Multiscale inference about a density

Annals of Statistics

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 1758-1785

  Dümbgen, Lutz ^a   Walther, Günther ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Exponential inequality; Modes; Monotone failure rate; Multiple test; Order statistics; Spacings; Sub Gaussian tails; Subexponential increments

Indexed keywords

EID: 51049118624     PISSN: 00905364     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1214/07-AOS521     Document Type: Article

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