Estimation and variable selection in nonparametric heteroscedastic regression

Statistics and Computing

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 191-208

  Yau, Paul ^a   Kohn, Robert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Bayesian analysis; Markov chain Monte Carlo; Penalized splines; Variance function estimation

Indexed keywords

EID: 0345832334     PISSN: 09603174     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1024293931757     Document Type: Article

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