A data-driven block thresholding approach to wavelet estimation

Annals of Statistics

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 569-595

  Cai, T Tony ^a,c   Zhou, Harrison H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Adaptivity; Besov body; Block thresholding; James stein estimator; Nonparametric regression; Stein's unbiased risk estimate; Wavelets

Indexed keywords

EID: 65349108741     PISSN: 00905364     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1214/07-AOS538     Document Type: Article

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