Strong representation of a generalized product-limit estimator for truncated and censored data with some applications

Journal of Nonparametric Statistics

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 213-244

  Iglesias Perez C ^a   Gonzalez Manteiga W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIGO   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Almost sure representation; Asymptotic normality; Censored data; Generalized product limit estimator; Kernel estimator; Truncated data; Weak convergence

Indexed keywords

EID: 0142064160     PISSN: 10485252     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10485259908832761     Document Type: Article

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