Uniform central limit theorems for kernel density estimators

Probability Theory and Related Fields

Volumn 141, Issue 3-4, 2008, Pages 333-387

  Giné, Evarist ^a   Nickl, Richard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

Author keywords

Kernel density estimation; Plug in property; Smoothed empirical processes; Uniform central limit theorem

Indexed keywords

EID: 42149093784     PISSN: 01788051     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00440-007-0087-9     Document Type: Article

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