Block threshold rules for curve estimation using kernel and wavelet methods

Annals of Statistics

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 922-942

  Hall, Peter ^a   Kerkyacharian, Gérard ^b   Picard, Dominique ^c  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE PICARDIE JULES VERNE   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

Author keywords

Adaptivity; Bias; Convergence rate; Density estimation; Minimax; Nonparametric regression; Smoothing parameter; Variance

Indexed keywords

EID: 0032360314     PISSN: 00905364     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1214/aos/1024691082     Document Type: Article

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