On the strong limiting behavior of local functionals of empirical processes based upon censored data

Annals of Probability

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 504-525

  Deheuvels, Paul ^a   Einmahl, John H J ^b  

^a SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^b EINDHOVEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Empirical measures; Kernel density estimation; Law of the iterated logarithm; Limit theorems; Random censorship model

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030514691     PISSN: 00911798     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1214/aop/1042644729     Document Type: Article

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