Hazard rate estimation in nonparametric regression with censored data

Annals of the Institute of Statistical Mathematics

Volumn 53, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 730-745

  Van Keilegom, Ingrid ^a   Veraverbeke, Noël ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

^b HASSELT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Asymptotic representation; Hazard rate; Nonparametric regression; Right censoring; Weak convergence

Indexed keywords

EID: 6644228393     PISSN: 00203157     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1014696717644     Document Type: Article

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