Local linear quantile regression

Journal of the American Statistical Association

Volumn 93, Issue 441, 1998, Pages 228-237

  Yu, Keming ^a   Jones, M C ^a  

^a OPEN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bandwidth selection; Conditional quantile; Kernel estimator; Local linear regression; Reference chart; Rule of thumb

Indexed keywords

EID: 0032334235     PISSN: 01621459     EISSN: 1537274X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01621459.1998.10474104     Document Type: Article

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