Data-driven wavelet-Fisz methodology for nonparametric function estimation

Electronic Journal of Statistics

Volumn 2, Issue , 2008, Pages 863-896

  Fryzlewicz, Piotr ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Besov spaces; Exponential inequality; Heteroscedasticity; Nadaraya Watsonestimator; Nonparametric regression; Variance function; Variance Stabilising transform; Wavelets

Indexed keywords

EID: 78651575655     PISSN: 19357524     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1214/07-EJS139     Document Type: Article

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