Consistent estimation of a convex density at the origin

Mathematical Methods of Statistics

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 77-95

  Balabdaoui, F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DAUPHINE   (France)

Author keywords

asymptotic distribution; Brownian motion; convex density; Hampel's birds problem; inconsistency at the boundaries; Least Squares estimation

Indexed keywords

EID: 67349213020     PISSN: 10665307     EISSN: 19348045     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3103/S1066530707020019     Document Type: Article

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