A pointwise estimator for the k-fold convolution of a distribution function

Communications in Statistics - Theory and Methods

Volumn 34, Issue 9-10, 2005, Pages 1939-1956

  Aydoǧdu, Halil ^a  

^a ANKARA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Convolution; Empirical df; Renewal processes; V statistics

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONVOLUTION; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; STATISTICS;

DISTRIBUTION FUNCTIONS; EMPIRICAL DF; RENEWAL PROCESSES; V-STATISTICS;

FUNCTIONS;

EID: 25644458342     PISSN: 03610926     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03610920500201210     Document Type: Article

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