Rates of Convergence and Law of the Iterated Logarithm for U-Processes

Journal of Theoretical Probability

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 869-906

  Turki Moalla, Kaoukeb ^a  

^a Institut Preparatoire aux Etudes d'Ingenieurs de Nabeul   (Tunisia)

Author keywords

Degenerate U processes; Metric entropy; Rates of convergence; U processes

Indexed keywords

EID: 0032265359     PISSN: 08949840     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1022656529912     Document Type: Article

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