Asymptotic theory for maximum likelihood in nonparametric mixture models

Computational Statistics and Data Analysis

Volumn 41, Issue 3-4, 2003, Pages 453-464

  van de Geer, Sara ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Asymptotic efficiency; Entropy; Maximum likelihood model; Rates of convergence

Indexed keywords

ASYMPTOTIC STABILITY; CONVERGENCE OF NUMERICAL METHODS; CONVOLUTION; DATA REDUCTION;

NONPARAMETRIC MIXTURE MODELS;

STATISTICAL METHODS;

MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD ANALYSIS;

EID: 0037469106     PISSN: 01679473     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-9473(02)00188-3     Document Type: Article

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