Testing the monotonicity or convexity of a function using regression splines

Canadian Journal of Statistics

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 89-107

  Wang, Jianqiang C ^a   Meyer, Mary C ^b  

^a HEWLETT PACKARD LABORATORIES   (United States)

^b Veterinary Dentistry and Oral Surgery   (United States)

Author keywords

Constrained estimation; Convex; Generalized regression; Isotonic; Monotone; Partial linear model; Shape restrictions

Indexed keywords

EID: 79951980380     PISSN: 03195724     EISSN: 1708945X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cjs.10094     Document Type: Article

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