On the asymptotic normality of the kernel estimators of the density function and its derivatives under censoring

Communications in Statistics - Theory and Methods

Volumn 27, Issue 12, 1998, Pages 2909-2924

  Louani, Djamal ^a,b  

^a SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^b NONE   (France)

Author keywords

Asymptotic normality; Censored data; Consistency; Density; Derivative; Kaplan Meier estimator; Kernel estimator; Mode

Indexed keywords

EID: 0009908271     PISSN: 03610926     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03610929808832263     Document Type: Article

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