Nonparametric estimation of regression level sets

Statistics

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 131-160

  Cavalier, Laurent ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

^b SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

Author keywords

Excess mass; Optimal rate of convergence; Piecewise polynomial estimator; Regression level set

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031502338     PISSN: 02331888     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02331889708802579     Document Type: Article

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