Backfitting versus profiling in general criterion functions

Statistica Sinica

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 797-816

  Van Keilegom, Ingrid ^a   Carroll, Raymond J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Backfitting; Change points; Dioxin; Kernel estimation; Median regression; Nonparametric regression; Partially linear model; Profile kernel methods; Semiparametric estimation; Undersmoothing

Indexed keywords

EID: 34547554099     PISSN: 10170405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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