M-estimation using penalties or sieves

Journal of Statistical Planning and Inference

Volumn 108, Issue 1-2, 2002, Pages 55-69

  van de Geer, Sara ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Convexity; Empirical process; M estimator; Penalty; Rate of convergence; Sieve

Indexed keywords

EID: 0036827541     PISSN: 03783758     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-3758(02)00270-7     Document Type: Article

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