An adaptation theory for nonparametric confidence intervals

Annals of Statistics

Volumn 32, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 1805-1840

  Cai, T Tony ^a,b   Low, Mark G ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Between class modulus; Confidence intervals; Coverage; Expected length; Linear functionals; Minimax estimation; Modulus of continuity; White noise model

Indexed keywords

EID: 24344508204     PISSN: 00905364     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1214/009053604000000049     Document Type: Article

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