Kernel estimation of residual entropy

Communications in Statistics - Theory and Methods

Volumn 30, Issue 7, 2001, Pages 1243-1255

  Belzunce, F ^a   Guillamon A ^b   Navarro, J ^a   Ruiz, J M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MURCIA   (Spain)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF CARTAGENA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Entropy; Kernel estimators; Life distributions; Residual life; Stochastic orders

Indexed keywords

EID: 0034886753     PISSN: 03610926     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1081/STA-100104743     Document Type: Article

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