On nonparametric estimation of density level sets

Annals of Statistics

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 948-969

  Tsybakov, A B ^a  

^a SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

Author keywords

Density level set; Excess mass; Optimal rate of convergence; Piecewise polynomial estimator; Shape function

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031478562     PISSN: 00905364     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1214/aos/1069362732     Document Type: Article

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