Asymptotic independence for unimodal densities

Advances in Applied Probability

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 411-432

  Balkema, Guus ^a   Nolde, Natalia ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Asymptotic independence; Blunt; Homothetic density; Level set; Skew normal; Star shaped

Indexed keywords

ASYMPTOTIC INDEPENDENCE; BLUNT; HOMOTHETIC DENSITY; LEVEL SET; SKEW NORMAL;

DISTRIBUTION FUNCTIONS;

ASYMPTOTIC ANALYSIS;

EID: 78650927666     PISSN: 00018678     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1239/aap/1275055236     Document Type: Article

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