Nonparametric estimation of a mixing density via the kernel method

Journal of the American Statistical Association

Volumn 92, Issue 440, 1997, Pages 1445-1450

  Goutis, Constantinos ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD CARLOS III DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Continuous mixtures; Cross validation; Fission track analysis; Kernel density estimation

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031326719     PISSN: 01621459     EISSN: 1537274X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01621459.1997.10473665     Document Type: Article

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