Nonlinear kernel density estimation for binned data: Convergence in entropy

Bernoulli

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 423-449

  Blower, Gordon ^a   Kelsall, Julia E ^a  

^a LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Binned data; Density estimation; Kernel estimation; Logarithmic sobolev inequality; Transportation

Indexed keywords

EID: 10844295401     PISSN: 13507265     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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