The maximum spacing estimation for multivariate observations

Journal of Statistical Planning and Inference

Volumn 129, Issue 1-2 SPEC. ISS., 2005, Pages 427-446

  Ranneby, Bo ^a   Rao Jammalamadaka, S ^b   Teterukovskiy, Alex ^a  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Consistency; Estimation; Multivariate observations; Spacings

Indexed keywords

EID: 10344231009     PISSN: 03783758     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jspi.2004.06.059     Document Type: Article

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