Likelihood inference for diffusions: A survey

Frontiers in Statistics: Dedicated to Peter John Bickel in Honor of his 65th Birthday

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 369-405

  Aït Sahalia, Yacine ^a  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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DOI: 10.1142/9781860948886_0017     Document Type: Chapter

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