Nonparametric estimation and symmetry tests for conditional density functions

Journal of Nonparametric Statistics

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 259-278

  Hyndman, Rob J ^a   Yao, Qiwei ^b  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bandwidth selection; Bootstrap; Conditioning; Density estimation; Kernel smoothing; Symmetry tests

Indexed keywords

EID: 0036626446     PISSN: 10485252     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10485250212374     Document Type: Article

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