On kernel density estimation near endpoints

Journal of Statistical Planning and Inference

Volumn 70, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 301-316

  Zhang, Shunpu ^a   Karunamuni, Rohana J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bandwidth variation; Boundary effects; Density estimation; Local polynomial smoothers; Optimal kernel; Primary 62G07; Secondary 62C20, 62J20

Indexed keywords

EID: 0032527297     PISSN: 03783758     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-3758(97)00187-0     Document Type: Article

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