Convergence Rates in Multivariate Robust Outlier Identification

Abstract

In investigations on the behaviour of robust estimators, typically their consistency and their asymptotic normality are studied as a necessity. Their rates of convergence, however, are often given less weight. We show here that the rate of convergence of a multivariate robust estimator to its true value plays an important role when using the estimator in procedures for identifying outliers in multivariate data.