\documentclass[11pt]{article} \setlength{\oddsidemargin}{0.0truein} \setlength{\evensidemargin}{0.0truein} \setlength{\textwidth}{6.5truein} \setlength{\topmargin}{0.0truein} \setlength{\textheight}{9.0truein} \setlength{\headsep}{0.0truein} \setlength{\headheight}{0.0truein} \setlength{\topskip}{10.0pt} \setlength{\parskip}{5mm} \usepackage{url} \begin{document} \begin{center} \textbf{\textsc{STANFORD UNIVERSITY}}\\[5pt] \textbf{\textsc{DEPARTMENT OF STATISTICS}}\\[5pt] \Large{\textbf\textsc{{DEPARTMENTAL SEMINAR}}} \end{center} \begin{center} 4:15 p.m., Tuesday, June 6, 2006\\ Sequoia Hall Room 200\\ (Cookies at 3:45 in 1st Floor Lounge) \end{center} \begin{center} \textsl{ Peter Hall}\\ Australian National University\\ Visiting UC Davis \end{center} \begin{center} \textbf{ On Deconvolution with Repeated Measurements } \end{center} \noindent In many statistical inverse problems it is necessary to suppose that the transformation that is inverted is known. Although this assumption might seem unrealistic, the problem is often insoluble without it. However, if additional data are available then it is possible to estimate consistently the unknown error density. Data are seldom available directly on the transformation, but repeated, or replicated, measurements increasingly are becoming available. Such data consist of ``intrinsic'' values that are measured several times, with errors that are generally independent. Working in this setting we treat the nonparametric deconvolution problems of density estimation with observation errors, and regression with errors in variables. We show that, even if the number of repeated measurements is quite small, it is possible for modified kernel estimators to achieve the same, optimal level of performance they would if the error distribution were known. \end{document}