Nonparametric estimation of a periodic function

Biometrika

Volumn 87, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 545-557

  Hall, Peter ^a   Reimann, James ^b   Rice, John ^c  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b GENENTECH INC   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Frequency estimation; MACHO project; Nadaraya Watson estimator; Nonparametric regression; Semiparametric estimation; Variable star data

Indexed keywords

EID: 0242471072     PISSN: 00063444     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/biomet/87.3.545     Document Type: Article

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