Parametric versus non-parametric modelling? Statistical evidence based on P-value curves

Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society

Volumn 340, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 1190-1198

  Bissantz, Nicolai ^a   Munk, Axel ^a   Scholz, Achim ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^b Citibank Privatkunden AG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Galaxy: disc; Galaxy: structure; Methods: data analysis; Methods: statistical

Indexed keywords

ASTROPHYSICS; DECISION MAKING; INFRARED DEVICES; INVERSE PROBLEMS; LUMINANCE; PARAMETER ESTIMATION;

EVIDENCE-BASED; GALAXIES:STRUCTURE; GALAXY: DISKS; METHODS. DATA ANALYSIS; METHODS:STATISTICAL; NON-PARAMETRIC MODEL; P-VALUES; PARAMETRIC MODELS; SPIRAL STRUCTURES; STATISTICAL EVIDENCE;

GALAXIES;

EID: 0142074226     PISSN: 00358711     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-8711.2003.06377.x     Document Type: Article

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