Multivariate spacings based on data depth: I. Construction of nonparametric multivariate tolerance regions

Annals of Statistics

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 1299-1323

  Li, Jun ^a   Liu, Regina Y ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Data depth; Depth order statistics; Multivariate spacings; Statistically equivalent blocks; Tolerance region

Indexed keywords

EID: 51049089539     PISSN: 00905364     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1214/07-AOS505     Document Type: Article

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