Estimation of unimodal densities without smoothness assumptions

Annals of Statistics

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 970-981

  Birgé, Lucien ^a  

^a SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

Author keywords

Curve estimation; Grenander estimator; Spatial adaptation; Unimodal densities

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031494445     PISSN: 00905364     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1214/aos/1069362733     Document Type: Article

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