Note on distribution-free estimation of maximum linear separation of two multivariate distributions

Journal of Nonparametric Statistics

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 145-158

  Vexler, Albert ^a,b   Liu, Aiyi ^a   Schisterman, Enrique F ^a   Wu, Chengqing ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

^b EUNICE KENNEDY SHRIVER NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHILD HEALTH AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT   (United States)

Author keywords

Kernel estimation; Linear combination; Measure of separation; Non parametric Behrens Fisher problem; Receiver operating characteristic curves; Stress strength problem

Indexed keywords

EID: 33745068986     PISSN: 10485252     EISSN: 10290311     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10485250600662260     Document Type: Article

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