Minimum Hellinger distance estimators for multivariate distributions from the Johnson system

Journal of Statistical Planning and Inference

Volumn 138, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 803-816

  Toma, Aida ^a  

^a BUCHAREST UNIVERSITY OF ECONOMIC STUDIES   (Romania)

Author keywords

Hellinger distance; Johnson system; Multivariate robust estimators

Indexed keywords

EID: 36049019656     PISSN: 03783758     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jspi.2007.05.033     Document Type: Article

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