Conditional quantile analysis when covariates are functions, with application to growth data

Journal of the Royal Statistical Society. Series B: Statistical Methodology

Volumn 74, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 67-89

  Chen, Kehui ^a   Müller, Hans Georg ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Conditional distribution function; Conditional reference chart; Functional data analysis; Growth data analysis; Quantile analysis; Uniform weak convergence

Indexed keywords

EID: 84856021004     PISSN: 13697412     EISSN: 14679868     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9868.2011.01008.x     Document Type: Article

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