Estimating the derivative of a convex density

Statistica Neerlandica

Volumn 57, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 245-257

  Anevski, Dragi ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Bird watching; Convex; Density estimation; Minimax risk; Nonparametric maximum likelihood; NPMLE; Optimal rate

Indexed keywords

EID: 0037901950     PISSN: 00390402     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-9574.00229     Document Type: Article

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