Asymptotic normality of the kernel estimate of a probability density function under association

Statistics and Probability Letters

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 1-12

  Roussas, George G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

60F05; 62G10; 62G20; Association; Asymptotic normality; Kernel estimate; Positively (negatively) associated sequences of random variables; Primary 62G05; Secondary 62E20

Indexed keywords

EID: 0002204337     PISSN: 01677152     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0167-7152(00)00072-9     Document Type: Article

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