Asymptotics for argmin processes: Convexity arguments

Journal of Multivariate Analysis

Volumn 100, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 1816-1829

  Kato, Kengo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Argmin process; Convexity argument; Parametrized objective function; Regression quantile process; Representation theorem; Threshold regression

Indexed keywords

EID: 67349150722     PISSN: 0047259X     EISSN: 10957243     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmva.2009.02.008     Document Type: Article

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