Transformation-based density estimation for weighted distributions

Journal of Nonparametric Statistics

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 861-878

  Barmi, Hammou E L ^a   Simonoff, Jeffrey S ^b  

^a KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Density estimation; Isotonic regression; Selection bias; Weighted distributions

Indexed keywords

EID: 0011342419     PISSN: 10485252     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10485250008832838     Document Type: Article

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