , i b e n b , i ′ b ⟨ K ( π ^ n b b , X n b + i b ) , K ( π ^ n b b , X n b + i ′ b ) ⟩ ] ≤ C φ 2 h − 1 σ e 2 . \mathbb{E}\left[e^{b}_{n_b,i}e^{b}_{n_b,i'}\left\langle K(\widehat{\pi}^{b}_{n_b},X^{b}_{n_b+i}),K(\widehat{\pi}^{b}_{n_b},X^{b}_{n_b+i'})\right\rangle\right]\le C_{\varphi}^{2}h^{-1}\sigma_{e}^{2}. E [ e n b , i b e n b , i ′ b ⟨ K ( π n b b , X n b + i b ) , K ( π n b b , X n b + i ′ b ) ⟩ ] ≤ C φ 2 h − 1 σ e 2 .
Plugging into (37) , we get
E [ ∥ I 2 ∥ 2 ] ≤ C φ 2 ∑ b = 1 B N b 2 V b 2 ( n ) N 2 h + C φ 2 σ e 2 N h ≤ C φ 2 V 2 ( n ) max 1 ≤ b ≤ B N b N h + C φ 2 σ e 2 N h . (39) \mathbb{E}[\|I_2\|^{2}]\le\frac{C_{\varphi}^{2}\sum_{b=1}^{B}N_b^{2}V_b^{2}(\mathbf{n})}{N^{2}h}+\frac{C_{\varphi}^{2}\sigma_e^{2}}{Nh}\le\frac{C_{\varphi}^{2}V^{2}(\mathbf{n})\max_{1\le b\le B}N_b}{Nh}+\frac{C_{\varphi}^{2}\sigma_e^{2}}{Nh}. \tag*{(39)} E [ ∥ I 2 ∥ 2 ] ≤ N 2 h C φ 2 ∑ b = 1 B N b 2 V b 2 ( n ) + N h C φ 2 σ e 2 ≤ N h C φ 2 V 2 ( n ) max 1 ≤ b ≤ B N b + N h C φ 2 σ e 2 . (39)
Recalling V 2 ( n ) = max 1 ≤ b ≤ B V b 2 ( n ) V^{2}(\mathbf{n})=\max_{1\le b\le B}V_b^{2}(\mathbf{n}) V 2 ( n ) = max 1 ≤ b ≤ B V b 2 ( n ) . Plugging (35) , (36) and (39) into S n , B , λ ( M λ ) S_{n,B,\lambda}(M_{\lambda}) S n , B , λ ( M λ ) , we get
∥ S n , N , B , λ ( M λ ) ∥ = O P ( λ 1 / 2 ( N h ) − 1 / 2 + ( λ max 1 ≤ b ≤ B N b ) 1 / 2 ( N h ) − 1 / 2 + ( N h ) − 1 / 2 + V ( n ) ( max 1 ≤ b ≤ B N b ) 1 / 2 ( N h ) − 1 / 2 ) = O P ( ( λ max 1 ≤ b ≤ B N b ) 1 / 2 ( N h ) − 1 / 2 + ( N h ) − 1 / 2 + V ( n ) ( max 1 ≤ b ≤ B N b ) 1 / 2 ( N h ) − 1 / 2 ) = O P ( U ( n , N , B , λ ) ( N h ) − 1 / 2 ) , \begin{aligned}
\|S_{n,N,B,\lambda}(M_{\lambda})\|
&=O_{\mathbb{P}}\left(\lambda^{1/2}(Nh)^{-1/2}+(\lambda\max_{1\le b\le B}N_b)^{1/2}(Nh)^{-1/2}+(Nh)^{-1/2}+V(\mathbf{n})(\max_{1\le b\le B}N_b)^{1/2}(Nh)^{-1/2}\right)\\
&=O_{\mathbb{P}}\left((\lambda\max_{1\le b\le B}N_b)^{1/2}(Nh)^{-1/2}+(Nh)^{-1/2}+V(\mathbf{n})(\max_{1\le b\le B}N_b)^{1/2}(Nh)^{-1/2}\right)\\
&=O_{\mathbb{P}}\left(U(\mathbf{n},N,B,\lambda)(Nh)^{-1/2}\right),
\end{aligned} ∥ S n , N , B , λ ( M λ ) ∥ = O P ( λ 1/2 ( N h ) − 1/2 + ( λ 1 ≤ b ≤ B max N b ) 1/2 ( N h ) − 1/2 + ( N h ) − 1/2 + V ( n ) ( 1 ≤ b ≤ B max N b ) 1/2 ( N h ) − 1/2 ) = O P ( ( λ 1 ≤ b ≤ B max N b ) 1/2 ( N h ) − 1/2 + ( N h ) − 1/2 + V ( n ) ( 1 ≤ b ≤ B max N b ) 1/2 ( N h ) − 1/2 ) = O P ( U ( n , N , B , λ ) ( N h ) − 1/2 ) ,
where U ( n , N , B , λ ) = max { 1 , ( λ max 1 ≤ b ≤ B N b ) 1 / 2 , V ( n ) ( max 1 ≤ b ≤ B N b ) 1 / 2 } U(\mathbf{n},N,B,\lambda)=\max\{1,(\lambda\max_{1\le b\le B}N_b)^{1/2},V(\mathbf{n})(\max_{1\le b\le B}N_b)^{1/2}\} U ( n , N , B , λ ) = max { 1 , ( λ max 1 ≤ b ≤ B N b ) 1/2 , V ( n ) ( max 1 ≤ b ≤ B N b ) 1/2 } . Together with (34) ,
∥ M ^ n , N , B , λ − M ∗ ∥ ≤ ∥ P λ M ∗ ∥ + 2 ∥ S n , N , B , λ ( M λ ) ∥ = O P ( λ 1 / 2 + U ( n , N , B , λ ) ( N h ) − 1 / 2 ) . \|\widehat{M}_{n,N,B,\lambda}-M_{*}\|\le\|P_{\lambda}M_{*}\|+2\|S_{n,N,B,\lambda}(M_{\lambda})\|=O_{\mathbb{P}}\left(\lambda^{1/2}+U(\mathbf{n},N,B,\lambda)(Nh)^{-1/2}\right). ∥ M n , N , B , λ − M ∗ ∥ ≤ ∥ P λ M ∗ ∥ + 2∥ S n , N , B , λ ( M λ ) ∥ = O P ( λ 1/2 + U ( n , N , B , λ ) ( N h ) − 1/2 ) .
Proof is complete.
The proof of Lemma 2 requires the following Lemma 5 that provides a L 2 L^{2} L 2 -risk result for estimating f b f_b f b . Given task data D n b b D^{b}_{n_b} D n b b that are i.i.d. given f b f_b f b , we estimate f b f_b f b as follows:
f ^ b , η = arg min f ∈ H X ℓ b , η ( f ) ≡ arg min f ∈ H X { 1 2 n b ∑ i = 1 n b ∣ Y i b − f ( X i b ) ∣ 2 + η 2 ∥ f ∥ H X 2 } . \widehat{f}_{b,\eta}=\mathop{\arg\min}_{f\in\mathcal{H}_{X}}\ell_{b,\eta}(f)\equiv\mathop{\arg\min}_{f\in\mathcal{H}_{X}}\left\{\frac{1}{2n_b}\sum_{i=1}^{n_b}|Y_i^b-f(X_i^b)|^{2}+\frac{\eta}{2}\|f\|_{\mathcal{H}_{X}}^{2}\right\}. f b , η = arg min f ∈ H X ℓ b , η ( f ) ≡ arg min f ∈ H X { 2 n b 1 i = 1 ∑ n b ∣ Y i b − f ( X i b ) ∣ 2 + 2 η ∥ f ∥ H X 2 } .
where η ≍ n b − 2 γ 2 γ + 1 \eta\asymp n_b^{-\frac{2\gamma}{2\gamma+1}} η ≍ n b − 2 γ + 1 2 γ is the smoothing parameter. To state our estimation result, we make some preparations. For f , f ′ ∈ H X f,f'\in\mathcal{H}_{X} f , f ′ ∈ H X , define
V X ( f , f ′ ) = E X ∼ μ [ f ( X ) f ′ ( X ) ] = ∫ X f ( x ) f ′ ( x ) d μ ( x ) , V_X(f,f')=\mathbb{E}_{X\sim\mu}[f(X)f'(X)]=\int_{\mathcal{X}}f(x)f'(x)d\mu(x), V X ( f , f ′ ) = E X ∼ μ [ f ( X ) f ′ ( X )] = ∫ X f ( x ) f ′ ( x ) d μ ( x ) ,
and define a new inner product for H X \mathcal{H}_X H X :
⟨ f , f ′ ⟩ X = V X ( f , f ′ ) + η ⟨ f , f ′ ⟩ H X . (40) \langle f, f' \rangle_X = V_X(f, f') + \eta\langle f, f' \rangle_{\mathcal{H}_X}. \tag*{(40)} ⟨ f , f ′ ⟩ X = V X ( f , f ′ ) + η ⟨ f , f ′ ⟩ H X . (40)
Under (40) , H X \mathcal{H}_X H X is also an RKHS with reproducing kernel denoted K ⟨ X ⟩ : X × X → R K^{\langle X\rangle}: \mathcal{X} \times\mathcal{X} \to\mathbb{R} K ⟨ X ⟩ : X × X → R . Let P η ⟨ X ⟩ : H X → H X P_{\eta}^{\langle X\rangle}: \mathcal{H}_X \to\mathcal{H}_X P η ⟨ X ⟩ : H X → H X be a bounded linear operator satisfying ⟨ P η ⟨ X ⟩ f , f ′ ⟩ X = η ⟨ f , f ′ ⟩ H X \langle P_{\eta}^{\langle X\rangle}f, f' \rangle_X = \eta\langle f, f' \rangle_{\mathcal{H}_X} ⟨ P η ⟨ X ⟩ f , f ′ ⟩ X = η ⟨ f , f ′ ⟩ H X . We calculate the Fréchet derivatives of ℓ b , η ( f ) \ell_{b,\eta}(f) ℓ b , η ( f ) as follows:
S b , η ( f ) ≡ D ℓ b , η ( f ) = − n b − 1 ∑ i = 1 n b ( Y i b − f ( X i b ) ) K X i b ⟨ X ⟩ + P η ⟨ X ⟩ f , S_{b,\eta}(f) \equiv D\ell_{b,\eta}(f) = -n_b^{-1}\sum_{i=1}^{n_b}\left(Y_i^b-f(X_i^b)\right)K_{X_i^b}^{\langle X\rangle}+P_{\eta}^{\langle X\rangle}f, S b , η ( f ) ≡ D ℓ b , η ( f ) = − n b − 1 i = 1 ∑ n b ( Y i b − f ( X i b ) ) K X i b ⟨ X ⟩ + P η ⟨ X ⟩ f ,
D S b , η ( f ) Δ f = n b − 1 ∑ i = 1 n b Δ f ( X i b ) K X i b ⟨ X ⟩ + P η ⟨ X ⟩ Δ m , DS_{b,\eta}(f)\Delta f = n_b^{-1}\sum_{i=1}^{n_b}\Delta f(X_i^b)K_{X_i^b}^{\langle X\rangle}+P_{\eta}^{\langle X\rangle}\Delta m, D S b , η ( f ) Δ f = n b − 1 i = 1 ∑ n b Δ f ( X i b ) K X i b ⟨ X ⟩ + P η ⟨ X ⟩ Δ m ,
D 2 S b , η ( f ) ≡ 0. D^2S_{b,\eta}(f)\equiv0. D 2 S b , η ( f ) ≡ 0.
The average versions under f b f_b f b are
S η ( f ) = E X ∼ μ [ ( f − f b ) ( X ) K X ⟨ X ⟩ ∣ f b ] + P η ⟨ X ⟩ f , S_{\eta}(f) = \mathbb{E}_{X\sim\mu}[(f-f_b)(X)K_X^{\langle X\rangle}\mid f_b]+P_{\eta}^{\langle X\rangle}f, S η ( f ) = E X ∼ μ [( f − f b ) ( X ) K X ⟨ X ⟩ ∣ f b ] + P η ⟨ X ⟩ f ,
D S η ( f ) Δ f = E X ∼ μ [ Δ f ( X ) K X ⟨ X ⟩ ] + P η ⟨ X ⟩ Δ f . DS_{\eta}(f)\Delta f = \mathbb{E}_{X\sim\mu}[\Delta f(X)K_X^{\langle X\rangle}]+P_{\eta}^{\langle X\rangle}\Delta f. D S η ( f ) Δ f = E X ∼ μ [ Δ f ( X ) K X ⟨ X ⟩ ] + P η ⟨ X ⟩ Δ f .
Lemma 5. Suppose that ε i b \varepsilon_i^b ε i b has finite fourth moment and R ⟨ X ⟩ R^{\langle X\rangle} R ⟨ X ⟩ has decomposition (16) , then
E [ ∥ f ^ n , η b − f b ∥ X ∣ f b 2 ] ≤ C 1 ( 1 + ∥ f b ∥ H X 2 ) n b − 2 β 2 β + 1 , \mathbb{E}\left[\|\widehat{f}_{n,\eta}^b-f_b\|_{X\mid f_b}^2\right]\le C_1(1+\|f_b\|_{\mathcal{H}_X}^2)n_b^{-\frac{2\beta}{2\beta+1}}, E [ ∥ f n , η b − f b ∥ X ∣ f b 2 ] ≤ C 1 ( 1 + ∥ f b ∥ H X 2 ) n b − 2 β + 1 2 β , where C 1 C_1 C 1 is a constant free of f b f_b f b .
Proof of Lemma 5. For the subsequent analysis, we take η ≍ n b − 2 β 2 β + 1 \eta\asymp n_b^{-\frac{2\beta}{2\beta+1}} η ≍ n b − 2 β + 1 2 β , corresponding to the optimal convergence rate. For any f ∈ H X f\in\mathcal{H}_X f ∈ H X ,
⟨ D S η ( f b ) f , f ⟩ X = E X ∼ μ [ f ( X ) 2 ] + η ∥ f ∥ H X 2 . \langle DS_{\eta}(f_b)f,f\rangle_X=\mathbb{E}_{X\sim\mu}[f(X)^2]+\eta\|f\|_{\mathcal{H}_X}^2. ⟨ D S η ( f b ) f , f ⟩ X = E X ∼ μ [ f ( X ) 2 ] + η ∥ f ∥ H X 2 .
So D S η ( f b ) = id DS_{\eta}(f_b)=\operatorname{id} D S η ( f b ) = id . Let f b , η = f b − P η ⟨ X ⟩ f b f_{b,\eta}=f_b-P_{\eta}^{\langle X\rangle}f_b f b , η = f b − P η ⟨ X ⟩ f b . Then S η ( f b , η ) = 0 S_{\eta}(f_{b,\eta})=0 S η ( f b , η ) = 0 . Define
Γ X ( f ) = n b − 1 ∑ i = 1 n b [ f ( X i b ) K X i b ⟨ X ⟩ − E X ∼ μ [ f ( X ) K X ⟨ X ⟩ ] ] . \Gamma_X(f)=n_b^{-1}\sum_{i=1}^{n_b}\left[f(X_i^b)K_{X_i^b}^{\langle X\rangle}-\mathbb{E}_{X\sim\mu}[f(X)K_X^{\langle X\rangle}]\right]. Γ X ( f ) = n b − 1 i = 1 ∑ n b [ f ( X i b ) K X i b ⟨ X ⟩ − E X ∼ μ [ f ( X ) K X ⟨ X ⟩ ] ] .
By boundedness of the eigenfunctions of R ⟨ X ⟩ R^{\langle X\rangle} R ⟨ X ⟩ , we have
∥ K x ⟨ X ⟩ ∥ X 2 = K ⟨ X ⟩ ( x , x ) = ∑ k ≥ 1 ∣ φ k ⟨ X ⟩ ( x ) ∣ 2 1 + η ρ k ⟨ X ⟩ ≤ C φ ⟨ X ⟩ 2 ∑ k ≥ 1 1 1 + η ρ k ⟨ X ⟩ ≡ C φ ⟨ X ⟩ 2 g − 1 . (41) \|K_x^{\langle X\rangle}\|_X^2=K^{\langle X\rangle}(x,x)=\sum_{k\ge1}\frac{|\varphi_k^{\langle X\rangle}(x)|^2}{1+\eta\rho_k^{\langle X\rangle}}\le C_{\varphi^{\langle X\rangle}}^2\sum_{k\ge1}\frac{1}{1+\eta\rho_k^{\langle X\rangle}}\equiv C_{\varphi^{\langle X\rangle}}^2g^{-1}. \tag*{(41)} ∥ K x ⟨ X ⟩ ∥ X 2 = K ⟨ X ⟩ ( x , x ) = k ≥ 1 ∑ 1 + η ρ k ⟨ X ⟩ ∣ φ k ⟨ X ⟩ ( x ) ∣ 2 ≤ C φ ⟨ X ⟩ 2 k ≥ 1 ∑ 1 + η ρ k ⟨ X ⟩ 1 ≡ C φ ⟨ X ⟩ 2 g − 1 . (41)
Since conditional on f b f_b f b , Z 1 b , … , Z n b b Z_1^b,\ldots,Z_{n_b}^b Z 1 b , … , Z n b b are i.i.d., as well as ∥ f ( X i b ) K X i b ⟨ X ⟩ ∥ X ≤ C φ ⟨ X ⟩ g − 1 / 2 ∥ f ∥ ∞ \|f(X_i^b)K_{X_i^b}^{\langle X\rangle}\|_X\le C_{\varphi^{\langle X\rangle}}g^{-1/2}\|f\|_\infty ∥ f ( X i b ) K X i b ⟨ X ⟩ ∥ X ≤ C φ ⟨ X ⟩ g − 1/2 ∥ f ∥ ∞ , by Theorem 3.5 of Pinelis [25 ] , for any f , f ′ ∈ H X f,f'\in\mathcal{H}_X f , f ′ ∈ H X , we have
P ( ∥ n b g [ Γ X ( f ) − Γ X ( f ′ ) ] ∥ X ≥ t ) ≤ 2 e − t 2 8 C φ ⟨ X ⟩ 2 ∥ f − f ′ ∥ ∞ 2 , \mathbb{P}\left(\left\|\sqrt{n_bg}[\Gamma_X(f)-\Gamma_X(f')]\right\|_X\ge t\right)\le2e^{-\frac{t^2}{8C_{\varphi^{\langle X\rangle}}^2\|f-f'\|_\infty^2}}, P ( ∥ n b g [ Γ X ( f ) − Γ X ( f ′ )] ∥ X ≥ t ) ≤ 2 e − 8 C φ ⟨ X ⟩ 2 ∥ f − f ′ ∥ ∞ 2 t 2 ,
so that
∥ n b g ∥ Γ X ( f ) − Γ X ( f ′ ) ∥ X ∥ ψ 2 ≤ 3 C φ ⟨ X ⟩ ∥ f − f ′ ∥ ∞ . \left\|\sqrt{n_b g}\left\|\Gamma_X(f)-\Gamma_X(f')\right\|_X\right\|_{\psi_2}\leq3C_{\varphi\langle X\rangle}\left\|f-f'\right\|_\infty. ∥ n b g ∥ Γ X ( f ) − Γ X ( f ′ ) ∥ X ∥ ψ 2 ≤ 3 C φ ⟨ X ⟩ ∥ f − f ′ ∥ ∞ .
Let H g = { f ∈ H X : ∥ f ∥ X ≤ C φ ⟨ X ⟩ g 1 / 2 } \mathcal{H}_g=\{f\in\mathcal{H}_X:\|f\|_X\leq C_{\varphi\langle X\rangle}g^{1/2}\} H g = { f ∈ H X : ∥ f ∥ X ≤ C φ ⟨ X ⟩ g 1/2 } and
a g ≜ ∫ 0 1 ψ 2 − 1 ( D ( H g , ε , ∥ ⋅ ∥ ∞ ) ) d ε . a_g\triangleq\int_0^1\psi_2^{-1}\left(D(\mathcal{H}_g,\varepsilon,\|\cdot\|_\infty)\right)\,d\varepsilon. a g ≜ ∫ 0 1 ψ 2 − 1 ( D ( H g , ε , ∥ ⋅ ∥ ∞ ) ) d ε .
By similar calculations in Example 4.1 of Shang et al. [31 ] , we have g ≍ η 1 / ( 2 β ) g\asymp\eta^{1/(2\beta)} g ≍ η 1/ ( 2 β ) , hence, a g = O ( ( g / η ) 1 / ( 4 β ) ) = O ( η − ( 2 β − 1 ) / ( 8 β 2 ) ) a_g=O((g/\eta)^{1/(4\beta)})=O(\eta^{-(2\beta-1)/(8\beta^2)}) a g = O (( g / η ) 1/ ( 4 β ) ) = O ( η − ( 2 β − 1 ) / ( 8 β 2 ) ) . By Theorem 8.4 of Kosorok [17 ] , we have
∥ sup f ∈ H g n b g ∥ Γ X ( f ) ∥ X ∥ ψ 2 ≤ C a g , \left\|\sup_{f\in\mathcal{H}_g}\sqrt{n_b g}\|\Gamma_X(f)\|_X\right\|_{\psi_2}\leq Ca_g, f ∈ H g sup n b g ∥ Γ X ( f ) ∥ X ψ 2 ≤ C a g ,
where C C C is a universal constant depending on C φ ⟨ X ⟩ C_{\varphi\langle X\rangle} C φ ⟨ X ⟩ and our choice of ψ 2 \psi_2 ψ 2 , hence, is free of f ^ b \widehat f_b f b . This implies that for any t ≥ 0 t\geq0 t ≥ 0 ,
P ( sup f ∈ H g n b g ∥ Γ X ( f ) ∥ X ≥ t ) ≤ 2 e − t 2 C 2 a g 2 . \mathbb{P}\left(\sup_{f\in\mathcal{H}_g}\sqrt{n_b g}\|\Gamma_X(f)\|_X\geq t\right)\leq2e^{-\frac{t^2}{C^2a_g^2}}. P ( f ∈ H g sup n b g ∥ Γ X ( f ) ∥ X ≥ t ) ≤ 2 e − C 2 a g 2 t 2 .
Let
E = { sup f ∈ H g ∥ Γ X ( f ) ∥ X ≤ 1 2 C φ ⟨ X ⟩ g 1 / 2 } . \mathcal{E}=\left\{\sup_{f\in\mathcal{H}_g}\|\Gamma_X(f)\|_X\leq\frac{1}{2C_{\varphi\langle X\rangle}}g^{1/2}\right\}. E = { f ∈ H g sup ∥ Γ X ( f ) ∥ X ≤ 2 C φ ⟨ X ⟩ 1 g 1/2 } .
Since n b g 2 / a g 2 ≳ n b η ( 6 β − 1 ) / ( 4 β 2 ) ≍ n b ( 2 β − 1 ) 2 / ( 2 β ( 2 β + 1 ) ) ⟶ ∞ n_b g^2/a_g^2\gtrsim n_b\eta^{(6\beta-1)/(4\beta^2)}\asymp n_b^{(2\beta-1)^2/(2\beta(2\beta+1))}\longrightarrow\infty n b g 2 / a g 2 ≳ n b η ( 6 β − 1 ) / ( 4 β 2 ) ≍ n b ( 2 β − 1 ) 2 / ( 2 β ( 2 β + 1 )) ⟶ ∞ , we have
P ( E c ) ≤ 2 e − n b g 2 C 2 C φ ⟨ X ⟩ 2 a g 2 ⟶ 0. \mathbb{P}(\mathcal{E}^c)\leq2e^{-\frac{n_b g^2}{C^2C_{\varphi\langle X\rangle}^2a_g^2}}\longrightarrow0. P ( E c ) ≤ 2 e − C 2 C φ ⟨ X ⟩ 2 a g 2 n b g 2 ⟶ 0.
Let Δ f = f ^ b , η − f ^ b , η \Delta f=\widehat f_{b,\eta}-\widehat f_{b,\eta} Δ f = f b , η − f b , η . Since S b , η ( f ^ b , η ) = 0 S_{b,\eta}(\widehat f_{b,\eta})=0 S b , η ( f b , η ) = 0 , by Taylor expansion and D 2 S b , η = 0 D^2S_{b,\eta}=0 D 2 S b , η = 0 , we have
0 = S b , η ( f ^ b , η ) = S b , η ( f b , η ) + D S b , η ( f b , η ) Δ f = S b , η ( f b , η ) + [ D S b , η ( f b , η ) − D S η ( f b , η ) ] Δ f + D S η ( f b , η ) Δ f = S b , η ( f b , η ) + Γ X ( Δ f ) + Δ f . \begin{aligned}
0&=S_{b,\eta}(\widehat f_{b,\eta})=S_{b,\eta}(f_{b,\eta})+DS_{b,\eta}(f_{b,\eta})\Delta f\\
&=S_{b,\eta}(f_{b,\eta})+[DS_{b,\eta}(f_{b,\eta})-DS_\eta(f_{b,\eta})]\Delta f+DS_\eta(f_{b,\eta})\Delta f\\
&=S_{b,\eta}(f_{b,\eta})+\Gamma_X(\Delta f)+\Delta f.
\end{aligned} 0 = S b , η ( f b , η ) = S b , η ( f b , η ) + D S b , η ( f b , η ) Δ f = S b , η ( f b , η ) + [ D S b , η ( f b , η ) − D S η ( f b , η )] Δ f + D S η ( f b , η ) Δ f = S b , η ( f b , η ) + Γ X ( Δ f ) + Δ f .
On the event E \mathcal{E} E , we have
∥ Γ X ( Δ f ) ∥ X = ∥ Γ X ( C φ ⟨ X ⟩ − 1 g 1 / 2 Δ f / ∥ Δ f ∥ X ) ∥ X × C φ ⟨ X ⟩ g − 1 / 2 ∥ Δ f ∥ X ≤ sup f ∈ H g ∥ Γ X ( f ) ∥ X C φ ⟨ X ⟩ g − 1 / 2 ∥ Δ f ∥ X ≤ 1 2 ∥ Δ f ∥ X , \begin{aligned}
\|\Gamma_X(\Delta f)\|_X
&=\left\|\Gamma_X\left(C_{\varphi\langle X\rangle}^{-1}g^{1/2}\Delta f/\|\Delta f\|_X\right)\right\|_X\times C_{\varphi\langle X\rangle}g^{-1/2}\|\Delta f\|_X\\
&\leq\sup_{f\in\mathcal{H}_g}\|\Gamma_X(f)\|_XC_{\varphi\langle X\rangle}g^{-1/2}\|\Delta f\|_X\leq\frac{1}{2}\|\Delta f\|_X,
\end{aligned} ∥ Γ X ( Δ f ) ∥ X = Γ X ( C φ ⟨ X ⟩ − 1 g 1/2 Δ f /∥Δ f ∥ X ) X × C φ ⟨ X ⟩ g − 1/2 ∥Δ f ∥ X ≤ f ∈ H g sup ∥ Γ X ( f ) ∥ X C φ ⟨ X ⟩ g − 1/2 ∥Δ f ∥ X ≤ 2 1 ∥Δ f ∥ X ,
which leads to
∥ f ^ b , η − f b , η ∥ X = ∥ Δ f ∥ X ≤ 2 ∥ S b , η ( f b , η ) ∥ X . (42) \|\widehat f_{b,\eta}-f_{b,\eta}\|_X=\|\Delta f\|_X\leq2\|S_{b,\eta}(f_{b,\eta})\|_X. \tag*{(42)} ∥ f b , η − f b , η ∥ X = ∥Δ f ∥ X ≤ 2∥ S b , η ( f b , η ) ∥ X . (42)
Since S η ( f b , η ) = 0 S_\eta(f_{b,\eta})=0 S η ( f b , η ) = 0 and f b , η − f b = − P η ⟨ X ⟩ f b f_{b,\eta}-f_b=-P_\eta^{\langle X\rangle}f_b f b , η − f b = − P η ⟨ X ⟩ f b is deterministic given f b f_b f b , and Z 1 b , … , Z n b Z_1^b,\ldots,Z_{n}^b Z 1 b , … , Z n b are i.i.d. conditional on f b f_b f b , we have
E [ ∥ f ^ b , η − f b , η ∥ X 2 ∣ E ∣ f b ] ≤ 4 E [ ∥ S b , η ( f b , η ) − S η ( f b , η ) ∥ X 2 ∣ f b ] = 8 E [ ∥ n b − 1 ∑ i = 1 n b ε i b K X i b ⟨ X ⟩ ∥ X 2 ∣ f b ] + 8 E [ ∥ Γ X ( P η ⟨ X ⟩ f b ) ∥ X 2 ∣ f b ] ; \begin{aligned}
\mathbb{E}\left[\left\|\widehat{f}_{b,\eta}-f_{b,\eta}\right\|_{X}^{2}\mathrel{\big|}\mathcal{E}\mathrel{\big|}f_b\right]
\le4\mathbb{E}\left[\left\|S_{b,\eta}(f_{b,\eta})-S_{\eta}(f_{b,\eta})\right\|_{X}^{2}\mathrel{\big|}f_b\right] \\
&=8\mathbb{E}\left[\left\|n_b^{-1}\sum_{i=1}^{n_b}\varepsilon_i^bK_{X_i^b}^{\langle X\rangle}\right\|_{X}^{2}\mathrel{\big|}f_b\right]
+8\mathbb{E}\left[\left\|\Gamma_X(P_\eta^{\langle X\rangle}f_b)\right\|_{X}^{2}\mathrel{\big|}f_b\right];
\end{aligned} E [ f b , η − f b , η X 2 E f b ] ≤ 4 E [ ∥ S b , η ( f b , η ) − S η ( f b , η ) ∥ X 2 f b ] = 8 E n b − 1 i = 1 ∑ n b ε i b K X i b ⟨ X ⟩ X 2 f b + 8 E [ Γ X ( P η ⟨ X ⟩ f b ) X 2 f b ] ;
recalling ε i b = Y i b − f b ( X i b ) \varepsilon_i^b=Y_i^b-f_b(X_i^b) ε i b = Y i b − f b ( X i b ) . By (41) and independence of ( ε i b , X i b ) (\varepsilon_i^b,X_i^b) ( ε i b , X i b ) and f b f_b f b ,
E [ ∥ n b − 1 ∑ i = 1 n b ε i b K X i b ⟨ X ⟩ ∥ X 2 ∣ f b ] = 1 n b 2 ∑ i = 1 n b E [ ∥ ε i b K X i b ⟨ X ⟩ ∥ X 2 ] ≤ C φ ⟨ X ⟩ σ ε 2 n b g , \mathbb{E}\left[\left\|n_b^{-1}\sum_{i=1}^{n_b}\varepsilon_i^bK_{X_i^b}^{\langle X\rangle}\right\|_{X}^{2}\mathrel{\big|}f_b\right]
=\frac{1}{n_b^2}\sum_{i=1}^{n_b}\mathbb{E}\left[\left\|\varepsilon_i^bK_{X_i^b}^{\langle X\rangle}\right\|_{X}^{2}\right]
\le\frac{C_{\varphi\langle X\rangle}\sigma_\varepsilon^2}{n_b\mathfrak{g}}, E n b − 1 i = 1 ∑ n b ε i b K X i b ⟨ X ⟩ X 2 f b = n b 2 1 i = 1 ∑ n b E [ ε i b K X i b ⟨ X ⟩ X 2 ] ≤ n b g C φ ⟨ X ⟩ σ ε 2 ,
and by (41) again,
E [ ∥ Γ X ( P η ⟨ X ⟩ f b ) ∥ X 2 ∣ f b ] = 1 n b 2 ∑ i = 1 n b ( E [ ∥ ( P η ⟨ X ⟩ f b ) ( X i b ) K X i b ⟨ X ⟩ ∥ X 2 ∣ f b ] − ∥ E X ∼ μ [ ( P η ⟨ X ⟩ f b ) ( X ) K X ⟨ X ⟩ ∣ f b ] ∥ X 2 ) ≤ n b − 1 E X ∼ μ [ ∥ ( P η ⟨ X ⟩ f b ) ( X ) K X ⟨ X ⟩ ∥ X 2 ∣ f b ] ≤ C φ ⟨ X ⟩ 2 n b g V X ( P η ⟨ X ⟩ f b , P η ⟨ X ⟩ f b ) ≤ C φ ⟨ X ⟩ 2 n b g ∥ P η ⟨ X ⟩ f b ∥ X 2 . \begin{aligned}
\mathbb{E}\left[\left\|\Gamma_X(P_\eta^{\langle X\rangle}f_b)\right\|_{X}^{2}\mathrel{\big|}f_b\right] \\
&=\frac{1}{n_b^2}\sum_{i=1}^{n_b}\left(\mathbb{E}\left[\left\|(P_\eta^{\langle X\rangle}f_b)(X_i^b)K_{X_i^b}^{\langle X\rangle}\right\|_{X}^{2}\mathrel{\big|}f_b\right]
-\left\|\mathbb{E}_{X\sim\mu}\left[(P_\eta^{\langle X\rangle}f_b)(X)K_X^{\langle X\rangle}\mathrel{\big|}f_b\right]\right\|_{X}^{2}\right) \\
&\le n_b^{-1}\mathbb{E}_{X\sim\mu}\left[\left\|(P_\eta^{\langle X\rangle}f_b)(X)K_X^{\langle X\rangle}\right\|_{X}^{2}\mathrel{\big|}f_b\right]
\le\frac{C_{\varphi\langle X\rangle}^{2}}{n_b\mathfrak{g}}V_X(P_\eta^{\langle X\rangle}f_b,P_\eta^{\langle X\rangle}f_b)
\le\frac{C_{\varphi\langle X\rangle}^{2}}{n_b\mathfrak{g}}\left\|P_\eta^{\langle X\rangle}f_b\right\|_{X}^{2}.
\end{aligned} E [ Γ X ( P η ⟨ X ⟩ f b ) X 2 f b ] = n b 2 1 i = 1 ∑ n b ( E [ ( P η ⟨ X ⟩ f b ) ( X i b ) K X i b ⟨ X ⟩ X 2 f b ] − E X ∼ μ [ ( P η ⟨ X ⟩ f b ) ( X ) K X ⟨ X ⟩ f b ] X 2 ) ≤ n b − 1 E X ∼ μ [ ( P η ⟨ X ⟩ f b ) ( X ) K X ⟨ X ⟩ X 2 f b ] ≤ n b g C φ ⟨ X ⟩ 2 V X ( P η ⟨ X ⟩ f b , P η ⟨ X ⟩ f b ) ≤ n b g C φ ⟨ X ⟩ 2 P η ⟨ X ⟩ f b X 2 .
Obviously,
∥ P η ⟨ X ⟩ f b ∥ X = sup ∥ f ∥ X = 1 ⟨ P η ⟨ X ⟩ f b , f ⟩ X ≤ η 1 / 2 ∥ f b ∥ H X , \left\|P_\eta^{\langle X\rangle}f_b\right\|_{X}
=\sup_{\left\|f\right\|_{X}=1}\left\langle P_\eta^{\langle X\rangle}f_b,f\right\rangle_{X}
\le\eta^{1/2}\left\|f_b\right\|_{H_X}, P η ⟨ X ⟩ f b X = ∥ f ∥ X = 1 sup ⟨ P η ⟨ X ⟩ f b , f ⟩ X ≤ η 1/2 ∥ f b ∥ H X ,
so we have
E [ ∥ Γ X ( P η ⟨ X ⟩ f b ) ∥ X 2 ∣ f b ] ≤ C φ ⟨ X ⟩ 2 ∥ f b ∥ H X 2 η n b g . \mathbb{E}\left[\left\|\Gamma_X(P_\eta^{\langle X\rangle}f_b)\right\|_{X}^{2}\mathrel{\big|}f_b\right]
\le C_{\varphi\langle X\rangle}^{2}\left\|f_b\right\|_{H_X}^{2}\frac{\eta}{n_b\mathfrak{g}}. E [ Γ X ( P η ⟨ X ⟩ f b ) X 2 f b ] ≤ C φ ⟨ X ⟩ 2 ∥ f b ∥ H X 2 n b g η .
Therefore,
E [ ∥ f ^ b , η − f b , η ∥ X 2 ∣ E ∣ f b ] ≤ 8 C φ ⟨ X ⟩ σ ε 2 n b g + 8 C φ ⟨ X ⟩ 2 ∥ f b ∥ H X 2 η n b g . \mathbb{E}\left[\left\|\widehat{f}_{b,\eta}-f_{b,\eta}\right\|_{X}^{2}\mathrel{\big|}\mathcal{E}\mathrel{\big|}f_b\right]
\le\frac{8C_{\varphi\langle X\rangle}\sigma_\varepsilon^2}{n_b\mathfrak{g}}
+\frac{8C_{\varphi\langle X\rangle}^{2}\left\|f_b\right\|_{H_X}^{2}\eta}{n_b\mathfrak{g}}. E [ f b , η − f b , η X 2 E f b ] ≤ n b g 8 C φ ⟨ X ⟩ σ ε 2 + n b g 8 C φ ⟨ X ⟩ 2 ∥ f b ∥ H X 2 η .
Together with
∥ f b , η − f b ∥ X 2 = ∥ P η ⟨ X ⟩ f b ∥ X 2 ≤ ∥ f b ∥ H X 2 η , \left\|f_{b,\eta}-f_b\right\|_{X}^{2}
=\left\|P_\eta^{\langle X\rangle}f_b\right\|_{X}^{2}
\le\left\|f_b\right\|_{H_X}^{2}\eta, ∥ f b , η − f b ∥ X 2 = P η ⟨ X ⟩ f b X 2 ≤ ∥ f b ∥ H X 2 η ,
we have
E [ ∥ f ^ b , η − f b ∥ X 2 ∣ E ∣ f b ] ≤ 2 E [ ∥ f ^ b , η − f b , η ∥ X 2 ∣ E ∣ f b ] + 2 ∥ f b , η − f b ∥ X 2 ≤ 16 C φ ⟨ X ⟩ σ ε 2 n b g + 16 C φ ⟨ X ⟩ 2 ∥ f b ∥ H X 2 η n b g + 2 ∥ f b ∥ H X 2 η \begin{aligned}
\mathbb{E}\left[\left\|\widehat{f}_{b,\eta}-f_b\right\|_{X}^{2}\mathrel{\big|}\mathcal{E}\mathrel{\big|}f_b\right]
\le2\mathbb{E}\left[\left\|\widehat{f}_{b,\eta}-f_{b,\eta}\right\|_{X}^{2}\mathrel{\big|}\mathcal{E}\mathrel{\big|}f_b\right]
+2\left\|f_{b,\eta}-f_b\right\|_{X}^{2} \\
&\le\frac{16C_{\varphi\langle X\rangle}\sigma_\varepsilon^2}{n_b\mathfrak{g}}
+\frac{16C_{\varphi\langle X\rangle}^{2}\left\|f_b\right\|_{H_X}^{2}\eta}{n_b\mathfrak{g}}
+2\left\|f_b\right\|_{H_X}^{2}\eta
\end{aligned} E [ f b , η − f b X 2 E f b ] ≤ 2 E [ f b , η − f b , η X 2 E f b ] + 2 ∥ f b , η − f b ∥ X 2 ≤ n b g 16 C φ ⟨ X ⟩ σ ε 2 + n b g 16 C φ ⟨ X ⟩ 2 ∥ f b ∥ H X 2 η + 2 ∥ f b ∥ H X 2 η
≲ ( 1 + ∥ f b ∥ H X 2 ) n b − 2 β 2 β + 1 , (43) \lesssim\left(1+\left\|f_b\right\|_{H_X}^{2}\right)n_b^{-\frac{2\beta}{2\beta+1}}, \tag*{(43)} ≲ ( 1 + ∥ f b ∥ H X 2 ) n b − 2 β + 1 2 β , (43)
where “≲ \lesssim ≲ ” is up to a constant free of f b f_b f b . We also need to control E [ ∥ f ^ b , η − f b ∥ X 2 ∣ E c ∣ f b ] \mathbb{E}\left[\left\|\widehat{f}_{b,\eta}-f_b\right\|_{X}^{2}\mathrel{\big|}\mathcal{E}^c\mathrel{\big|}f_b\right] E [ f b , η − f b X 2 E c f b ] . Since
E [ ∥ f ^ b , η − f b ∥ X 2 ∣ E c ∣ f b ] ≤ ( E [ ∥ f ^ b , η − f b ∥ X 4 ∣ f b ] ) 1 / 2 P ( E c ) 1 / 2 , \mathbb{E}\left[\left\|\widehat{f}_{b,\eta}-f_b\right\|_{X}^{2}\mathrel{\big|}\mathcal{E}^c\mathrel{\big|}f_b\right]
\le\left(\mathbb{E}\left[\left\|\widehat{f}_{b,\eta}-f_b\right\|_{X}^{4}\mathrel{\big|}f_b\right]\right)^{1/2}\mathbb{P}(\mathcal{E}^c)^{1/2}, E [ f b , η − f b X 2 E c f b ] ≤ ( E [ f b , η − f b X 4 f b ] ) 1/2 P ( E c ) 1/2 ,
it is sufficient to control ∥ f ^ b , η − f b ∥ X 4 \|\widehat{f}_{b,\eta}-f_b\|_X^4 ∥ f b , η − f b ∥ X 4 . For f = ∑ k f k φ k ⟨ X ⟩ ∈ H X f=\sum_k f_k\varphi_k^{\langle X\rangle}\in H_X f = ∑ k f k φ k ⟨ X ⟩ ∈ H X , we have
∥ f ∥ X 2 = ∑ k ( 1 + η ρ k ⟨ X ⟩ ) f k 2 ≤ ( 1 / ρ 1 ⟨ X ⟩ + η ) ∑ k f k 2 ρ k ⟨ X ⟩ = ( 1 / ρ 1 ⟨ X ⟩ + η ) ∥ f ∥ H X 2 ≡ C 4 ∥ f ∥ H X 2 . \|f\|_X^2=\sum_k(1+\eta\rho_k^{\langle X\rangle})f_k^2\leq(1/\rho_1^{\langle X\rangle}+\eta)\sum_k f_k^2\rho_k^{\langle X\rangle}=(1/\rho_1^{\langle X\rangle}+\eta)\|f\|_{H_X}^2\equiv C_4\|f\|_{H_X}^2. ∥ f ∥ X 2 = k ∑ ( 1 + η ρ k ⟨ X ⟩ ) f k 2 ≤ ( 1/ ρ 1 ⟨ X ⟩ + η ) k ∑ f k 2 ρ k ⟨ X ⟩ = ( 1/ ρ 1 ⟨ X ⟩ + η ) ∥ f ∥ H X 2 ≡ C 4 ∥ f ∥ H X 2 .
Since
∥ f ^ b , η − f b ∥ X 4 ≤ C 4 2 ∥ f ^ b , η − f b ∥ H X 4 ≤ C 4 2 ( ∥ f ^ b , η ∥ H X + ∥ f b ∥ H X ) 4 \|\widehat{f}_{b,\eta}-f_b\|_X^4\leq C_4^2\|\widehat{f}_{b,\eta}-f_b\|_{H_X}^4\leq C_4^2\left(\|\widehat{f}_{b,\eta}\|_{H_X}+\|f_b\|_{H_X}\right)^4 ∥ f b , η − f b ∥ X 4 ≤ C 4 2 ∥ f b , η − f b ∥ H X 4 ≤ C 4 2 ( ∥ f b , η ∥ H X + ∥ f b ∥ H X ) 4
≤ 16 C 4 2 ( ∥ f ^ b , η ∥ H X 4 + ∥ f b ∥ H X 4 ) . \leq16C_4^2\left(\|\widehat{f}_{b,\eta}\|_{H_X}^4+\|f_b\|_{H_X}^4\right). ≤ 16 C 4 2 ( ∥ f b , η ∥ H X 4 + ∥ f b ∥ H X 4 ) .
Since ℓ b , η ( f ^ b , η ) ≤ ℓ b , η ( f b ) \ell_{b,\eta}(\widehat{f}_{b,\eta})\leq\ell_{b,\eta}(f_b) ℓ b , η ( f b , η ) ≤ ℓ b , η ( f b ) , we have
η 2 ∥ f ^ b , η ∥ H X 2 ≤ ℓ b , η ( f ^ b , η ) ≤ 1 2 n b ∑ i = 1 n b ∣ ε i b ∣ 2 + η 2 ∥ f b ∥ H X 2 , \frac{\eta}{2}\|\widehat{f}_{b,\eta}\|_{H_X}^2\leq\ell_{b,\eta}(\widehat{f}_{b,\eta})\leq\frac{1}{2n_b}\sum_{i=1}^{n_b}|\varepsilon_i^b|^2+\frac{\eta}{2}\|f_b\|_{H_X}^2, 2 η ∥ f b , η ∥ H X 2 ≤ ℓ b , η ( f b , η ) ≤ 2 n b 1 i = 1 ∑ n b ∣ ε i b ∣ 2 + 2 η ∥ f b ∥ H X 2 ,
together with Cauchy-Schwartz inequality,
∥ f ^ b , η ∥ H X 4 ≤ ( 1 n b η ∑ i = 1 n b ∣ ε i b ∣ 2 + ∥ f b ∥ H X 2 ) 2 ≤ 2 n b 2 η 2 ( ∑ i = 1 n b ∣ ε i b ∣ 2 ) 2 + 2 ∥ f b ∥ H X 4 ≤ 2 n b η 2 ∑ i = 1 n b ∣ ε i b ∣ 4 + 2 ∥ f b ∥ H X 4 . \begin{aligned}
\|\widehat{f}_{b,\eta}\|_{H_X}^4\leq\left(\frac{1}{n_b\eta}\sum_{i=1}^{n_b}|\varepsilon_i^b|^2+\|f_b\|_{H_X}^2\right)^2 \\
&\leq\frac{2}{n_b^2\eta^2}\left(\sum_{i=1}^{n_b}|\varepsilon_i^b|^2\right)^2+2\|f_b\|_{H_X}^4\leq\frac{2}{n_b\eta^2}\sum_{i=1}^{n_b}|\varepsilon_i^b|^4+2\|f_b\|_{H_X}^4.
\end{aligned} ∥ f b , η ∥ H X 4 ≤ ( n b η 1 i = 1 ∑ n b ∣ ε i b ∣ 2 + ∥ f b ∥ H X 2 ) 2 ≤ n b 2 η 2 2 ( i = 1 ∑ n b ∣ ε i b ∣ 2 ) 2 + 2∥ f b ∥ H X 4 ≤ n b η 2 2 i = 1 ∑ n b ∣ ε i b ∣ 4 + 2∥ f b ∥ H X 4 .
So
∥ f ^ b , η − f b ∥ X 4 ≤ 16 C 4 2 ( 2 n b η 2 ∑ i = 1 n b ∣ ε i b ∣ 4 + 3 ∥ f b ∥ H X 4 ) , \|\widehat{f}_{b,\eta}-f_b\|_X^4\leq16C_4^2\left(\frac{2}{n_b\eta^2}\sum_{i=1}^{n_b}|\varepsilon_i^b|^4+3\|f_b\|_{H_X}^4\right), ∥ f b , η − f b ∥ X 4 ≤ 16 C 4 2 ( n b η 2 2 i = 1 ∑ n b ∣ ε i b ∣ 4 + 3∥ f b ∥ H X 4 ) ,
which together with finite fourth moment of ε i b \varepsilon_i^b ε i b , leads to
E [ ∥ f ^ b , η − f b ∥ X 4 ∣ f b ] ≤ 32 C 4 2 n b η 2 ∑ i = 1 n b E [ ∣ ε i b ∣ 4 ∣ f b ] + 48 C 4 2 ∥ f b ∥ H X 4 \mathbb{E}\left[\|\widehat{f}_{b,\eta}-f_b\|_X^4\mid f_b\right]\leq\frac{32C_4^2}{n_b\eta^2}\sum_{i=1}^{n_b}\mathbb{E}[|\varepsilon_i^b|^4\mid f_b]+48C_4^2\|f_b\|_{H_X}^4 E [ ∥ f b , η − f b ∥ X 4 ∣ f b ] ≤ n b η 2 32 C 4 2 i = 1 ∑ n b E [ ∣ ε i b ∣ 4 ∣ f b ] + 48 C 4 2 ∥ f b ∥ H X 4
≤ 32 C 4 2 σ ε 4 η − 2 + 48 C 4 2 ∥ f b ∥ H X 4 . \leq32C_4^2\sigma_\varepsilon^4\eta^{-2}+48C_4^2\|f_b\|_{H_X}^4. ≤ 32 C 4 2 σ ε 4 η − 2 + 48 C 4 2 ∥ f b ∥ H X 4 .
Combining above, we get that, as n → ∞ n\to\infty n → ∞ ,
E [ ∥ f ^ b , η − f b ∥ X 2 1 ε ∣ f b ] ≤ ( 8 C 4 σ ε 2 η − 1 + 8 C 4 ∥ f b ∥ H X 2 ) 1 / 2 e − 2 − 1 C − 2 C γ − 2 n b ( 2 β − 1 ) 2 2 β ( 2 β + 1 ) ≤ ( 1 + ∥ f b ∥ H X 2 ) n b − 2 β 2 β + 1 , (44) \begin{aligned}
\mathbb{E}\left[\|\widehat{f}_{b,\eta}-f_b\|_X^2\mathbb{1}_{\varepsilon}\mid f_b\right]\leq\left(8C_4\sigma_\varepsilon^2\eta^{-1}+8C_4\|f_b\|_{H_X}^2\right)^{1/2}e^{-2^{-1}C^{-2}C_\gamma^{-2}n_b^{\frac{(2\beta-1)^2}{2\beta(2\beta+1)}}} \\
&\leq(1+\|f_b\|_{H_X}^2)n_b^{-\frac{2\beta}{2\beta+1}}, \tag*{(44)}
\end{aligned} E [ ∥ f b , η − f b ∥ X 2 1 ε ∣ f b ] ≤ ( 8 C 4 σ ε 2 η − 1 + 8 C 4 ∥ f b ∥ H X 2 ) 1/2 e − 2 − 1 C − 2 C γ − 2 n b 2 β ( 2 β + 1 ) ( 2 β − 1 ) 2 ≤ ( 1 + ∥ f b ∥ H X 2 ) n b − 2 β + 1 2 β , (44)
where the last inequality follows from β > 1 / 2 \beta>1/2 β > 1/2 hence the exponential term is o ( n b − 2 β / ( 2 β + 1 ) ) o(n_b^{-2\beta/(2\beta+1)}) o ( n b − 2 β / ( 2 β + 1 ) ) . By (43) and (44) , we get that
E [ ∥ f ^ b , η − f b ∥ X 2 ∣ f b ] = E [ ∥ f ^ b , η − f b ∥ X 2 1 E ∣ f b ] + E [ ∥ f ^ b , η − f b ∥ X 2 1 E c ∣ f b ] \mathbb{E}\left[\|\widehat{f}_{b,\eta}-f_b\|_X^2\mid f_b\right]=\mathbb{E}\left[\|\widehat{f}_{b,\eta}-f_b\|_X^2\mathbb{1}_{\mathcal{E}}\mid f_b\right]+\mathbb{E}\left[\|\widehat{f}_{b,\eta}-f_b\|_X^2\mathbb{1}_{\mathcal{E}^c}\mid f_b\right] E [ ∥ f b , η − f b ∥ X 2 ∣ f b ] = E [ ∥ f b , η − f b ∥ X 2 1 E ∣ f b ] + E [ ∥ f b , η − f b ∥ X 2 1 E c ∣ f b ]
≲ ( 1 + ∥ f b ∥ H X 2 ) n b − 2 β 2 β + 1 , \lesssim(1+\|f_b\|_{H_X}^2)n_b^{-\frac{2\beta}{2\beta+1}}, ≲ ( 1 + ∥ f b ∥ H X 2 ) n b − 2 β + 1 2 β ,
where “≲ \lesssim ≲ ” is up to a constant free of f b f_b f b . Proof is completed.
Next we prove Lemma 2.
Proof of Lemma 2. Due to independence between X n b + 1 b X^{b}_{n_b+1} X n b + 1 b and ( D n b b , f b ) (D^{b}_{n_b}, f_b) ( D n b b , f b ) , we have
E [ f b ( X n b + 1 b ) ∣ D n b b , X n b + 1 b ] = E [ f b ∣ D n b b , X n b + 1 b ] ( X n b + 1 b ) = E [ f b ∣ D n b b ] ( X n b + 1 b ) . \mathbb{E}[f_b(X^{b}_{n_b+1})\mid D^{b}_{n_b},X^{b}_{n_b+1}]
=\mathbb{E}[f_b\mid D^{b}_{n_b},X^{b}_{n_b+1}](X^{b}_{n_b+1})
=\mathbb{E}[f_b\mid D^{b}_{n_b}](X^{b}_{n_b+1}). E [ f b ( X n b + 1 b ) ∣ D n b b , X n b + 1 b ] = E [ f b ∣ D n b b , X n b + 1 b ] ( X n b + 1 b ) = E [ f b ∣ D n b b ] ( X n b + 1 b ) .
Therefore,
E [ ∣ f ^ b , η ( X n b + 1 b ) − f b ( X n b + 1 b ) ∣ 2 ∣ D n b b , X n b + 1 b ] = E [ ∣ f b ( X n b + 1 b ) − E [ f b ∣ D n b b ] ( X n b + 1 b ) ∣ 2 ∣ D n b b , X n b + 1 b ] + E [ ∣ f ^ b , η ( X n b + 1 b ) − E [ f b ∣ D n b b ] ( X n b + 1 b ) ∣ 2 ∣ D n b b , X n b + 1 b ] , \begin{aligned}
\mathbb{E}[|\widehat{f}_{b,\eta}(X^{b}_{n_b+1})-f_b(X^{b}_{n_b+1})|^2\mid D^{b}_{n_b},X^{b}_{n_b+1}]
={}&\mathbb{E}[|f_b(X^{b}_{n_b+1})-\mathbb{E}[f_b\mid D^{b}_{n_b}](X^{b}_{n_b+1})|^2\mid D^{b}_{n_b},X^{b}_{n_b+1}]\\
&+\mathbb{E}[|\widehat{f}_{b,\eta}(X^{b}_{n_b+1})-\mathbb{E}[f_b\mid D^{b}_{n_b}](X^{b}_{n_b+1})|^2\mid D^{b}_{n_b},X^{b}_{n_b+1}],
\end{aligned} E [ ∣ f b , η ( X n b + 1 b ) − f b ( X n b + 1 b ) ∣ 2 ∣ D n b b , X n b + 1 b ] = E [ ∣ f b ( X n b + 1 b ) − E [ f b ∣ D n b b ] ( X n b + 1 b ) ∣ 2 ∣ D n b b , X n b + 1 b ] + E [ ∣ f b , η ( X n b + 1 b ) − E [ f b ∣ D n b b ] ( X n b + 1 b ) ∣ 2 ∣ D n b b , X n b + 1 b ] ,
where the equality is due to the vanishing cross term:
E [ ( f b ( X n b + 1 b ) − E [ f b ∣ D n b b ] ( X n b + 1 b ) ) ( f ^ b , η ( X n b + 1 b ) − E [ f b ∣ D n b b ] ( X n b + 1 b ) ) ∣ D n b b , X n b + 1 b ] = E [ f b ( X n b + 1 b ) − E [ f b ∣ D n b b ] ( X n b + 1 b ) ∣ D n b b , X n b + 1 b ] ( f ^ b , η ( X n b + 1 b ) − E [ f b ∣ D n b b ] ( X n b + 1 b ) ) = 0. \begin{aligned}
&\mathbb{E}[(f_b(X^{b}_{n_b+1})-\mathbb{E}[f_b\mid D^{b}_{n_b}](X^{b}_{n_b+1}))(\widehat{f}_{b,\eta}(X^{b}_{n_b+1})-\mathbb{E}[f_b\mid D^{b}_{n_b}](X^{b}_{n_b+1}))\mid D^{b}_{n_b},X^{b}_{n_b+1}]\\
={}&\mathbb{E}[f_b(X^{b}_{n_b+1})-\mathbb{E}[f_b\mid D^{b}_{n_b}](X^{b}_{n_b+1})\mid D^{b}_{n_b},X^{b}_{n_b+1}](\widehat{f}_{b,\eta}(X^{b}_{n_b+1})-\mathbb{E}[f_b\mid D^{b}_{n_b}](X^{b}_{n_b+1}))=0.
\end{aligned} = E [( f b ( X n b + 1 b ) − E [ f b ∣ D n b b ] ( X n b + 1 b )) ( f b , η ( X n b + 1 b ) − E [ f b ∣ D n b b ] ( X n b + 1 b )) ∣ D n b b , X n b + 1 b ] E [ f b ( X n b + 1 b ) − E [ f b ∣ D n b b ] ( X n b + 1 b ) ∣ D n b b , X n b + 1 b ] ( f b , η ( X n b + 1 b ) − E [ f b ∣ D n b b ] ( X n b + 1 b )) = 0.
So we have
E [ ∣ f b ( X n b + 1 b ) − E [ f b ∣ D n b b ] ( X n b + 1 b ) ∣ 2 ∣ D n b b , X n b + 1 b ] ≤ E [ ∣ f ^ b , η ( X n b + 1 b ) − f b ( X n b + 1 b ) ∣ 2 ∣ D n b b , X n b + 1 b ] . \mathbb{E}[|f_b(X^{b}_{n_b+1})-\mathbb{E}[f_b\mid D^{b}_{n_b}](X^{b}_{n_b+1})|^2\mid D^{b}_{n_b},X^{b}_{n_b+1}]
\leq\mathbb{E}[|\widehat{f}_{b,\eta}(X^{b}_{n_b+1})-f_b(X^{b}_{n_b+1})|^2\mid D^{b}_{n_b},X^{b}_{n_b+1}]. E [ ∣ f b ( X n b + 1 b ) − E [ f b ∣ D n b b ] ( X n b + 1 b ) ∣ 2 ∣ D n b b , X n b + 1 b ] ≤ E [ ∣ f b , η ( X n b + 1 b ) − f b ( X n b + 1 b ) ∣ 2 ∣ D n b b , X n b + 1 b ] .
Taking expectations w.r.t. D n b b , X n b + 1 b D^{b}_{n_b},X^{b}_{n_b+1} D n b b , X n b + 1 b , we get
V b ( n b ) 2 = E [ ∣ f b ( X n b + 1 b ) − E [ f b ∣ D n b b ] ( X n b + 1 b ) ∣ 2 ] ≤ E [ ∣ f ^ b , η ( X n b + 1 b ) − f b ( X n b + 1 b ) ∣ 2 ] . V_b(n_b)^2=\mathbb{E}[|f_b(X^{b}_{n_b+1})-\mathbb{E}[f_b\mid D^{b}_{n_b}](X^{b}_{n_b+1})|^2]\leq\mathbb{E}[|\widehat{f}_{b,\eta}(X^{b}_{n_b+1})-f_b(X^{b}_{n_b+1})|^2]. V b ( n b ) 2 = E [ ∣ f b ( X n b + 1 b ) − E [ f b ∣ D n b b ] ( X n b + 1 b ) ∣ 2 ] ≤ E [ ∣ f b , η ( X n b + 1 b ) − f b ( X n b + 1 b ) ∣ 2 ] .
By Lemma 5, we have
E [ ∣ f ^ b , η ( X n b + 1 b ) − f b ( X n b + 1 b ) ∣ 2 ∣ D n b b , f b ] = V X ( f ^ b , η − f b ) ≤ ∥ f ^ b , η − f b ∥ X 2 . \mathbb{E}[|\widehat{f}_{b,\eta}(X^{b}_{n_b+1})-f_b(X^{b}_{n_b+1})|^2\mid D^{b}_{n_b},f_b]=V_X(\widehat{f}_{b,\eta}-f_b)\leq\|\widehat{f}_{b,\eta}-f_b\|_X^2. E [ ∣ f b , η ( X n b + 1 b ) − f b ( X n b + 1 b ) ∣ 2 ∣ D n b b , f b ] = V X ( f b , η − f b ) ≤ ∥ f b , η − f b ∥ X 2 .
Taking expectations w.r.t. D n b b ∣ f b D^{b}_{n_b}\mid f_b D n b b ∣ f b and by Lemma 5,
E [ ∣ f ^ b , η ( X n b + 1 b ) − f b ( X n b + 1 b ) ∣ 2 ∣ f b ] ≤ E [ ∥ f ^ b , η − f b ∥ X 2 ∣ f b ] ≤ C 1 ( 1 + ∥ f b ∥ X 2 ) n b − 2 β 2 β + 1 . \mathbb{E}[|\widehat{f}_{b,\eta}(X^{b}_{n_b+1})-f_b(X^{b}_{n_b+1})|^2\mid f_b]\leq\mathbb{E}[\|\widehat{f}_{b,\eta}-f_b\|_X^2\mid f_b]\leq C_1(1+\|f_b\|_X^2)n_b^{-\frac{2\beta}{2\beta+1}}. E [ ∣ f b , η ( X n b + 1 b ) − f b ( X n b + 1 b ) ∣ 2 ∣ f b ] ≤ E [ ∥ f b , η − f b ∥ X 2 ∣ f b ] ≤ C 1 ( 1 + ∥ f b ∥ X 2 ) n b − 2 β + 1 2 β .
Taking expectations w.r.t. f b f_b f b ,
V b ( n b ) 2 ≤ E [ ∣ f ^ b , η ( X n b + 1 b ) − f b ( X n b + 1 b ) ∣ 2 ] ≤ C 1 ( 1 + E [ ∥ f b ∥ X 2 ] ) n b − 2 β 2 β + 1 . V_b(n_b)^2\leq\mathbb{E}[|\widehat{f}_{b,\eta}(X^{b}_{n_b+1})-f_b(X^{b}_{n_b+1})|^2]\leq C_1(1+\mathbb{E}[\|f_b\|_X^2])n_b^{-\frac{2\beta}{2\beta+1}}. V b ( n b ) 2 ≤ E [ ∣ f b , η ( X n b + 1 b ) − f b ( X n b + 1 b ) ∣ 2 ] ≤ C 1 ( 1 + E [ ∥ f b ∥ X 2 ]) n b − 2 β + 1 2 β .
Proof is completed.
Proof of Theorem 3. Let Δ M = M ^ n , N , B , λ − M ∗ \Delta M=\widehat{M}_{n,N,B,\lambda}-M_* Δ M = M n , N , B , λ − M ∗ . By Taylor expansion, we have
S n , N , B , λ ( M ∗ + Δ M ) − S n , N , B , λ ( M ∗ ) − ( S ˉ n , B , λ ( M ∗ + Δ M ) − S ˉ n , B , λ ( M ∗ ) ) = D S n , N , B , λ ( M ∗ ) Δ M − D S ˉ n , B , λ ( M ∗ ) Δ M = 1 N ∑ b = 1 B ∑ i = 1 N b [ Δ M ( π ^ n b b , X n b + i b ) K ( π ^ n b b , X n b + i b ) − E [ Δ M ( π ^ n b b , X n b + i b ) K ( π ^ n b b , X n b + i b ) ] ] = Γ ( Δ M ) ≡ Γ 1 ( Δ M ) + Γ 2 ( Δ M ) . \begin{aligned}
&S_{n,N,B,\lambda}(M_*+\Delta M)-S_{n,N,B,\lambda}(M_*)-(\bar{S}_{n,B,\lambda}(M_*+\Delta M)-\bar{S}_{n,B,\lambda}(M_*))\\
&=DS_{n,N,B,\lambda}(M_*)\Delta M-D\bar{S}_{n,B,\lambda}(M_*)\Delta M\\
&=\frac{1}{N}\sum_{b=1}^{B}\sum_{i=1}^{N_b}\left[\Delta M(\widehat{\pi}^{b}_{n_b},X^{b}_{n_b+i})K(\widehat{\pi}^{b}_{n_b},X^{b}_{n_b+i})-\mathbb{E}\left[\Delta M(\widehat{\pi}^{b}_{n_b},X^{b}_{n_b+i})K(\widehat{\pi}^{b}_{n_b},X^{b}_{n_b+i})\right]\right]\\
&=\Gamma(\Delta M)\equiv\Gamma_1(\Delta M)+\Gamma_2(\Delta M).
\end{aligned} S n , N , B , λ ( M ∗ + Δ M ) − S n , N , B , λ ( M ∗ ) − ( S ˉ n , B , λ ( M ∗ + Δ M ) − S ˉ n , B , λ ( M ∗ )) = D S n , N , B , λ ( M ∗ ) Δ M − D S ˉ n , B , λ ( M ∗ ) Δ M = N 1 b = 1 ∑ B i = 1 ∑ N b [ Δ M ( π n b b , X n b + i b ) K ( π n b b , X n b + i b ) − E [ Δ M ( π n b b , X n b + i b ) K ( π n b b , X n b + i b ) ] ] = Γ ( Δ M ) ≡ Γ 1 ( Δ M ) + Γ 2 ( Δ M ) .
By (31) , (33) , Theorem 2 and (17) , we have
∥ Γ ( Δ M ) ∥ ≤ ∥ Γ 1 ( Δ M ) ∥ + ∥ Γ 2 ( Δ M ) ∥ = O P ( ( a h ∑ b = 1 B N b 2 N h + a h N h 2 ) ( λ 1 / 2 + ( N h ) − 1 / 2 ) ) = O P ( a h ∑ b = 1 B N b 2 N h ( λ 1 / 2 + ( N h ) − 1 / 2 ) ) , \begin{aligned}
\lVert\Gamma(\Delta M)\rVert&\le\lVert\Gamma_1(\Delta M)\rVert+\lVert\Gamma_2(\Delta M)\rVert\\
&=O_{\mathbb{P}}\left(\left(\frac{a_h\sqrt{\sum_{b=1}^{B}N_b^2}}{Nh}+\frac{a_h}{\sqrt{Nh^2}}\right)\left(\lambda^{1/2}+(Nh)^{-1/2}\right)\right)\\
&=O_{\mathbb{P}}\left(\frac{a_h\sqrt{\sum_{b=1}^{B}N_b^2}}{Nh}\left(\lambda^{1/2}+(Nh)^{-1/2}\right)\right),
\end{aligned} ∥ Γ ( Δ M )∥ ≤ ∥ Γ 1 ( Δ M )∥ + ∥ Γ 2 ( Δ M )∥ = O P N h a h ∑ b = 1 B N b 2 + N h 2 a h ( λ 1/2 + ( N h ) − 1/2 ) = O P N h a h ∑ b = 1 B N b 2 ( λ 1/2 + ( N h ) − 1/2 ) ,
in which the last equality holds due to the trivial fact
a h ∑ b = 1 B N b 2 N h ≥ a h N h 2 . \frac{a_h\sqrt{\sum_{b=1}^{B}N_b^2}}{Nh}\geq\frac{a_h}{\sqrt{Nh^2}}. N h a h ∑ b = 1 B N b 2 ≥ N h 2 a h .
Since S n , N , B , λ ( M ⋆ + Δ M ) = 0 S_{n,N,B,\lambda}(M_\star+\Delta M)=0 S n , N , B , λ ( M ⋆ + Δ M ) = 0 and D S ˉ n , B , λ ( M ⋆ ) = id D\bar{S}_{n,B,\lambda}(M_\star)=\operatorname{id} D S ˉ n , B , λ ( M ⋆ ) = id , we have
∥ M ^ n , N , B , λ − M ⋆ + S n , N , B , λ ( M ⋆ ) ∥ = O P ( a h ∑ b = 1 B N b 2 N h ( λ 1 / 2 + ( N h ) − 1 / 2 ) ) . \lVert\widehat{M}_{n,N,B,\lambda}-M_\star+S_{n,N,B,\lambda}(M_\star)\rVert=O_{\mathbb{P}}\left(\frac{a_h\sqrt{\sum_{b=1}^{B}N_b^2}}{Nh}\left(\lambda^{1/2}+(Nh)^{-1/2}\right)\right). ∥ M n , N , B , λ − M ⋆ + S n , N , B , λ ( M ⋆ )∥ = O P N h a h ∑ b = 1 B N b 2 ( λ 1/2 + ( N h ) − 1/2 ) .
By Lemma 4 and reproducing property,
M ^ n , N , B , λ ( π ^ , x ) − M ⋆ ( π ^ , x ) + S n , N , B , λ ( M ⋆ ) ( π ^ , x ) = O P ( a h ∑ b = 1 B N b 2 N h 3 / 2 ( λ 1 / 2 + ( N h ) − 1 / 2 ) ) . \widehat{M}_{n,N,B,\lambda}(\hat{\pi},x)-M_\star(\hat{\pi},x)+S_{n,N,B,\lambda}(M_\star)(\hat{\pi},x)=O_{\mathbb{P}}\left(\frac{a_h\sqrt{\sum_{b=1}^{B}N_b^2}}{Nh^{3/2}}\left(\lambda^{1/2}+(Nh)^{-1/2}\right)\right). M n , N , B , λ ( π ^ , x ) − M ⋆ ( π ^ , x ) + S n , N , B , λ ( M ⋆ ) ( π ^ , x ) = O P N h 3/2 a h ∑ b = 1 B N b 2 ( λ 1/2 + ( N h ) − 1/2 ) .
Since
S n , N , B , λ ( M ⋆ ) ( π ^ , x ) = − 1 N ∑ b = 1 B ∑ i = 1 N b e n b , i b K ( π ^ n b b , X n b + i b ) ( π ^ , x ) + ( P λ M ⋆ ) ( π ^ , x ) = − 1 N ∑ b = 1 B W b + ( P λ M ⋆ ) ( π ^ , x ) , \begin{aligned}
S_{n,N,B,\lambda}(M_\star)(\hat{\pi},x)
&=-\frac{1}{N}\sum_{b=1}^{B}\sum_{i=1}^{N_b}e_{n_b,i}^{b}K(\hat{\pi}_{n_b}^{b},X_{n_b+i}^{b})(\hat{\pi},x)+(P_\lambda M_\star)(\hat{\pi},x)\\
&=-\frac{1}{N}\sum_{b=1}^{B}W_b+(P_\lambda M_\star)(\hat{\pi},x),
\end{aligned} S n , N , B , λ ( M ⋆ ) ( π ^ , x ) = − N 1 b = 1 ∑ B i = 1 ∑ N b e n b , i b K ( π ^ n b b , X n b + i b ) ( π ^ , x ) + ( P λ M ⋆ ) ( π ^ , x ) = − N 1 b = 1 ∑ B W b + ( P λ M ⋆ ) ( π ^ , x ) ,
where W b = ∑ i = 1 N b e n b , i b K ( π ^ n b b , X n b + i b ) ( π ^ , x ) W_b=\sum_{i=1}^{N_b}e_{n_b,i}^{b}K(\hat{\pi}_{n_b}^{b},X_{n_b+i}^{b})(\hat{\pi},x) W b = ∑ i = 1 N b e n b , i b K ( π ^ n b b , X n b + i b ) ( π ^ , x ) . Due to independence of the tasks, W 1 , … , W B W_1,\ldots,W_B W 1 , … , W B are independent. Since E [ e n b , i b ∣ π ^ n b b , X n b + i b ] = 0 \mathbb{E}[e_{n_b,i}^{b}\mid\hat{\pi}_{n_b}^{b},X_{n_b+i}^{b}]=0 E [ e n b , i b ∣ π ^ n b b , X n b + i b ] = 0 , E [ W b ] = 0 \mathbb{E}[W_b]=0 E [ W b ] = 0 . By CLT, s − 1 ∑ b = 1 B W b → d N ( 0 , 1 ) s^{-1}\sum_{b=1}^{B}W_b\xrightarrow{d}N(0,1) s − 1 ∑ b = 1 B W b d N ( 0 , 1 ) , where
s 2 = E [ ∣ ∑ b = 1 B W b ∣ 2 ] = ∑ b = 1 B E [ W b 2 ] . s^2=\mathbb{E}\left[\left|\sum_{b=1}^{B}W_b\right|^2\right]=\sum_{b=1}^{B}\mathbb{E}[W_b^2]. s 2 = E b = 1 ∑ B W b 2 = b = 1 ∑ B E [ W b 2 ] .
Next we identify the limit of s 2 s^2 s 2 . For any b b b ,
E [ W b 2 ] = ∑ i = 1 N b E [ ∣ e n b , i b ∣ 2 K ( ( π ^ n b b , X n b + i b ) , ( π ^ , x ) ) 2 ] + ∑ i ≠ j E [ e n b , i b e n b , j b K ( ( π ^ n b b , X n b + i b ) , ( π ^ , x ) ) K ( ( π ^ n b b , X n b + j b ) , ( π ^ , x ) ) ] ≡ I b + I I b . \begin{aligned}
\mathbb{E}[W_b^2] &= \sum_{i=1}^{N_b}\mathbb{E}[|e_{n_b,i}^b|^2K((\widehat{\pi}_{n_b}^b,X_{n_b+i}^b),(\widehat{\pi},x))^2] \\
&\quad+\sum_{i\ne j}\mathbb{E}[e_{n_b,i}^b e_{n_b,j}^bK((\widehat{\pi}_{n_b}^b,X_{n_b+i}^b),(\widehat{\pi},x))K((\widehat{\pi}_{n_b}^b,X_{n_b+j}^b),(\widehat{\pi},x))]\equiv I_b+\mathrm{II}_b.
\end{aligned} E [ W b 2 ] = i = 1 ∑ N b E [ ∣ e n b , i b ∣ 2 K (( π n b b , X n b + i b ) , ( π , x ) ) 2 ] + i = j ∑ E [ e n b , i b e n b , j b K (( π n b b , X n b + i b ) , ( π , x )) K (( π n b b , X n b + j b ) , ( π , x ))] ≡ I b + II b .
By (8) and
e n b , i b = Y n b + i b − M ∗ ( π ^ n b b , X n b + i b ) = ε i b + f b ( X n b + i b ) − E [ f b ∣ π ^ n b ] ( X n b + i b ) = ε i b + ( f b − H ∗ ) ( X n b + i b ) , e_{n_b,i}^b=Y_{n_b+i}^b-M_*(\widehat{\pi}_{n_b}^b,X_{n_b+i}^b)=\varepsilon_i^b+f_b(X_{n_b+i}^b)-\mathbb{E}[f_b|\widehat{\pi}_{n_b}](X_{n_b+i}^b)=\varepsilon_i^b+(f_b-H_*)(X_{n_b+i}^b), e n b , i b = Y n b + i b − M ∗ ( π n b b , X n b + i b ) = ε i b + f b ( X n b + i b ) − E [ f b ∣ π n b ] ( X n b + i b ) = ε i b + ( f b − H ∗ ) ( X n b + i b ) ,
we have
E [ ∣ e n b , i b ∣ 2 ∣ π ^ n b b , X n b + i b ] = E [ ∣ ε i b + ( f b − H ∗ ) ( X n b + i b ) ∣ 2 ∣ π ^ n b b , X n b + i b ] = σ ε 2 + E [ ∣ ( f b − H ∗ ) ( X n b + i b ) ∣ 2 ∣ π ^ n b b , X n b + i b ] , \begin{aligned}
\mathbb{E}[|e_{n_b,i}^b|^2|\widehat{\pi}_{n_b}^b,X_{n_b+i}^b] &= \mathbb{E}[|\varepsilon_i^b+(f_b-H_*)(X_{n_b+i}^b)|^2|\widehat{\pi}_{n_b}^b,X_{n_b+i}^b] \\
&=\sigma_\varepsilon^2+\mathbb{E}[|(f_b-H_*)(X_{n_b+i}^b)|^2|\widehat{\pi}_{n_b}^b,X_{n_b+i}^b],
\end{aligned} E [ ∣ e n b , i b ∣ 2 ∣ π n b b , X n b + i b ] = E [ ∣ ε i b + ( f b − H ∗ ) ( X n b + i b ) ∣ 2 ∣ π n b b , X n b + i b ] = σ ε 2 + E [ ∣ ( f b − H ∗ ) ( X n b + i b ) ∣ 2 ∣ π n b b , X n b + i b ] ,
where the last equality is because E [ ε i b ( f b − H ∗ ) ( X n b + i b ) ∣ π ^ n b b , X n b + i b , f b ] = 0 \mathbb{E}[\varepsilon_i^b(f_b-H_*)(X_{n_b+i}^b)|\widehat{\pi}_{n_b}^b,X_{n_b+i}^b,f_b]=0 E [ ε i b ( f b − H ∗ ) ( X n b + i b ) ∣ π n b b , X n b + i b , f b ] = 0 which leads to E [ ε i b ( f b − H ∗ ) ( X n b + i b ) ∣ π ^ n b b , X n b + i b ] = 0 \mathbb{E}[\varepsilon_i^b(f_b-H_*)(X_{n_b+i}^b)|\widehat{\pi}_{n_b}^b,X_{n_b+i}^b]=0 E [ ε i b ( f b − H ∗ ) ( X n b + i b ) ∣ π n b b , X n b + i b ] = 0 , so the cross term vanishes. By Lemma 4, ∣ K ( ( π ^ n b b , X n b + i b ) , ( π ^ , x ) ) ∣ ≤ C φ 2 h − 1 |K((\widehat{\pi}_{n_b}^b,X_{n_b+i}^b),(\widehat{\pi},x))|\le C_\varphi^2h^{-1} ∣ K (( π n b b , X n b + i b ) , ( π , x )) ∣ ≤ C φ 2 h − 1 , we have
∑ b = 1 B I b = ∑ b = 1 B ∑ i = 1 N b E [ E [ ∣ e n b , i b ∣ 2 ∣ π ^ n b b , X n b + i b ] K ( ( π ^ n b b , X n b + i b ) , ( π ^ , x ) ) 2 ] = ∑ b = 1 B ∑ i = 1 N b E [ ( σ ε 2 + E [ ∣ ( f b − H ∗ ) ( X n b + i b ) ∣ 2 ∣ π ^ n b b , X n b + i b ] ) K ( ( π ^ n b b , X n b + i b ) , ( π ^ , x ) ) 2 ] = σ ε 2 ∑ b = 1 B N b E [ K ( ( π ^ n b b , X n b + 1 b ) , ( π ^ , x ) ) 2 ] + ∑ b = 1 B N b E [ ∣ ( f b − H ∗ ) ( X n b + 1 b ) ∣ 2 K ( ( π ^ n b b , X n b + i b ) , ( π ^ , x ) ) 2 ] . \begin{aligned}
\sum_{b=1}^{B}I_b
&=\sum_{b=1}^{B}\sum_{i=1}^{N_b}\mathbb{E}[\mathbb{E}[|e_{n_b,i}^b|^2|\widehat{\pi}_{n_b}^b,X_{n_b+i}^b]K((\widehat{\pi}_{n_b}^b,X_{n_b+i}^b),(\widehat{\pi},x))^2] \\
&=\sum_{b=1}^{B}\sum_{i=1}^{N_b}\mathbb{E}[(\sigma_\varepsilon^2+\mathbb{E}[|(f_b-H_*)(X_{n_b+i}^b)|^2|\widehat{\pi}_{n_b}^b,X_{n_b+i}^b])K((\widehat{\pi}_{n_b}^b,X_{n_b+i}^b),(\widehat{\pi},x))^2] \\
&=\sigma_\varepsilon^2\sum_{b=1}^{B}N_b\mathbb{E}[K((\widehat{\pi}_{n_b}^b,X_{n_b+1}^b),(\widehat{\pi},x))^2]+\sum_{b=1}^{B}N_b\mathbb{E}[|(f_b-H_*)(X_{n_b+1}^b)|^2K((\widehat{\pi}_{n_b}^b,X_{n_b+i}^b),(\widehat{\pi},x))^2].
\end{aligned} b = 1 ∑ B I b = b = 1 ∑ B i = 1 ∑ N b E [ E [ ∣ e n b , i b ∣ 2 ∣ π n b b , X n b + i b ] K (( π n b b , X n b + i b ) , ( π , x ) ) 2 ] = b = 1 ∑ B i = 1 ∑ N b E [( σ ε 2 + E [ ∣ ( f b − H ∗ ) ( X n b + i b ) ∣ 2 ∣ π n b b , X n b + i b ]) K (( π n b b , X n b + i b ) , ( π , x ) ) 2 ] = σ ε 2 b = 1 ∑ B N b E [ K (( π n b b , X n b + 1 b ) , ( π , x ) ) 2 ] + b = 1 ∑ B N b E [ ∣ ( f b − H ∗ ) ( X n b + 1 b ) ∣ 2 K (( π n b b , X n b + i b ) , ( π , x ) ) 2 ] .
By (29), we have
∑ b = 1 B N b E [ K ( ( π ^ n b b , X n b + 1 b ) , ( π ^ , x ) ) 2 ] = ∑ b = 1 B N b E [ ( ∑ k = 1 ∞ φ k ( π ^ n b b , X n b + 1 b ) φ k ( π ^ , x ) 1 + λ ρ k ) 2 ] = ∑ k , k ′ = 1 ∞ N ( 1 + λ ρ k ) ( 1 + λ ρ k ′ ) 1 N ∑ b = 1 B N b E [ φ k ( π ^ n b b , X n b + 1 b ) φ k ′ ( π ^ n b b , X n b + 1 b ) ] φ k ( π ^ , x ) φ k ′ ( π ^ , x ) = ∑ k , k ′ = 1 ∞ N ( 1 + λ ρ k ) ( 1 + λ ρ k ′ ) 1 N V ( φ k , φ k ′ ) φ k ( π ^ , x ) φ k ′ ( π ^ , x ) = N ∑ k = 1 ∞ ∣ φ k ( π ^ , x ) ∣ 2 ( 1 + λ ρ k ) 2 = N h − 1 ∑ k = 1 ∞ h ∣ φ k ( π ^ , x ) ∣ 2 ( 1 + λ ρ k ) 2 . \begin{aligned}
\sum_{b=1}^{B}N_b\mathbb{E}[K((\widehat{\pi}_{n_b}^b,X_{n_b+1}^b),(\widehat{\pi},x))^2]
&=\sum_{b=1}^{B}N_b\mathbb{E}\left[\left(\sum_{k=1}^{\infty}\frac{\varphi_k(\widehat{\pi}_{n_b}^b,X_{n_b+1}^b)\varphi_k(\widehat{\pi},x)}{1+\lambda\rho_k}\right)^2\right] \\
&=\sum_{k,k'=1}^{\infty}\frac{N}{(1+\lambda\rho_k)(1+\lambda\rho_{k'})}\frac{1}{N}\sum_{b=1}^{B}N_b\mathbb{E}[\varphi_k(\widehat{\pi}_{n_b}^b,X_{n_b+1}^b)\varphi_{k'}(\widehat{\pi}_{n_b}^b,X_{n_b+1}^b)]\varphi_k(\widehat{\pi},x)\varphi_{k'}(\widehat{\pi},x) \\
&=\sum_{k,k'=1}^{\infty}\frac{N}{(1+\lambda\rho_k)(1+\lambda\rho_{k'})}\frac{1}{N}V(\varphi_k,\varphi_{k'})\varphi_k(\widehat{\pi},x)\varphi_{k'}(\widehat{\pi},x) \\
&=N\sum_{k=1}^{\infty}\frac{|\varphi_k(\widehat{\pi},x)|^2}{(1+\lambda\rho_k)^2}=Nh^{-1}\sum_{k=1}^{\infty}\frac{h|\varphi_k(\widehat{\pi},x)|^2}{(1+\lambda\rho_k)^2}.
\end{aligned} b = 1 ∑ B N b E [ K (( π n b b , X n b + 1 b ) , ( π , x ) ) 2 ] = b = 1 ∑ B N b E ( k = 1 ∑ ∞ 1 + λ ρ k φ k ( π n b b , X n b + 1 b ) φ k ( π , x ) ) 2 = k , k ′ = 1 ∑ ∞ ( 1 + λ ρ k ) ( 1 + λ ρ k ′ ) N N 1 b = 1 ∑ B N b E [ φ k ( π n b b , X n b + 1 b ) φ k ′ ( π n b b , X n b + 1 b )] φ k ( π , x ) φ k ′ ( π , x ) = k , k ′ = 1 ∑ ∞ ( 1 + λ ρ k ) ( 1 + λ ρ k ′ ) N N 1 V ( φ k , φ k ′ ) φ k ( π , x ) φ k ′ ( π , x ) = N k = 1 ∑ ∞ ( 1 + λ ρ k ) 2 ∣ φ k ( π , x ) ∣ 2 = N h − 1 k = 1 ∑ ∞ ( 1 + λ ρ k ) 2 h ∣ φ k ( π , x ) ∣ 2 .
Proofs in Section 3.3
Meanwhile,
∑ b = 1 B N b E [ ∣ ( f b − H ∗ ) ( X n b + 1 b ) ∣ 2 K ( ( π ^ n b b , X n b + i b ) , ( π ^ , x ) ) 2 ] ≤ C φ 4 h − 2 ∑ b = 1 B N b V b ( n b ) 2 . \sum_{b=1}^{B} N_b \mathbb{E}\left[\left|(f_b-H_*)(X_{n_b+1}^b)\right|^2 K\left((\widehat{\pi}_{n_b}^b,X_{n_b+i}^b),(\widehat{\pi},x)\right)^2\right] \le C_\varphi^4 h^{-2}\sum_{b=1}^{B}N_bV_b(n_b)^2. b = 1 ∑ B N b E [ ( f b − H ∗ ) ( X n b + 1 b ) 2 K ( ( π n b b , X n b + i b ) , ( π , x ) ) 2 ] ≤ C φ 4 h − 2 b = 1 ∑ B N b V b ( n b ) 2 .
Therefore,
∑ b = 1 B I b = σ ε 2 N h − 1 ∑ k = 1 ∞ h ∣ φ k ( π ^ , x ) ∣ 2 ( 1 + λ ρ k ) 2 + O ( h − 2 ∑ b = 1 B N b V b ( n b ) 2 ) . (45) \sum_{b=1}^{B} I_b=\sigma_\varepsilon^2Nh^{-1}\sum_{k=1}^{\infty}\frac{h|\varphi_k(\widehat{\pi},x)|^2}{(1+\lambda\rho_k)^2}+O\left(h^{-2}\sum_{b=1}^{B}N_bV_b(n_b)^2\right). \tag*{(45)} b = 1 ∑ B I b = σ ε 2 N h − 1 k = 1 ∑ ∞ ( 1 + λ ρ k ) 2 h ∣ φ k ( π , x ) ∣ 2 + O ( h − 2 b = 1 ∑ B N b V b ( n b ) 2 ) . (45)
To deal with I I b II_b I I b , for i ≠ j i\ne j i = j , ε i \varepsilon_i ε i and ε j \varepsilon_j ε j are independent which are also independent of D n b b D_{n_b}^b D n b b , X n b + i X_{n_b+i} X n b + i , X n b + j X_{n_b+j} X n b + j , f b f_b f b , we have
E [ ε n b , i b ε n b , j b ∣ π ^ n b b , X n b + i b , X n b + j , f b ] = E [ ( ε i b + ( f b − H ∗ ) ( X n b + i b ) ) ( ε j b + ( f b − H ∗ ) ( X n b + j b ) ) ∣ π ^ n b b , X n b + i b , X n b + j , f b ] = ( f b − H ∗ ) ( X n b + i b ) ( f b − H ∗ ) ( X n b + j b ) . \begin{aligned}
\mathbb{E}\left[\varepsilon_{n_b,i}^b\varepsilon_{n_b,j}^b\mid\widehat{\pi}_{n_b}^b,X_{n_b+i}^b,X_{n_b+j},f_b\right]
&=\mathbb{E}\left[(\varepsilon_i^b+(f_b-H_*)(X_{n_b+i}^b))(\varepsilon_j^b+(f_b-H_*)(X_{n_b+j}^b))\mid\widehat{\pi}_{n_b}^b,X_{n_b+i}^b,X_{n_b+j},f_b\right]\\
&=(f_b-H_*)(X_{n_b+i}^b)(f_b-H_*)(X_{n_b+j}^b).
\end{aligned} E [ ε n b , i b ε n b , j b ∣ π n b b , X n b + i b , X n b + j , f b ] = E [ ( ε i b + ( f b − H ∗ ) ( X n b + i b )) ( ε j b + ( f b − H ∗ ) ( X n b + j b )) ∣ π n b b , X n b + i b , X n b + j , f b ] = ( f b − H ∗ ) ( X n b + i b ) ( f b − H ∗ ) ( X n b + j b ) .
By Lemma 4 4 4 ,
∣ E [ ε n b , i b ε n b , j b K ( ( π ^ n b b , X n b + i b ) , ( π ^ , x ) ) K ( ( π ^ n b b , X n b + j b ) , ( π ^ , x ) ) ] ∣ = ∣ E [ E [ ε n b , i b ε n b , j b ∣ π ^ n b b , X n b + i b , X n b + j , f b ] K ( ( π ^ n b b , X n b + i b ) , ( π ^ , x ) ) K ( ( π ^ n b b , X n b + j b ) , ( π ^ , x ) ) ] ∣ = ∣ E [ ( f b − H ∗ ) ( X n b + i b ) ( f b − H ∗ ) ( X n b + j b ) K ( ( π ^ n b b , X n b + i b ) , ( π ^ , x ) ) K ( ( π ^ n b b , X n b + j b ) , ( π ^ , x ) ) ] ∣ ≤ C φ 4 h − 2 E [ ∣ ( f b − H ∗ ) ( X n b + i b ) ( f b − H ∗ ) ( X n b + j b ) ∣ ] ≤ C φ 2 h − 2 V b ( n b ) 2 . \begin{aligned}
\left|\mathbb{E}\left[\varepsilon_{n_b,i}^b\varepsilon_{n_b,j}^bK\left((\widehat{\pi}_{n_b}^b,X_{n_b+i}^b),(\widehat{\pi},x)\right)K\left((\widehat{\pi}_{n_b}^b,X_{n_b+j}^b),(\widehat{\pi},x)\right)\right]\right|\\
=\left|\mathbb{E}\left[\mathbb{E}\left[\varepsilon_{n_b,i}^b\varepsilon_{n_b,j}^b\mid\widehat{\pi}_{n_b}^b,X_{n_b+i}^b,X_{n_b+j},f_b\right]K\left((\widehat{\pi}_{n_b}^b,X_{n_b+i}^b),(\widehat{\pi},x)\right)K\left((\widehat{\pi}_{n_b}^b,X_{n_b+j}^b),(\widehat{\pi},x)\right)\right]\right|\\
=\left|\mathbb{E}\left[(f_b-H_*)(X_{n_b+i}^b)(f_b-H_*)(X_{n_b+j}^b)K\left((\widehat{\pi}_{n_b}^b,X_{n_b+i}^b),(\widehat{\pi},x)\right)K\left((\widehat{\pi}_{n_b}^b,X_{n_b+j}^b),(\widehat{\pi},x)\right)\right]\right|\\
\le C_\varphi^4h^{-2}\mathbb{E}\left[|(f_b-H_*)(X_{n_b+i}^b)(f_b-H_*)(X_{n_b+j}^b)|\right]\le C_\varphi^2h^{-2}V_b(n_b)^2.
\end{aligned} E [ ε n b , i b ε n b , j b K ( ( π n b b , X n b + i b ) , ( π , x ) ) K ( ( π n b b , X n b + j b ) , ( π , x ) ) ] = E [ E [ ε n b , i b ε n b , j b ∣ π n b b , X n b + i b , X n b + j , f b ] K ( ( π n b b , X n b + i b ) , ( π , x ) ) K ( ( π n b b , X n b + j b ) , ( π , x ) ) ] = E [ ( f b − H ∗ ) ( X n b + i b ) ( f b − H ∗ ) ( X n b + j b ) K ( ( π n b b , X n b + i b ) , ( π , x ) ) K ( ( π n b b , X n b + j b ) , ( π , x ) ) ] ≤ C φ 4 h − 2 E [ ∣ ( f b − H ∗ ) ( X n b + i b ) ( f b − H ∗ ) ( X n b + j b ) ∣ ] ≤ C φ 2 h − 2 V b ( n b ) 2 .
Therefore,
∑ b = 1 B I I b = O ( h − 2 ∑ b = 1 B N b 2 V b ( n b ) 2 ) . (46) \sum_{b=1}^{B}II_b=O\left(h^{-2}\sum_{b=1}^{B}N_b^2V_b(n_b)^2\right). \tag*{(46)} b = 1 ∑ B I I b = O ( h − 2 b = 1 ∑ B N b 2 V b ( n b ) 2 ) . (46)
Combining (45) and (46) , and Rate Conditions (18) and (21) , we have
s 2 = ∑ b = 1 B I b + ∑ b = 1 B I I b = σ ε 2 N h − 1 ∑ k = 1 ∞ h ∣ φ k ( π ^ , x ) ∣ 2 ( 1 + λ ρ k ) 2 + O ( h − 2 ∑ b = 1 B N b 2 V b ( n b ) 2 ) = σ ε 2 σ ( π ^ , x ) 2 N h − 1 ( 1 + o ( 1 ) ) . \begin{aligned}
s^2&=\sum_{b=1}^{B}I_b+\sum_{b=1}^{B}II_b=\sigma_\varepsilon^2Nh^{-1}\sum_{k=1}^{\infty}\frac{h|\varphi_k(\widehat{\pi},x)|^2}{(1+\lambda\rho_k)^2}+O\left(h^{-2}\sum_{b=1}^{B}N_b^2V_b(n_b)^2\right)\\
&=\sigma_\varepsilon^2\sigma_{(\widehat{\pi},x)}^2Nh^{-1}(1+o(1)).
\end{aligned} s 2 = b = 1 ∑ B I b + b = 1 ∑ B I I b = σ ε 2 N h − 1 k = 1 ∑ ∞ ( 1 + λ ρ k ) 2 h ∣ φ k ( π , x ) ∣ 2 + O ( h − 2 b = 1 ∑ B N b 2 V b ( n b ) 2 ) = σ ε 2 σ ( π , x ) 2 N h − 1 ( 1 + o ( 1 )) .
By Conditions (19) , (20) , we have
N h σ ε σ ( π ^ , x ) ( M n , N , B , λ ( π ^ , x ) − M ∗ ( π ^ , x ) ) = s − 1 ∑ b = 1 B W b + N s − 1 ( P λ M ∗ ) ( π ^ , x ) + O P ( a h ∑ b = 1 B N b 2 N h ( λ 1 / 2 + ( N h ) − 1 / 2 ) ) → d N ( 0 , 1 ) . \frac{\sqrt{Nh}}{\sigma_\varepsilon\sigma_{(\widehat{\pi},x)}}\left(M_{n,N,B,\lambda}(\widehat{\pi},x)-M_*(\widehat{\pi},x)\right)
=s^{-1}\sum_{b=1}^{B}W_b+Ns^{-1}(P_\lambda M_*)(\widehat{\pi},x)+O_P\left(\frac{a_h\sqrt{\sum_{b=1}^{B}N_b^2}}{\sqrt{Nh}}\left(\lambda^{1/2}+(Nh)^{-1/2}\right)\right)\xrightarrow{d}N(0,1). σ ε σ ( π , x ) N h ( M n , N , B , λ ( π , x ) − M ∗ ( π , x ) ) = s − 1 b = 1 ∑ B W b + N s − 1 ( P λ M ∗ ) ( π , x ) + O P N h a h ∑ b = 1 B N b 2 ( λ 1/2 + ( N h ) − 1/2 ) d N ( 0 , 1 ) .
Proof is completed.
Proofs in Section 3.3
Proof of Lemma 3. Let us first prove H ∗ ∈ H Π H_* \in H_\Pi H ∗ ∈ H Π . Let τ = C X ∥ Γ ∗ ∥ o p / 2 \tau= C_X\|\Gamma_*\|_{\mathrm{op}}/2 τ = C X ∥ Γ ∗ ∥ op /2 and c = σ ε 2 η − 1 + τ c = \sigma_\varepsilon^2\eta^{-1}+\tau c = σ ε 2 η − 1 + τ . Then 0 ⪯ J π ⪯ 2 τ id 0 \preceq J_\pi\preceq2\tau\operatorname{id} 0 ⪯ J π ⪯ 2 τ id . So ∥ J π − τ id ∥ o p ≤ τ \|J_\pi-\tau\operatorname{id}\|_{\mathrm{op}}\leq\tau ∥ J π − τ id ∥ op ≤ τ . Then the following series holds:
Γ ∗ 1 / 2 T π G π = c − 1 Γ ∗ 1 / 2 ( id + J π − τ id c ) − 1 G π = c − 1 ∑ l = 0 ∞ ( − c − 1 ) l Γ ∗ 1 / 2 ( J π − τ id ) l G π = c − 1 ∑ l = 0 ∞ ( − c − 1 ) l ∑ j = 0 l ( l j ) ( − τ ) l − j J ∗ 1 / 2 ( J π ) j G π . (47) \begin{aligned}
\Gamma_*^{1/2}T_\pi G_\pi= c^{-1}\Gamma_*^{1/2}\left(\operatorname{id}+\frac{J_\pi-\tau\operatorname{id}}{c}\right)^{-1}G_\pi= c^{-1}\sum_{l=0}^{\infty}(-c^{-1})^l\Gamma_*^{1/2}(J_\pi-\tau\operatorname{id})^lG_\pi\\
&= c^{-1}\sum_{l=0}^{\infty}(-c^{-1})^l\sum_{j=0}^{l}\binom{l}{j}(-\tau)^{l-j}J_*^{1/2}(J_\pi)^jG_\pi. \tag*{(47)}
\end{aligned} Γ ∗ 1/2 T π G π = c − 1 Γ ∗ 1/2 ( id + c J π − τ id ) − 1 G π = c − 1 l = 0 ∑ ∞ ( − c − 1 ) l Γ ∗ 1/2 ( J π − τ id ) l G π = c − 1 l = 0 ∑ ∞ ( − c − 1 ) l j = 0 ∑ l ( j l ) ( − τ ) l − j J ∗ 1/2 ( J π ) j G π . (47)
Let t x = Γ ∗ 1 / 2 R x ⟨ X ⟩ t_x=\Gamma_*^{1/2}R_x^{\langle X\rangle} t x = Γ ∗ 1/2 R x ⟨ X ⟩ . By direct calculations, when j ≥ 1 j\geq1 j ≥ 1 ,
Γ ∗ 1 / 2 ( J π ) j G π = ∫ Z ∫ X j ( y − f ∗ ( x ) ) Γ ∗ 1 / 2 ( t x 1 ⊗ t x 1 ) ⋯ ( t x j ⊗ t x j ) t x d π X ( x 1 ) ⋯ d π X ( x j ) d π ( z ) = ∫ Z ∫ X j ( y − f ∗ ( x ) ) C ∗ ( x 1 , x 2 ) ⋯ C ∗ ( x j − 1 , x j ) C ∗ ( x j , x ) Γ ∗ R x ⟨ X ⟩ d π X ( x 1 ) ⋯ d π X ( x j ) d π ( z ) , \begin{aligned}
\Gamma_*^{1/2}(J_\pi)^jG_\pi\\
&=\int_{\mathcal{Z}}\int_{\mathcal{X}^j}(y-f_*(x))\Gamma_*^{1/2}(t_{x_1}\otimes t_{x_1})\cdots(t_{x_j}\otimes t_{x_j})t_x\,\mathrm{d}\pi^X(x_1)\cdots\mathrm{d}\pi^X(x_j)\mathrm{d}\pi(z) \\
&=\int_{\mathcal{Z}}\int_{\mathcal{X}^j}(y-f_*(x))C_*(x_1,x_2)\cdots C_*(x_{j-1},x_j)C_*(x_j,x)\Gamma_*R_{x}^{\langle X\rangle}\,\mathrm{d}\pi^X(x_1)\cdots\mathrm{d}\pi^X(x_j)\mathrm{d}\pi(z),
\end{aligned} Γ ∗ 1/2 ( J π ) j G π = ∫ Z ∫ X j ( y − f ∗ ( x )) Γ ∗ 1/2 ( t x 1 ⊗ t x 1 ) ⋯ ( t x j ⊗ t x j ) t x d π X ( x 1 ) ⋯ d π X ( x j ) d π ( z ) = ∫ Z ∫ X j ( y − f ∗ ( x )) C ∗ ( x 1 , x 2 ) ⋯ C ∗ ( x j − 1 , x j ) C ∗ ( x j , x ) Γ ∗ R x ⟨ X ⟩ d π X ( x 1 ) ⋯ d π X ( x j ) d π ( z ) ,
and
Γ ∗ 1 / 2 ( J π ) 0 G π = ∫ Z ( y − f ∗ ( x ) ) Γ ∗ R x ⟨ X ⟩ d π ( z ) . \Gamma_*^{1/2}(J_\pi)^0G_\pi=\int_{\mathcal{Z}}(y-f_*(x))\Gamma_*R_x^{\langle X\rangle}\,\mathrm{d}\pi(z). Γ ∗ 1/2 ( J π ) 0 G π = ∫ Z ( y − f ∗ ( x )) Γ ∗ R x ⟨ X ⟩ d π ( z ) .
Let W = ∑ k = 1 ∞ w k φ k ⟨ X ⟩ W=\sum_{k=1}^{\infty}w_k\varphi_k^{\langle X\rangle} W = ∑ k = 1 ∞ w k φ k ⟨ X ⟩ , then C ∗ ( x , x ′ ) = ∑ k , l = 1 ∞ a k , l φ k ⟨ X ⟩ ( x ) φ l ⟨ X ⟩ ( x ′ ) C_*(x,x')=\sum_{k,l=1}^{\infty}a_{k,l}\varphi_k^{\langle X\rangle}(x)\varphi_l^{\langle X\rangle}(x') C ∗ ( x , x ′ ) = ∑ k , l = 1 ∞ a k , l φ k ⟨ X ⟩ ( x ) φ l ⟨ X ⟩ ( x ′ ) , where a k , l = E [ w k w l ] a_{k,l}=\mathbb{E}[w_kw_l] a k , l = E [ w k w l ] . For j ≥ 0 j\geq0 j ≥ 0 , by direct calculations, it can be checked that
Γ ∗ 1 / 2 ( J π ) j G π = ∑ k 0 , l 0 , … , k j , l j a k 0 , l 0 ⋯ a k j , l j Φ l 0 , k 1 X ( π ) ⋯ Φ l j − 1 , k j X ( π ) Φ l j Z ( π ) φ k 0 ⟨ X ⟩ , \Gamma_*^{1/2}(J_\pi)^jG_\pi=\sum_{k_0,l_0,\ldots,k_j,l_j}a_{k_0,l_0}\cdots a_{k_j,l_j}\Phi^X_{l_0,k_1}(\pi)\cdots\Phi^X_{l_{j-1},k_j}(\pi)\Phi^Z_{l_j}(\pi)\varphi_{k_0}^{\langle X\rangle}, Γ ∗ 1/2 ( J π ) j G π = k 0 , l 0 , … , k j , l j ∑ a k 0 , l 0 ⋯ a k j , l j Φ l 0 , k 1 X ( π ) ⋯ Φ l j − 1 , k j X ( π ) Φ l j Z ( π ) φ k 0 ⟨ X ⟩ ,
where ψ l j − 1 , k j ( x ) = φ l j − 1 ⟨ X ⟩ ( x ) φ k j ⟨ X ⟩ ( x ) \psi_{l_{j-1},k_j}(x)=\varphi_{l_{j-1}}^{\langle X\rangle}(x)\varphi_{k_j}^{\langle X\rangle}(x) ψ l j − 1 , k j ( x ) = φ l j − 1 ⟨ X ⟩ ( x ) φ k j ⟨ X ⟩ ( x ) , and
Φ l j − 1 , k j X ( π ) = ∫ X ψ l j − 1 , k j ( x ) d π X ( x ) , Φ l j Z ( π ) = ∫ Z ( y − f ∗ ( x ) ) φ l j ⟨ X ⟩ ( x ) d π ( x , y ) . \Phi^X_{l_{j-1},k_j}(\pi)=\int_{\mathcal{X}}\psi_{l_{j-1},k_j}(x)\,\mathrm{d}\pi^X(x),\qquad\Phi^Z_{l_j}(\pi)=\int_{\mathcal{Z}}(y-f_*(x))\varphi_{l_j}^{\langle X\rangle}(x)\,\mathrm{d}\pi(x,y). Φ l j − 1 , k j X ( π ) = ∫ X ψ l j − 1 , k j ( x ) d π X ( x ) , Φ l j Z ( π ) = ∫ Z ( y − f ∗ ( x )) φ l j ⟨ X ⟩ ( x ) d π ( x , y ) .
Let H Z H_Z H Z be the RKHS of functions on Z \mathcal{Z} Z endowed with reproducing kernel R ⟨ Z ⟩ R^{\langle Z\rangle} R ⟨ Z ⟩ and corresponding inner product ⟨ ⋅ , ⋅ ⟩ H Z \langle\cdot,\cdot\rangle_{H_Z} ⟨ ⋅ , ⋅ ⟩ H Z . Let
Q X = { Φ f X : f ∈ H X } , Q Z = { Φ g Z : g ∈ H Z } , Q^X=\{\Phi_f^X:f\in H_X\},\qquad Q^Z=\{\Phi_g^Z:g\in H_Z\}, Q X = { Φ f X : f ∈ H X } , Q Z = { Φ g Z : g ∈ H Z } ,
where Φ f X ( π ) = ∫ X f ( x ) d π X ( x ) \Phi_f^X(\pi)=\int_{\mathcal{X}}f(x)\,\mathrm{d}\pi^X(x) Φ f X ( π ) = ∫ X f ( x ) d π X ( x ) and Φ g Z ( π ) = ∫ Z g ( z ) d π ( z ) \Phi_g^Z(\pi)=\int_{\mathcal{Z}}g(z)\,\mathrm{d}\pi(z) Φ g Z ( π ) = ∫ Z g ( z ) d π ( z ) for π ∈ P ( Z ) \pi\in\mathcal{P}(\mathcal{Z}) π ∈ P ( Z ) . Clearly, Q X Q^X Q X and Q Z Q^Z Q Z are RKHS’s with reproducing kernels R ⟨ Π , X ⟩ R^{\langle\Pi,X\rangle} R ⟨ Π , X ⟩ and R ⟨ Π , Z ⟩ R^{\langle\Pi,Z\rangle} R ⟨ Π , Z ⟩ , respectively, which are defined in (26) . The corresponding inner products are
⟨ Φ f X , Φ f ′ X ⟩ Q X = ⟨ f , f ′ ⟩ H X , ⟨ Φ g Z , Φ g ′ Z ⟩ Q Z = ⟨ g , g ′ ⟩ H Z . \langle\Phi_f^X,\Phi_{f'}^X\rangle_{Q^X}=\langle f,f'\rangle_{H_X},\qquad\langle\Phi_g^Z,\Phi_{g'}^Z\rangle_{Q^Z}=\langle g,g'\rangle_{H_Z}. ⟨ Φ f X , Φ f ′ X ⟩ Q X = ⟨ f , f ′ ⟩ H X , ⟨ Φ g Z , Φ g ′ Z ⟩ Q Z = ⟨ g , g ′ ⟩ H Z .
Meanwhile, let H Π ( j ) H_\Pi^{(j)} H Π ( j ) be the RKHS of mappings from P ( Z ) \mathcal{P}(\mathcal{Z}) P ( Z ) to H X H_X H X corresponding to the following kernel
P ( Z ) × P ( Z ) ∋ ( π , π ′ ) ↦ [ c ε R ⟨ Π , X ⟩ ( π , π ′ ) ] j R ⟨ Π , Z ⟩ ( π , π ′ ) ⋅ id H X , \mathcal{P}(\mathcal{Z})\times\mathcal{P}(\mathcal{Z})\ni(\pi,\pi')\mapsto\left[c_\varepsilon R^{\langle\Pi,X\rangle}(\pi,\pi')\right]^jR^{\langle\Pi,Z\rangle}(\pi,\pi')\cdot\operatorname{id}_{H_X}, P ( Z ) × P ( Z ) ∋ ( π , π ′ ) ↦ [ c ε R ⟨ Π , X ⟩ ( π , π ′ ) ] j R ⟨ Π , Z ⟩ ( π , π ′ ) ⋅ id H X ,
which contains the linear span of the following mappings:
P ( Z ) ∋ π ↦ Φ f 1 X ( π ) ⋯ Φ f j X ( π ) Φ g Z ( π ) φ k ⟨ X ⟩ , f 1 , … , f j ∈ H X , g ∈ H Z , k ≥ 1. \mathcal{P}(\mathcal{Z}) \ni\pi\mapsto\Phi^{X}_{f_1}(\pi)\cdots\Phi^{X}_{f_j}(\pi)\Phi^{Z}_{g}(\pi)\varphi^{\langle X\rangle}_{k},\qquad f_1,\ldots,f_j\in\mathcal{H}_X,\ g\in\mathcal{H}_Z,\ k\geq1. P ( Z ) ∋ π ↦ Φ f 1 X ( π ) ⋯ Φ f j X ( π ) Φ g Z ( π ) φ k ⟨ X ⟩ , f 1 , … , f j ∈ H X , g ∈ H Z , k ≥ 1.
The last assertion is due to the RKHS H ‾ Π ⟨ j ⟩ \overline{\mathcal{H}}_{\Pi}^{\langle j\rangle} H Π ⟨ j ⟩ of functions on P ( Z ) \mathcal{P}(\mathcal{Z}) P ( Z ) corresponding to kernel
P ( Z ) × P ( Z ) ∋ ( π , π ′ ) ↦ [ c ε R ⟨ Π , X ⟩ ( π , π ′ ) ] j R ⟨ Π , Z ⟩ ( π , π ′ ) , \mathcal{P}(\mathcal{Z})\times\mathcal{P}(\mathcal{Z})\ni(\pi,\pi')\mapsto\left[c_{\varepsilon}R^{\langle\Pi,X\rangle}(\pi,\pi')\right]^jR^{\langle\Pi,Z\rangle}(\pi,\pi'), P ( Z ) × P ( Z ) ∋ ( π , π ′ ) ↦ [ c ε R ⟨ Π , X ⟩ ( π , π ′ ) ] j R ⟨ Π , Z ⟩ ( π , π ′ ) ,
which contains [ Q X ] j Q Z [Q^X]^jQ^Z [ Q X ] j Q Z . Consequently, the mapping π ↦ Φ l 0 , k 1 X ( π ) ⋯ Φ l j − 1 , k j X ( π ) Φ l j Z ( π ) \pi\mapsto\Phi^{X}_{l_0,k_1}(\pi)\cdots\Phi^{X}_{l_{j-1},k_j}(\pi)\Phi^{Z}_{l_j}(\pi) π ↦ Φ l 0 , k 1 X ( π ) ⋯ Φ l j − 1 , k j X ( π ) Φ l j Z ( π ) belongs to [ Q X ] j Q Z [Q^X]^jQ^Z [ Q X ] j Q Z , we have that the mapping π ↦ Φ k 0 , l 0 , … , k j , l j ( π ) ≜ Φ l 0 , k 1 X ( π ) ⋯ Φ l j − 1 , k j X ( π ) Φ l j Z ( π ) φ k 0 ⟨ X ⟩ \pi\mapsto\Phi_{k_0,l_0,\ldots,k_j,l_j}(\pi)\triangleq\Phi^{X}_{l_0,k_1}(\pi)\cdots\Phi^{X}_{l_{j-1},k_j}(\pi)\Phi^{Z}_{l_j}(\pi)\varphi^{\langle X\rangle}_{k_0} π ↦ Φ k 0 , l 0 , … , k j , l j ( π ) ≜ Φ l 0 , k 1 X ( π ) ⋯ Φ l j − 1 , k j X ( π ) Φ l j Z ( π ) φ k 0 ⟨ X ⟩ is a mapping from P ( Z ) \mathcal{P}(\mathcal{Z}) P ( Z ) to H X \mathcal{H}_X H X that belongs to H Π ⟨ j ⟩ \mathcal{H}_{\Pi}^{\langle j\rangle} H Π ⟨ j ⟩ . Then we have
∥ Γ ∗ 1 / 2 ( J π ) j G π ∥ H Π ⟨ j ⟩ ≤ ∑ k 0 , l 0 , … , k j , l j ∣ a k 0 , l 0 ⋯ a k j , l j ∣ × ∥ Φ k 0 , l 0 , … , k j , l j ∥ H Π ⟨ j ⟩ . \left\|\Gamma_*^{1/2}(J_\pi)^jG_\pi\right\|_{\mathcal{H}_{\Pi}^{\langle j\rangle}}
\leq
\sum_{k_0,l_0,\ldots,k_j,l_j}
\left|a_{k_0,l_0}\cdots a_{k_j,l_j}\right|
\times
\left\|\Phi_{k_0,l_0,\ldots,k_j,l_j}\right\|_{\mathcal{H}_{\Pi}^{\langle j\rangle}}. Γ ∗ 1/2 ( J π ) j G π H Π ⟨ j ⟩ ≤ k 0 , l 0 , … , k j , l j ∑ a k 0 , l 0 ⋯ a k j , l j × Φ k 0 , l 0 , … , k j , l j H Π ⟨ j ⟩ .
Let ψ l j ( z ) = ( y − f ∗ ( x ) ) φ l j ⟨ X ⟩ ( x ) \psi_{l_j}(z)=(y-f_*(x))\varphi^{\langle X\rangle}_{l_j}(x) ψ l j ( z ) = ( y − f ∗ ( x )) φ l j ⟨ X ⟩ ( x ) which is an element in H Z \mathcal{H}_Z H Z . In fact, x ↦ f ∗ ( x ) φ l j ⟨ X ⟩ ( x ) x\mapsto f_*(x)\varphi^{\langle X\rangle}_{l_j}(x) x ↦ f ∗ ( x ) φ l j ⟨ X ⟩ ( x ) belongs to H X \mathcal{H}_X H X thanks to (22) ; ( x , y ) ↦ y f ∗ ( x ) (x,y)\mapsto yf_*(x) ( x , y ) ↦ y f ∗ ( x ) belongs to an RKHS of functions on Z \mathcal{Z} Z endowed with reproducing kernel y y ′ R ⟨ X ⟩ ( x , x ′ ) yy'R^{\langle X\rangle}(x,x') y y ′ R ⟨ X ⟩ ( x , x ′ ) . It can be seen that
∥ ψ l j ∥ H Z ≤ ∥ φ l j ⟨ X ⟩ ∥ H X + ∥ f ∗ φ l j ⟨ X ⟩ ∥ H X ≤ ( 1 + C d ∥ f ∗ ∥ H X ) ∥ φ l j ⟨ X ⟩ ∥ H X = ( 1 + C d ∥ f ∗ ∥ H X ) ( ρ l j ⟨ X ⟩ ) 1 / 2 . \|\psi_{l_j}\|_{\mathcal{H}_Z}\leq\|\varphi^{\langle X\rangle}_{l_j}\|_{\mathcal{H}_X}+\|f_*\varphi^{\langle X\rangle}_{l_j}\|_{\mathcal{H}_X}\leq(1+C_d\|f_*\|_{\mathcal{H}_X})\|\varphi^{\langle X\rangle}_{l_j}\|_{\mathcal{H}_X}=(1+C_d\|f_*\|_{\mathcal{H}_X})(\rho^{\langle X\rangle}_{l_j})^{1/2}. ∥ ψ l j ∥ H Z ≤ ∥ φ l j ⟨ X ⟩ ∥ H X + ∥ f ∗ φ l j ⟨ X ⟩ ∥ H X ≤ ( 1 + C d ∥ f ∗ ∥ H X ) ∥ φ l j ⟨ X ⟩ ∥ H X = ( 1 + C d ∥ f ∗ ∥ H X ) ( ρ l j ⟨ X ⟩ ) 1/2 .
By (22) and definition of the H Π ⟨ j ⟩ \mathcal{H}_{\Pi}^{\langle j\rangle} H Π ⟨ j ⟩ inner product,
∥ Φ k 0 , l 0 , … , k j , l j ∥ H Π ⟨ j ⟩ 2 = c ε j ∥ Φ l 0 , k 1 X ∥ Q X 2 ⋯ ∥ Φ l j − 1 , k j X ∥ Q X 2 ∥ Φ l j Z ∥ Q Z 2 ∥ φ k 0 ⟨ X ⟩ ∥ H X 2 = c ε j ∥ ψ l 0 , k 1 ∥ H X 2 ⋯ ∥ ψ l j − 1 , k j ∥ H X 2 ∥ ψ l j ∥ H Z 2 ∥ φ k 0 ⟨ X ⟩ ∥ H X 2 ≤ c ε j C d 2 ∥ φ l 0 ⟨ X ⟩ ∥ H X 2 ∥ φ k 1 ⟨ X ⟩ ∥ H X 2 ⋯ C d 2 ∥ φ l j − 1 ⟨ X ⟩ ∥ H X 2 ∥ φ k j ⟨ X ⟩ ∥ H X 2 ( 1 + C d ∥ f ∗ ∥ H X ) 2 ∥ φ l j ⟨ X ⟩ ∥ H X 2 ∥ φ k 0 ⟨ X ⟩ ∥ H X 2 = c ε j C d 2 j ( 1 + C d ∥ f ∗ ∥ H X ) 2 ρ k 0 ⟨ X ⟩ ρ l 0 ⟨ X ⟩ ⋯ ρ k j ⟨ X ⟩ ρ l j ⟨ X ⟩ . \begin{aligned}
\|\Phi_{k_0,l_0,\ldots,k_j,l_j}\|_{\mathcal{H}_{\Pi}^{\langle j\rangle}}^2
&=c_{\varepsilon}^j\|\Phi^X_{l_0,k_1}\|_{Q^X}^2\cdots\|\Phi^X_{l_{j-1},k_j}\|_{Q^X}^2\|\Phi^Z_{l_j}\|_{Q^Z}^2\|\varphi^{\langle X\rangle}_{k_0}\|_{\mathcal{H}_X}^2\\
&=c_{\varepsilon}^j\|\psi_{l_0,k_1}\|_{\mathcal{H}_X}^2\cdots\|\psi_{l_{j-1},k_j}\|_{\mathcal{H}_X}^2\|\psi_{l_j}\|_{\mathcal{H}_Z}^2\|\varphi^{\langle X\rangle}_{k_0}\|_{\mathcal{H}_X}^2\\
&\leq c_{\varepsilon}^jC_d^2\|\varphi^{\langle X\rangle}_{l_0}\|_{\mathcal{H}_X}^2\|\varphi^{\langle X\rangle}_{k_1}\|_{\mathcal{H}_X}^2\cdots C_d^2\|\varphi^{\langle X\rangle}_{l_{j-1}}\|_{\mathcal{H}_X}^2\|\varphi^{\langle X\rangle}_{k_j}\|_{\mathcal{H}_X}^2(1+C_d\|f_*\|_{\mathcal{H}_X})^2\|\varphi^{\langle X\rangle}_{l_j}\|_{\mathcal{H}_X}^2\|\varphi^{\langle X\rangle}_{k_0}\|_{\mathcal{H}_X}^2\\
&=c_{\varepsilon}^jC_d^{2j}(1+C_d\|f_*\|_{\mathcal{H}_X})^2\rho^{\langle X\rangle}_{k_0}\rho^{\langle X\rangle}_{l_0}\cdots\rho^{\langle X\rangle}_{k_j}\rho^{\langle X\rangle}_{l_j}.
\end{aligned} ∥ Φ k 0 , l 0 , … , k j , l j ∥ H Π ⟨ j ⟩ 2 = c ε j ∥ Φ l 0 , k 1 X ∥ Q X 2 ⋯ ∥ Φ l j − 1 , k j X ∥ Q X 2 ∥ Φ l j Z ∥ Q Z 2 ∥ φ k 0 ⟨ X ⟩ ∥ H X 2 = c ε j ∥ ψ l 0 , k 1 ∥ H X 2 ⋯ ∥ ψ l j − 1 , k j ∥ H X 2 ∥ ψ l j ∥ H Z 2 ∥ φ k 0 ⟨ X ⟩ ∥ H X 2 ≤ c ε j C d 2 ∥ φ l 0 ⟨ X ⟩ ∥ H X 2 ∥ φ k 1 ⟨ X ⟩ ∥ H X 2 ⋯ C d 2 ∥ φ l j − 1 ⟨ X ⟩ ∥ H X 2 ∥ φ k j ⟨ X ⟩ ∥ H X 2 ( 1 + C d ∥ f ∗ ∥ H X ) 2 ∥ φ l j ⟨ X ⟩ ∥ H X 2 ∥ φ k 0 ⟨ X ⟩ ∥ H X 2 = c ε j C d 2 j ( 1 + C d ∥ f ∗ ∥ H X ) 2 ρ k 0 ⟨ X ⟩ ρ l 0 ⟨ X ⟩ ⋯ ρ k j ⟨ X ⟩ ρ l j ⟨ X ⟩ .
Consequently,
∥ Γ ∗ 1 / 2 ( J π ) j G π ∥ H Π ⟨ j ⟩ ≤ c ε j / 2 C d j ( 1 + C d ∥ f ∗ ∥ H X ) ∑ k 0 , l 0 , … , k j , l j ∣ a k 0 , l 0 ⋯ a k j , l j ∣ ( ρ k 0 ⟨ X ⟩ ρ l 0 ⟨ X ⟩ ⋯ ρ k j ⟨ X ⟩ ρ l j ⟨ X ⟩ ) 1 / 2 = c ε j / 2 C d j ( 1 + C d ∥ f ∗ ∥ H X ) ( ∑ k , l ≥ 1 ∣ a k , l ∣ ( ρ k ⟨ X ⟩ ρ l ⟨ X ⟩ ) 1 / 2 ) j + 1 . \begin{aligned}
\left\|\Gamma_*^{1/2}(J_\pi)^jG_\pi\right\|_{\mathcal{H}_{\Pi}^{\langle j\rangle}}
&\leq c_{\varepsilon}^{j/2}C_d^j(1+C_d\|f_*\|_{\mathcal{H}_X})
\sum_{k_0,l_0,\ldots,k_j,l_j}|a_{k_0,l_0}\cdots a_{k_j,l_j}|
\left(\rho^{\langle X\rangle}_{k_0}\rho^{\langle X\rangle}_{l_0}\cdots\rho^{\langle X\rangle}_{k_j}\rho^{\langle X\rangle}_{l_j}\right)^{1/2}\\
&=c_{\varepsilon}^{j/2}C_d^j(1+C_d\|f_*\|_{\mathcal{H}_X})
\left(\sum_{k,l\geq1}|a_{k,l}|(\rho^{\langle X\rangle}_{k}\rho^{\langle X\rangle}_{l})^{1/2}\right)^{j+1}.
\end{aligned} Γ ∗ 1/2 ( J π ) j G π H Π ⟨ j ⟩ ≤ c ε j /2 C d j ( 1 + C d ∥ f ∗ ∥ H X ) k 0 , l 0 , … , k j , l j ∑ ∣ a k 0 , l 0 ⋯ a k j , l j ∣ ( ρ k 0 ⟨ X ⟩ ρ l 0 ⟨ X ⟩ ⋯ ρ k j ⟨ X ⟩ ρ l j ⟨ X ⟩ ) 1/2 = c ε j /2 C d j ( 1 + C d ∥ f ∗ ∥ H X ) k , l ≥ 1 ∑ ∣ a k , l ∣ ( ρ k ⟨ X ⟩ ρ l ⟨ X ⟩ ) 1/2 j + 1 .
By (28) , we have
∑ k , l ≥ 1 ∣ a k , l ∣ ( ρ k ⟨ X ⟩ ρ l ⟨ X ⟩ ) 1 / 2 ≤ ∑ k , l ≥ 1 ( a k , k a l , l ) 1 / 2 ( ρ k ⟨ X ⟩ ρ l ⟨ X ⟩ ) 1 / 2 = ( ∑ k ≥ 1 ( a k , k ρ k ⟨ X ⟩ ) 1 / 2 ) 2 < ∞ . \sum_{k,l\geq1}|a_{k,l}|(\rho^{\langle X\rangle}_{k}\rho^{\langle X\rangle}_{l})^{1/2}
\leq
\sum_{k,l\geq1}(a_{k,k}a_{l,l})^{1/2}(\rho^{\langle X\rangle}_{k}\rho^{\langle X\rangle}_{l})^{1/2}
=
\left(\sum_{k\geq1}(a_{k,k}\rho^{\langle X\rangle}_{k})^{1/2}\right)^2
<\infty. k , l ≥ 1 ∑ ∣ a k , l ∣ ( ρ k ⟨ X ⟩ ρ l ⟨ X ⟩ ) 1/2 ≤ k , l ≥ 1 ∑ ( a k , k a l , l ) 1/2 ( ρ k ⟨ X ⟩ ρ l ⟨ X ⟩ ) 1/2 = ( k ≥ 1 ∑ ( a k , k ρ k ⟨ X ⟩ ) 1/2 ) 2 < ∞.
So π ↦ Γ ∗ 1 / 2 ( J π ) j G π \pi\mapsto\Gamma_*^{1/2}(J_\pi)^jG_\pi π ↦ Γ ∗ 1/2 ( J π ) j G π is a mapping in H Π ( j ) \mathcal{H}_{\Pi}^{(j)} H Π ( j ) . By (47) , this implies that the mapping π ↦ Γ ∗ 1 / 2 ( J π − τ id ) l G π \pi\mapsto\Gamma_*^{1/2}(J_\pi-\tau\operatorname{id})^lG_\pi π ↦ Γ ∗ 1/2 ( J π − τ id ) l G π belongs to ⨁ j = 0 ∞ H Π ( j ) \bigoplus_{j=0}^{\infty}\mathcal{H}_{\Pi}^{(j)} ⨁ j = 0 ∞ H Π ( j ) . By (47) again, the mapping π ↦ f ∗ + Γ ∗ 1 / 2 T π G π \pi\mapsto f_*+\Gamma_*^{1/2}T_\pi G_\pi π ↦ f ∗ + Γ ∗ 1/2 T π G π belongs to H Π = H X ⊕ ( ⨁ j = 0 ∞ H Π ( j ) ) \mathcal{H}_{\Pi}=\mathcal{H}_X\oplus\left(\bigoplus_{j=0}^{\infty}\mathcal{H}_{\Pi}^{(j)}\right) H Π = H X ⊕ ( ⨁ j = 0 ∞ H Π ( j ) ) . The reproducing kernel of H Π \mathcal{H}_{\Pi} H Π is
R ( Π ) ( π , π ′ ) = id H X + ∑ j = 0 ∞ [ c ϵ R ( Π , X ) ( π , π ′ ) ] j R ( Π , Z ) ( π , π ′ ) ⋅ id H X = ( 1 + R ( Π , Z ) ( π , π ′ ) 1 − c ϵ R ( Π , X ) ( π , π ′ ) ) ⋅ id H X . \begin{aligned}
R^{(\Pi)}(\pi,\pi')=\operatorname{id}_{\mathcal{H}_X}+\sum_{j=0}^{\infty}\left[c_{\epsilon}R^{(\Pi,X)}(\pi,\pi')\right]^jR^{(\Pi,Z)}(\pi,\pi')\cdot\operatorname{id}_{\mathcal{H}_X} \\
&=\left(1+\frac{R^{(\Pi,Z)}(\pi,\pi')}{1-c_{\epsilon}R^{(\Pi,X)}(\pi,\pi')}\right)\cdot\operatorname{id}_{\mathcal{H}_X}.
\end{aligned} R ( Π ) ( π , π ′ ) = id H X + j = 0 ∑ ∞ [ c ϵ R ( Π , X ) ( π , π ′ ) ] j R ( Π , Z ) ( π , π ′ ) ⋅ id H X = ( 1 + 1 − c ϵ R ( Π , X ) ( π , π ′ ) R ( Π , Z ) ( π , π ′ ) ) ⋅ id H X .
Next, let us show that M ∗ M_* M ∗ can be explicitly described by H ∗ \mathcal{H}_* H ∗ . Define
f ∗ = ( f ∗ ( X 1 ) , … , f ∗ ( X n ) ) ⊤ , Y = ( Y 1 , … , Y n ) ⊤ , f_*=(f_*(X_1),\ldots,f_*(X_n))^\top,\quad\mathbf{Y}=(Y_1,\ldots,Y_n)^\top, f ∗ = ( f ∗ ( X 1 ) , … , f ∗ ( X n ) ) ⊤ , Y = ( Y 1 , … , Y n ) ⊤ ,
C x = ( C ∗ ( X 1 , x ) , … , C ∗ ( X n , x ) ) ⊤ , C n × n = [ C ∗ ( X i , X j ) ] i , j = 1 n . \mathbf{C}_x=(C_*(X_1,x),\ldots,C_*(X_n,x))^\top,\quad C_{n\times n}=[C_*(X_i,X_j)]_{i,j=1}^{n}. C x = ( C ∗ ( X 1 , x ) , … , C ∗ ( X n , x ) ) ⊤ , C n × n = [ C ∗ ( X i , X j ) ] i , j = 1 n .
By (1) , we have
( f ( x ) Y ) ∣ X 1 , … , X n ∼ N ( ( f ∗ ( x ) f ∗ ) , ( C ∗ ( x , x ) C x ⊤ C x C n × n + σ ϵ 2 I n × n ) ) . \left.\begin{pmatrix}f(x)\\\mathbf{Y}\end{pmatrix}\right|X_1,\ldots,X_n\sim\mathcal{N}\left(\begin{pmatrix}f_*(x)\\\mathbf{f}_*\end{pmatrix},\begin{pmatrix}C_*(x,x)&\mathbf{C}_x^\top\\\mathbf{C}_x&C_{n\times n}+\sigma_\epsilon^2I_{n\times n}\end{pmatrix}\right). ( f ( x ) Y ) X 1 , … , X n ∼ N ( ( f ∗ ( x ) f ∗ ) , ( C ∗ ( x , x ) C x C x ⊤ C n × n + σ ϵ 2 I n × n ) ) .
By conditional normal formula,
f ( x ) ∣ D n ∼ N ( f ∗ ( x ) + C x ⊤ ( C n × n + σ ϵ 2 I n × n ) − 1 ( Y − f ∗ ) , C ∗ ( x , x ) − C x ⊤ ( C n × n + σ ϵ 2 I n × n ) − 1 C x ) . f(x)\mid D_n\sim\mathcal{N}\left(f_*(x)+\mathbf{C}_x^\top(C_{n\times n}+\sigma_\epsilon^2I_{n\times n})^{-1}(\mathbf{Y}-\mathbf{f}_*),\ C_*(x,x)-\mathbf{C}_x^\top(C_{n\times n}+\sigma_\epsilon^2I_{n\times n})^{-1}\mathbf{C}_x\right). f ( x ) ∣ D n ∼ N ( f ∗ ( x ) + C x ⊤ ( C n × n + σ ϵ 2 I n × n ) − 1 ( Y − f ∗ ) , C ∗ ( x , x ) − C x ⊤ ( C n × n + σ ϵ 2 I n × n ) − 1 C x ) .
consequently,
M ∗ ( π ^ n , x ) = E [ f ∣ π ^ n ] ( x ) = f ∗ ( x ) + C x ⊤ ( C n × n + σ ϵ 2 I n × n ) − 1 ( Y − f ∗ ) . (48) M_*(\widehat{\pi}_n,x)=\mathbb{E}[f\mid\widehat{\pi}_n](x)=f_*(x)+\mathbf{C}_x^\top(C_{n\times n}+\sigma_\epsilon^2I_{n\times n})^{-1}(\mathbf{Y}-\mathbf{f}_*). \tag*{(48)} M ∗ ( π n , x ) = E [ f ∣ π n ] ( x ) = f ∗ ( x ) + C x ⊤ ( C n × n + σ ϵ 2 I n × n ) − 1 ( Y − f ∗ ) . (48)
We will derive an explicit expression of the RHS of (48) in terms of π ^ n , x \widehat{\pi}_n,x π n , x . Define
A n v = ∑ i = 1 n v i Γ ∗ 1 / 2 R X i ⟨ X ⟩ , v = ( v 1 , … , v n ) ⊤ ∈ R n , A_n\mathbf{v}=\sum_{i=1}^{n}v_i\Gamma_*^{1/2}R_{X_i}^{\langle X\rangle},\quad\mathbf{v}=(v_1,\ldots,v_n)^\top\in\mathbb{R}^n, A n v = i = 1 ∑ n v i Γ ∗ 1/2 R X i ⟨ X ⟩ , v = ( v 1 , … , v n ) ⊤ ∈ R n ,
which is a linear operator from R n \mathbb{R}^n R n to H X \mathcal{H}_X H X . It can be checked that the adjoint of A n A_n A n is
A n † g = ( ( Γ ∗ 1 / 2 g ) ( X 1 ) , … , ( Γ ∗ 1 / 2 g ) ( X n ) ) ⊤ , g ∈ H X , A_n^\dagger g=((\Gamma_*^{1/2}g)(X_1),\ldots,(\Gamma_*^{1/2}g)(X_n))^\top,\quad g\in\mathcal{H}_X, A n † g = (( Γ ∗ 1/2 g ) ( X 1 ) , … , ( Γ ∗ 1/2 g ) ( X n ) ) ⊤ , g ∈ H X ,
which is a linear operator from H X \mathcal{H}_X H X to R n \mathbb{R}^n R n . To see this, for any v = ( v 1 , … , v n ) ⊤ ∈ R n \mathbf{v}=(v_1,\ldots,v_n)^\top\in\mathbb{R}^n v = ( v 1 , … , v n ) ⊤ ∈ R n and g ∈ H X g\in\mathcal{H}_X g ∈ H X ,
⟨ v , A n † g ⟩ R n = ⟨ A n v , g ⟩ H X = ∑ i = 1 n v i ⟨ Γ ∗ 1 / 2 R X i ⟨ X ⟩ , g ⟩ H X = ∑ i = 1 n v i ⟨ R X i ⟨ X ⟩ , Γ ∗ 1 / 2 g ⟩ H X = ∑ i = 1 n v i ( Γ ∗ 1 / 2 g ) ( X i ) = v ⊤ ( ( Γ ∗ 1 / 2 g ) ( X 1 ) , … , ( Γ ∗ 1 / 2 g ) ( X n ) ) ⊤ . \begin{aligned}
\langle\mathbf{v},A_n^\dagger g\rangle_{\mathbb{R}^n}=\langle A_n\mathbf{v},g\rangle_{\mathcal{H}_X}=\sum_{i=1}^{n}v_i\langle\Gamma_*^{1/2}R_{X_i}^{\langle X\rangle},g\rangle_{\mathcal{H}_X} \\
&=\sum_{i=1}^{n}v_i\langle R_{X_i}^{\langle X\rangle},\Gamma_*^{1/2}g\rangle_{\mathcal{H}_X}=\sum_{i=1}^{n}v_i(\Gamma_*^{1/2}g)(X_i)=\mathbf{v}^{\top}((\Gamma_*^{1/2}g)(X_1),\ldots,(\Gamma_*^{1/2}g)(X_n))^\top.
\end{aligned} ⟨ v , A n † g ⟩ R n = ⟨ A n v , g ⟩ H X = i = 1 ∑ n v i ⟨ Γ ∗ 1/2 R X i ⟨ X ⟩ , g ⟩ H X = i = 1 ∑ n v i ⟨ R X i ⟨ X ⟩ , Γ ∗ 1/2 g ⟩ H X = i = 1 ∑ n v i ( Γ ∗ 1/2 g ) ( X i ) = v ⊤ (( Γ ∗ 1/2 g ) ( X 1 ) , … , ( Γ ∗ 1/2 g ) ( X n ) ) ⊤ .
It can be checked that
A n † A n = C n × n and n − 1 A n A n † = J π ^ n . (49) A_n^\dagger A_n=C_{n\times n}\ \text{and}\ n^{-1}A_nA_n^\dagger=J_{\widehat{\pi}_n}. \tag*{(49)} A n † A n = C n × n and n − 1 A n A n † = J π n . (49)
To see this, for any v ∈ R n \mathbf{v} \in\mathbb{R}^{n} v ∈ R n , by (24) and direct calculations,
A n † A n v = A n † ∑ i = 1 n v i Γ ∗ 1 / 2 R X i ⟨ X ⟩ = ∑ i = 1 n v i A n † ( Γ ∗ 1 / 2 R X i ⟨ X ⟩ ) = ∑ i = 1 n v i ( ( Γ ∗ R X i ⟨ X ⟩ ) ( X 1 ) , … , ( Γ ∗ R X i ⟨ X ⟩ ) ( X n ) ) T = ( ∑ i = 1 n v i C ∗ ( X 1 , X i ) , … , ∑ i = 1 n v i C ∗ ( X n , X i ) ) T = C n × n v , \begin{aligned}
A_n^{\dagger} A_n \mathbf{v} = A_n^{\dagger} \sum_{i=1}^{n} v_i \Gamma_*^{1/2} R_{X_i}^{\langle X\rangle} = \sum_{i=1}^{n} v_i A_n^{\dagger}(\Gamma_*^{1/2}R_{X_i}^{\langle X\rangle}) \\
&= \sum_{i=1}^{n} v_i \left((\Gamma_*R_{X_i}^{\langle X\rangle})(X_1),\ldots,(\Gamma_*R_{X_i}^{\langle X\rangle})(X_n)\right)^{\mathsf{T}} \\
&= \left(\sum_{i=1}^{n}v_iC_*(X_1,X_i),\ldots,\sum_{i=1}^{n}v_iC_*(X_n,X_i)\right)^{\mathsf{T}} = C_{n\times n}\mathbf{v},
\end{aligned} A n † A n v = A n † i = 1 ∑ n v i Γ ∗ 1/2 R X i ⟨ X ⟩ = i = 1 ∑ n v i A n † ( Γ ∗ 1/2 R X i ⟨ X ⟩ ) = i = 1 ∑ n v i ( ( Γ ∗ R X i ⟨ X ⟩ ) ( X 1 ) , … , ( Γ ∗ R X i ⟨ X ⟩ ) ( X n ) ) T = ( i = 1 ∑ n v i C ∗ ( X 1 , X i ) , … , i = 1 ∑ n v i C ∗ ( X n , X i ) ) T = C n × n v ,
and for any g ∈ H X g \in\mathcal{H}_X g ∈ H X ,
n − 1 A n A n † g = n − 1 A n ( ( Γ ∗ 1 / 2 g ) ( X 1 ) , … , Γ ∗ 1 / 2 g ) ( X n ) ) T = n − 1 ∑ i = 1 n ( Γ ∗ 1 / 2 g ) ( X i ) Γ ∗ 1 / 2 R X i ⟨ X ⟩ = n − 1 ∑ i = 1 n ⟨ Γ ∗ 1 / 2 g , R X i ⟨ X ⟩ ⟩ H X Γ ∗ 1 / 2 R X i ⟨ X ⟩ = n − 1 ∑ i = 1 n ⟨ g , Γ ∗ 1 / 2 R X i ⟨ X ⟩ ⟩ H X Γ ∗ 1 / 2 R X i ⟨ X ⟩ = n − 1 ∑ i = 1 n ( Γ ∗ 1 / 2 R X i ⟨ X ⟩ ) ⊗ ( Γ ∗ 1 / 2 R X i ⟨ X ⟩ ) g = J π ^ n g . \begin{aligned}
n^{-1}A_nA_n^{\dagger}g = n^{-1}A_n\left((\Gamma_*^{1/2}g)(X_1),\ldots,\Gamma_*^{1/2}g)(X_n)\right)^{\mathsf{T}} = n^{-1}\sum_{i=1}^{n}(\Gamma_*^{1/2}g)(X_i)\Gamma_*^{1/2}R_{X_i}^{\langle X\rangle} \\
&= n^{-1}\sum_{i=1}^{n}\langle\Gamma_*^{1/2}g,R_{X_i}^{\langle X\rangle}\rangle_{\mathcal{H}_X}\Gamma_*^{1/2}R_{X_i}^{\langle X\rangle}
= n^{-1}\sum_{i=1}^{n}\langle g,\Gamma_*^{1/2}R_{X_i}^{\langle X\rangle}\rangle_{\mathcal{H}_X}\Gamma_*^{1/2}R_{X_i}^{\langle X\rangle} \\
&= n^{-1}\sum_{i=1}^{n}\left(\Gamma_*^{1/2}R_{X_i}^{\langle X\rangle}\right)\otimes\left(\Gamma_*^{1/2}R_{X_i}^{\langle X\rangle}\right)g = J_{\widehat{\pi}_n}g.
\end{aligned} n − 1 A n A n † g = n − 1 A n ( ( Γ ∗ 1/2 g ) ( X 1 ) , … , Γ ∗ 1/2 g ) ( X n ) ) T = n − 1 i = 1 ∑ n ( Γ ∗ 1/2 g ) ( X i ) Γ ∗ 1/2 R X i ⟨ X ⟩ = n − 1 i = 1 ∑ n ⟨ Γ ∗ 1/2 g , R X i ⟨ X ⟩ ⟩ H X Γ ∗ 1/2 R X i ⟨ X ⟩ = n − 1 i = 1 ∑ n ⟨ g , Γ ∗ 1/2 R X i ⟨ X ⟩ ⟩ H X Γ ∗ 1/2 R X i ⟨ X ⟩ = n − 1 i = 1 ∑ n ( Γ ∗ 1/2 R X i ⟨ X ⟩ ) ⊗ ( Γ ∗ 1/2 R X i ⟨ X ⟩ ) g = J π n g .
We also notice by (24) that
A n † ( Γ ∗ 1 / 2 R x ⟨ X ⟩ ) = ( ( Γ ∗ R x ⟨ X ⟩ ) ( X 1 ) , … , ( Γ ∗ R x ⟨ X ⟩ ) ( X n ) ) T = ( C ∗ ( X 1 , x ) , … , C ∗ ( X n , x ) ) T = C x , A_n^{\dagger}(\Gamma_*^{1/2}R_x^{\langle X\rangle}) = ((\Gamma_*R_x^{\langle X\rangle})(X_1),\ldots,(\Gamma_*R_x^{\langle X\rangle})(X_n))^{\mathsf{T}} = (C_*(X_1,x),\ldots,C_*(X_n,x))^{\mathsf{T}} = C_x, A n † ( Γ ∗ 1/2 R x ⟨ X ⟩ ) = (( Γ ∗ R x ⟨ X ⟩ ) ( X 1 ) , … , ( Γ ∗ R x ⟨ X ⟩ ) ( X n ) ) T = ( C ∗ ( X 1 , x ) , … , C ∗ ( X n , x ) ) T = C x ,
and
A n ( Y − f ∗ ) = ∑ i = 1 n ( Y i − f ∗ ( X i ) ) Γ ∗ 1 / 2 R X i ⟨ X ⟩ = n G π ^ n . A_n(\mathbf{Y}-f_*) = \sum_{i=1}^{n}(Y_i-f_*(X_i))\Gamma_*^{1/2}R_{X_i}^{\langle X\rangle} = nG_{\widehat{\pi}_n}. A n ( Y − f ∗ ) = i = 1 ∑ n ( Y i − f ∗ ( X i )) Γ ∗ 1/2 R X i ⟨ X ⟩ = n G π n .
Let T π ^ n = ( J π ^ n + σ ε 2 n − 1 id ) − 1 T_{\widehat{\pi}_n}=(J_{\widehat{\pi}_n}+\sigma_{\varepsilon}^{2}n^{-1}\operatorname{id})^{-1} T π n = ( J π n + σ ε 2 n − 1 id ) − 1 . By (48) and (49) , we have
M ∗ ( π ^ n , x ) = f ∗ ( x ) + ⟨ C x , ( C n × n + σ ε 2 I n × n ) − 1 ( Y − f ∗ ) ⟩ R n = f ∗ ( x ) + ⟨ A n † ( Γ ∗ 1 / 2 R x ⟨ X ⟩ ) , ( A n † A n + σ ε 2 I n × n ) − 1 ( Y − f ∗ ) ⟩ R n = f ∗ ( x ) + ⟨ Γ ∗ 1 / 2 R x ⟨ X ⟩ , A n ( A n † A n + σ ε 2 I n × n ) − 1 ( Y − f ∗ ) ⟩ H X = f ∗ ( x ) + ⟨ Γ ∗ 1 / 2 R x ⟨ X ⟩ , ( A n A n † + σ ε 2 id ) − 1 A n ( Y − f ∗ ) ⟩ H X = f ∗ ( x ) + ⟨ Γ ∗ 1 / 2 R x ⟨ X ⟩ , ( J π ^ n + σ ε 2 n − 1 id ) − 1 G π ^ n ⟩ H X = f ∗ ( x ) + ⟨ R x ⟨ X ⟩ , Γ ∗ 1 / 2 T π ^ n G π ^ n ⟩ H X = ⟨ f ∗ + Γ ∗ 1 / 2 T π ^ n G π ^ n , R x ⟨ X ⟩ ⟩ H X = ⟨ H ∗ ( π ^ n ) , R x ⟨ X ⟩ ⟩ H X . \begin{aligned}
M_*(\widehat{\pi}_n,x)
&= f_*(x)+\langle C_x,(C_{n\times n}+\sigma_{\varepsilon}^{2}I_{n\times n})^{-1}(\mathbf{Y}-f_*)\rangle_{\mathbb{R}^n}\\
&= f_*(x)+\langle A_n^{\dagger}(\Gamma_*^{1/2}R_x^{\langle X\rangle}),(A_n^{\dagger}A_n+\sigma_{\varepsilon}^{2}I_{n\times n})^{-1}(\mathbf{Y}-f_*)\rangle_{\mathbb{R}^n}\\
&= f_*(x)+\langle\Gamma_*^{1/2}R_x^{\langle X\rangle},A_n(A_n^{\dagger}A_n+\sigma_{\varepsilon}^{2}I_{n\times n})^{-1}(\mathbf{Y}-f_*)\rangle_{\mathcal{H}_X}\\
&= f_*(x)+\langle\Gamma_*^{1/2}R_x^{\langle X\rangle},(A_nA_n^{\dagger}+\sigma_{\varepsilon}^{2}\operatorname{id})^{-1}A_n(\mathbf{Y}-f_*)\rangle_{\mathcal{H}_X}\\
&= f_*(x)+\langle\Gamma_*^{1/2}R_x^{\langle X\rangle},(J_{\widehat{\pi}_n}+\sigma_{\varepsilon}^{2}n^{-1}\operatorname{id})^{-1}G_{\widehat{\pi}_n}\rangle_{\mathcal{H}_X}\\
&= f_*(x)+\langle R_x^{\langle X\rangle},\Gamma_*^{1/2}T_{\widehat{\pi}_n}G_{\widehat{\pi}_n}\rangle_{\mathcal{H}_X}
= \langle f_*+\Gamma_*^{1/2}T_{\widehat{\pi}_n}G_{\widehat{\pi}_n},R_x^{\langle X\rangle}\rangle_{\mathcal{H}_X}
= \langle H_*(\widehat{\pi}_n),R_x^{\langle X\rangle}\rangle_{\mathcal{H}_X}.
\end{aligned} M ∗ ( π n , x ) = f ∗ ( x ) + ⟨ C x , ( C n × n + σ ε 2 I n × n ) − 1 ( Y − f ∗ ) ⟩ R n = f ∗ ( x ) + ⟨ A n † ( Γ ∗ 1/2 R x ⟨ X ⟩ ) , ( A n † A n + σ ε 2 I n × n ) − 1 ( Y − f ∗ ) ⟩ R n = f ∗ ( x ) + ⟨ Γ ∗ 1/2 R x ⟨ X ⟩ , A n ( A n † A n + σ ε 2 I n × n ) − 1 ( Y − f ∗ ) ⟩ H X = f ∗ ( x ) + ⟨ Γ ∗ 1/2 R x ⟨ X ⟩ , ( A n A n † + σ ε 2 id ) − 1 A n ( Y − f ∗ ) ⟩ H X = f ∗ ( x ) + ⟨ Γ ∗ 1/2 R x ⟨ X ⟩ , ( J π n + σ ε 2 n − 1 id ) − 1 G π n ⟩ H X = f ∗ ( x ) + ⟨ R x ⟨ X ⟩ , Γ ∗ 1/2 T π n G π n ⟩ H X = ⟨ f ∗ + Γ ∗ 1/2 T π n G π n , R x ⟨ X ⟩ ⟩ H X = ⟨ H ∗ ( π n ) , R x ⟨ X ⟩ ⟩ H X .
Therefore, M ∗ M_* M ∗ is an explicit function of ( π ^ n , x ) (\widehat{\pi}_n,x) ( π n , x ) . Proof is completed.
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