Defining probability density for a distribution of random functions

Annals of Statistics

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 1171-1193

  Delaigle, Aurore ^a,b   Hall, Peter ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Density estimation; Dimension; Eigenfunction; Eigenvalue; Functional data analysis; Kernel methods; Log density estimation; Nonparametric statistics; Principal components analysis; Probability density function; Resolution level; Scale space

Indexed keywords

EID: 77649330804     PISSN: 00905364     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1214/09-AOS741     Document Type: Article

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