Adaptive estimation of linear functionals by model selection

Electronic Journal of Statistics

Volumn 2, Issue , 2008, Pages 993-1020

  Laurent, B´eatrice ^a   Lude˜na, Carenne ^b   Prieur, Cl´ementine ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE TOULOUSE   (France)

^b INSTITUTO VENEZOLANO DE INVESTIGACIONES CIENTÍFICAS   (Venezuela)

Author keywords

Adaptive estimation; Linear functionals; Model selection; Nonparametric regression; Oracle inequalities; Pointwise adaptive estimation; White noise model

Indexed keywords

EID: 62749199944     PISSN: 19357524     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1214/07-EJS127     Document Type: Article

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