On statistical properties of sets fulfilling rolling-type conditions

Advances in Applied Probability

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 311-329

  Cuevas, A ^a   Fraiman, R ^b   Pateiro Lopez B ^c  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE SAN ANDRÉS   (Argentina)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Boundary length; Excess mass; Glivenko Cantelli class; Positive reach; R convexity; Rolling condition; Set estimation

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY LENGTH; EXCESS MASS; GLIVENKO-CANTELLI CLASS; POSITIVE REACH; R-CONVEXITY; ROLLING CONDITIONS;

PROBABILITY; STATISTICS;

ESTIMATION;

EID: 84872074050     PISSN: 00018678     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1239/aap/1339878713     Document Type: Article

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