Non-parametric estimation of the death rate in branching diffusions

Scandinavian Journal of Statistics

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 665-692

  Hopfner R ^a   Hoffmann, M ^b   Löcherbach, Eva ^c  

^a JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ PARIS EST CRÉTEIL   (France)

Author keywords

Branching diffusions; Kernel estimation; Minimax estimation

Indexed keywords

EID: 0036900531     PISSN: 03036898     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-9469.00312     Document Type: Article

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