Nonparametric density estimation and clustering in astronomical sky surveys

Computational Statistics and Data Analysis

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 760-774

  Jang, Woncheol ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cross validation; Density contour cluster; Galaxy clustering; Plug in estimator; Smoothed bootstrap

Indexed keywords

ASTRONOMY; DATA REDUCTION; DATABASE SYSTEMS; GALAXIES; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION;

CROSS VALIDATION; DENSITY CONTOUR CLUSTERS; GALAXY CLUSTERING; PLUG-IN ESTIMATORS; SMOOTHED BOOTSTRAP;

SURVEYING;

EID: 25444451915     PISSN: 01679473     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.csda.2004.10.001     Document Type: Article

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