Modelling beyond regression functions: An application of multimodal regression to speed-flow data

Journal of the Royal Statistical Society. Series C: Applied Statistics

Volumn 55, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 461-475

  Einbeck, Jochen ^a   Tutz, Gerhard ^b  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Conditional density; Multivalued regression; Smoothing; Speed flow curves

Indexed keywords

EID: 33746217143     PISSN: 00359254     EISSN: 14679876     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9876.2006.00547.x     Document Type: Article

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