Asymptotic expansion of the minimum covariance determinant estimators

Journal of Multivariate Analysis

Volumn 101, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 2372-2388

  Cator, Eric A ^a   Lopuhaä, Hendrik P ^a  

^a DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Asymptotic normality; Influence function; Minimum covariance determinant

Indexed keywords

EID: 77956771644     PISSN: 0047259X     EISSN: 10957243     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmva.2010.06.009     Document Type: Article

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