ABSTRACT
The main purpose of this paper is to investigate the strong approximation of the integrated empirical process. More precisely, we obtain the exact rate of the approximations by a sequence of weighted Brownian bridges and a weighted Kiefer process. Our arguments are based in part on the Komlós et al. (Citation1975)'s results. Applications include the two-sample testing procedures together with the change-point problems. We also consider the strong approximation of the integrated empirical process when the parameters are estimated. Finally, we study the behavior of the self-intersection local time of the partial-sum process representation of the integrated empirical process.
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Acknowledgments
The authors are grateful to the Editor, an Associate editor, and the referees for thorough proofreading, numerous comments, and several inspiring questions which led to a considerable improvement of the presentation.