Exact rates in density support estimation

Journal of Multivariate Analysis

Volumn 99, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 2185-2207

  Biau, Gérard ^a   Cadre, Benoît ^b   Pelletier, Bruno ^c  

^a SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SACLAY   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTPELLIER   (France)

Author keywords

62G05; 62G20; Exact rate of convergence; Non parametric statistics; Riemannian geometry; Support estimation; Tubular neighborhood

Indexed keywords

EID: 54049083901     PISSN: 0047259X     EISSN: 10957243     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmva.2008.02.021     Document Type: Article

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