Asymptotics of the Theil-Sen estimator in the simple linear regression model with a random covariate

Journal of Nonparametric Statistics

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 107-120

  Wang, Xueqin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI   (United States)

Author keywords

Asymptotic normality; Linear regression; Non parametric statistics; Strong consistency

Indexed keywords

EID: 12344319661     PISSN: 10485252     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1048525042000267743     Document Type: Article

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