A Bernstein-von Mises theorem in the nonparametric right-censoring model

Annals of Statistics

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 1492-1512

  Kim, Yongdai ^a   Lee, Jaeyong ^a  

^a Seoul National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Bernstein von Mises theorem; Neutral to the right process; Survival model

Indexed keywords

EID: 24344452101     PISSN: 00905364     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1214/009053604000000526     Document Type: Review

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