Minimax Kernels for nonparametric curve estimation

Journal of Nonparametric Statistics

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 417-445

  Zhang, Jinting ^a   Fan, Jianqing ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Derivative estimation; Gaussian based kernel; Higher order kernel; Kernel density estimation; Minimax kernel; Optimal kernel

Indexed keywords

EID: 0038780148     PISSN: 10485252     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10485250008832816     Document Type: Article

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