Uniqueness of the maximum likelihood estimator for k-Monotone densities

Proceedings of the American Mathematical Society

Volumn 138, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 4511-4515

  Seregin, Arseni ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Density estimation; K monotone density; Maximum likelihood; Mixture models; Nonparametric estimation; Shape constraints; Uniqueness

Indexed keywords

EID: 78649888502     PISSN: 00029939     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1090/S0002-9939-2010-10496-3     Document Type: Article

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