Bias robustness of three median-based regression estimates

Journal of Statistical Planning and Inference

Volumn 122, Issue 1-2, 2004, Pages 203-227

  Adrover, Jorge ^a   Zamar, Ruben H ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE CÓRDOBA   (Argentina)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Maximum bias; Robust estimates; Simple linear regression

Indexed keywords

EID: 1542348654     PISSN: 03783758     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jspi.2003.06.001     Document Type: Article

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