Strong approximations for resample quantile processes and application to ROC methodology

Journal of Nonparametric Statistics

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 229-240

  Gu, Jiezhun ^a   Ghosal, Subhashis ^b  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bayesian bootstrap; Kiefer process; Quantile process; ROC curve; Strong approximation

Indexed keywords

EID: 45849120229     PISSN: 10485252     EISSN: 10290311     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10485250801954128     Document Type: Article

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