Simple estimation of the mode of a multivariate density

Canadian Journal of Statistics

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 23-34

  Abraham, Christophe ^a   Biau, Gérard ^b   Cadre, Benoît ^c  

^a CEMAGREF   (France)

^b SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^c UNIV MONTPELLIER   (France)

Author keywords

Kernel estimate; Mode; Multivariate probability density; Rate of convergence

Indexed keywords

EID: 0038578256     PISSN: 03195724     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3315901     Document Type: Article

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