Probability density function estimation using gamma kernels

Annals of the Institute of Statistical Mathematics

Volumn 52, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 471-480

  Chen, Song Xi ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Boundary bias; Gamma kernels; Local linear estimators; Variable kernels

Indexed keywords

EID: 0346307339     PISSN: 00203157     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1004165218295     Document Type: Article

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