On M-Estimators and normal quantiles

Annals of Statistics

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 1170-1185

  Kozek, Andrzej S ^a  

^a MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

a quantiles; Asymptotics; M functional; M estimator; Normal quantiles; Robust

Indexed keywords

EID: 0041357011     PISSN: 00905364     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1214/aos/1059655910     Document Type: Article

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