We study minimax lower bounds for function estimation problems on large graph when the target function is smoothly varying over the graph. We derive minimax rates in the context of regression and classification problems on graphs that satisfy an asymptotic shape assumption and with a smoothness condition on the target function, both formulated in terms of the graph Laplacian.

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doi.org/10.1214/18-EJS1407
Electronic Journal of Statistics
Safe Bayesian Inference: A Theory of Misspecification based on Statistical Learning
Centrum Wiskunde & Informatica, Amsterdam (CWI), The Netherlands

Kirichenko, A., & van Zanten, H. (2018). Minimax lower bounds for function estimation on graphs. Electronic Journal of Statistics, 12(1), 651–666. doi:10.1214/18-EJS1407