Confidence intervals for nonparametric curve estimates: Toward more uniform pointwise coverage

Journal of the American Statistical Association

Volumn 96, Issue 453, 2001, Pages 233-246

  Cummins, David J ^a   Filloon, Tom G ^b   Nychka, Douglas ^c  

^a ELI LILLY AND COMPANY   (United States)

^b PROCTER AND GAMBLE COMPANY   (United States)

^c NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Coverage probability; Local cross validation; Nonparametric regression; Pointwise confidence intervals; Smoothing splines

Indexed keywords

EID: 1842665178     PISSN: 01621459     EISSN: 1537274X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1198/016214501750332811     Document Type: Article

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