Breakdown points and variation exponents of robust M-estimators in linear models

Annals of Statistics

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 1164-1177

  Mizera, Ivan ^a   Müller, Christine H ^b  

^a Physics and Informatics   (Slovakia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Breakdown point; L1 estimator; Linear model; M estimator; Planned experiments; Regular variation

Indexed keywords

EID: 0033236904     PISSN: 00905364     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1214/aos/1017938920     Document Type: Article

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