Optimal Choice of Nonparametric Estimates of A Density And of its Derivatives

Statistics and Risk Modeling

Volumn 20, Issue 1-4, 2002, Pages 355-378

  Horová, Ivana ^a   Vieu, Philippe ^b   Zelinka, Jiří ^a  

^a MASARYK UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^b INSTITUT DE MATHÉMATIQUES DE TOULOUSE   (France)

Author keywords

Asymptotic optimal estimate; Bandwidth choice; Canonical kernel; Density estimates; Derivatives estimation; Kernel order choice; Polynomial kernels

Indexed keywords

EID: 84995442764     PISSN: 21931402     EISSN: 21967040     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1524/strm.2002.20.14.355     Document Type: Article

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