M-estimation, convexity and quantiles

Annals of Statistics

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 435-477

  Koltchinskii, V I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

Author keywords

Empirical processes; Empirical quantiles; M estimator; M parameter; Quantile function; Regression quantiles; Spatial quantiles

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031493777     PISSN: 00905364     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1214/aos/1031833659     Document Type: Article

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