Shape constrained kernel density estimation

Journal of Statistical Planning and Inference

Volumn 139, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 2851-2862

  Birke, Melanie ^a  

^a RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Convexity; Log concavity; Monotone rearrangements; Monotonicity; Nonparametric density estimation

Indexed keywords

EID: 67349205398     PISSN: 03783758     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jspi.2009.01.007     Document Type: Article

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