Nearly Nonparametric Multivariate Density Estimates that Incorporate Marginal Parametric Density Information.

A method for modeling multivariate data with fixed marginals that preserves a rich and flexible multivariate structure is presented. Nonparametric estimators that are almost equal to the MLE estimates for the marginal densities and remain close to the kernel nonparametric density estimates for the...

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Publicado en:American Statistician Vol. 57; no. 3; pp. 183 - 189
Autores principales: Spiegelman, Clifford, Park, Eun Sug
Formato: Artículo
Publicado: American Statistical Association August 2003
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Sumario:A method for modeling multivariate data with fixed marginals that preserves a rich and flexible multivariate structure is presented. Nonparametric estimators that are almost equal to the MLE estimates for the marginal densities and remain close to the kernel nonparametric density estimates for the joint density estimates, given that the assumption concerning the marginal densities is correct, are demonstrated.