Inference for density families using functional principal component analysis

Journal of the American Statistical Association

Volumn 96, Issue 454, 2001, Pages 519-532

  Kneip, Alois ^a   Utikal, Klaus J ^a  

^a JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Density evolution; Density mixtures; Family expenditure survey data; Household head age; Household income; K sample problems; Kernel smoothing; Nonparametric density estimation; Prediction

Indexed keywords

EID: 1542678851     PISSN: 01621459     EISSN: 1537274X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1198/016214501753168235     Document Type: Article

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