Minimum disparity estimation based on combined disparities: Asymptotic results

Journal of Statistical Planning and Inference

Volumn 141, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 701-710

  Mandal, A ^a   Bhandari, S K ^a   Basu, A ^a  

^a INDIAN STATISTICAL INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

Asymptotic distribution; Combined disparity; Minimum disparity estimator

Indexed keywords

EID: 77955411877     PISSN: 03783758     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jspi.2010.07.017     Document Type: Article

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