Almost sure classification of densities

DOI10.1080/10485250215323zbMath1013.62035OpenAlexW2128407800MaRDI QIDQ4806543

Gábor Lugosi, Luc P. Devroye

Publication date: 3 July 2003

Published in: Journal of Nonparametric Statistics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1080/10485250215323

zbMATH Keywords

convergencekernel estimateshypothesis testingminimum distance estimationtotal boundednessasymptotic optimalityminimax ratediscernibility

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Density estimation (62G07) Asymptotic properties of nonparametric inference (62G20) Classification and discrimination; cluster analysis (statistical aspects) (62H30)

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