Limit theorems for the infinite-degree U-process

Statistica Sinica

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 289-302

  Heilig, Charles ^a   Nolan, Deborah ^b  

^a Klemm Analysis Group   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Empirical process; Functional central limit theory; U statistic; Uniform weak law of large numbers

Indexed keywords

EID: 0035627804     PISSN: 10170405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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