Improvements on the kernel estimation in line transect sampling without the shoulder condition

Statistics and Probability Letters

Volumn 53, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 249-258

  Zhang, Shunpu ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

Author keywords

End point kernel; Kernel density estimation; Optimal bandwidth

Indexed keywords

EID: 0041902424     PISSN: 01677152     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-7152(01)00013-X     Document Type: Article

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