Consistent maximum likelihood estimation of a unimodal density using shape restrictions

Canadian Journal of Statistics

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 85-100

  Meyer, Mary C ^a   Woodroofe, Michael ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Convexity; Empirical processes; Monotonicity; Projections; Simulations

Indexed keywords

EID: 2442467849     PISSN: 03195724     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3316001     Document Type: Review

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