Strictly monotone and smooth nonparametric regression for two or more variables

Canadian Journal of Statistics

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 535-561

  Dette, Holger ^a   Scheder, Regine ^a  

^a RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Isotonic regression; Multivariate nonparametric regression; Nondecreasing rearrangement; Order restricted inference

Indexed keywords

EID: 33847730171     PISSN: 03195724     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cjs.5550340401     Document Type: Article

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