Improving point and interval estimators of monotone functions by rearrangement

Biometrika

Volumn 96, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 559-575

  Chernozhukov, V ^a   Fernandez Val I ^b   Galichon, A ^c  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b USA   (United States)

^c ECOLE POLYTECHNIQUE   (France)

Author keywords

Growth chart; Improved estimation; Improved inference; Isotonization; Lorentz inequality; Monotone function; Multivariate; Quantile regression; Rearrangement

Indexed keywords

EID: 69249183112     PISSN: 00063444     EISSN: 14643510     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/biomet/asp030     Document Type: Article

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