Nonparametric estimation of the expected duration of old age

Journal of Statistical Planning and Inference

Volumn 81, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 223-227

  Ahmad, Ibrahim A ^a  

^a NORTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Asymptotic normality; Consistency; Mean residual lifetime; Nonparametric estimation; Old age duration

Indexed keywords

EID: 0033227054     PISSN: 03783758     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-3758(99)00020-8     Document Type: Article

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