Nonparametric calibration for age estimation

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

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 183-196

  Lucy, D ^a   Aykroyd, R G ^a   Pollard, A M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bayesian estimation; Empirical Bayes method; Kernel density; Regression; Smoothing

Indexed keywords

EID: 0036428204     PISSN: 00359254     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-9876.00262     Document Type: Article

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