Uniform bounds for norms of sums of independent random functions

Annals of Probability

Volumn 39, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 2318-2384

  Goldenshluger, Alexander ^a   Lepski, Oleg ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

^b AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

Author keywords

Concentration inequalities; Empirical processes; Kernel density estimation; Regression

Indexed keywords

EID: 84861404590     PISSN: 00911798     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1214/10-AOP595     Document Type: Article

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