Efficient bias-robust M-estimators of location in Kolmogorov normal neighbourhoods

Canadian Journal of Statistics

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 257-266

  Wu, Eden K H ^a   Zhou, Julie ^b  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b LAKEHEAD UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bias robustness; Efficiency; Kolmogorov neighbourhood

Indexed keywords

EID: 0032221166     PISSN: 03195724     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3315509     Document Type: Article

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