Estimation of bivariate and marginal distributions with censored data

Journal of the Royal Statistical Society. Series B: Statistical Methodology

Volumn 65, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 457-471

  Akritas, Michael G ^a   Van Keilegom, Ingrid ^b  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Asymptotic representation; Bivariate distribution; Conditional distribution; Kernel estimation; Marginal distribution; Right censoring; Weak convergence

Indexed keywords

EID: 0038107035     PISSN: 13697412     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-9868.00396     Document Type: Article

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