Asymptotic bias and variance for a general class of varying bandwidth density estimators

Probability Theory and Related Fields

Volumn 105, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 159-192

  Hössjer, Ola ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

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EID: 0039054673     PISSN: 01788051     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF01203834     Document Type: Article

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