Nonparametric inference for the cosmic microwave background

Statistical Science

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 308-321

  Genovese, Christopher R ^a   Miller, Christopher J ^a   Nichol, Robert C ^a   Arjunwadkar, Mihir ^a   Wasserman, Larry ^a  

^a CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Confidence sets; Cosmology; Nonparametric regression

Indexed keywords

EID: 14544271827     PISSN: 08834237     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1214/088342304000000161     Document Type: Review

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