Central limit theorem for degenerate U-statistics of absolutely regular processes with applications to model specification testing

Journal of Nonparametric Statistics

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 245-271

  Fan, Yanqin ^a   Li, Qi ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WINDSOR   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

Author keywords

Absolutely regular process; Central limit theorem; Degenerate U Statistics; Model specification test

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000003676     PISSN: 10485252     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10485259908832762     Document Type: Article

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