Minimum distance estimation of the distribution functions of stochastically ordered random variables

Journal of the Royal Statistical Society. Series C: Applied Statistics

Volumn 51, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 485-492

  Gangnon, Ronald E ^a,b   King, William N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Cram r von Mises distance; Empirical distribution function; Kaplan Meier estimator; Measurement error; Minimum distance estimation; Stochastic ordering constraints

Indexed keywords

EID: 0036404961     PISSN: 00359254     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-9876.00282     Document Type: Article

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