Testing independence in nonparametric regression

Journal of Multivariate Analysis

Volumn 100, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 1551-1566

  Neumeyer, Natalie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bootstrap; Goodness of fit; Kernel estimator; Nonparametric regression; Test for independence

Indexed keywords

EID: 64449086355     PISSN: 0047259X     EISSN: 10957243     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmva.2009.01.012     Document Type: Article

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