REDESCENDING M-ESTIMATES OF MULTIVARIATE LOCATION AND SCATTER

被引:113
作者
KENT, JT [1 ]
TYLER, DE [1 ]
机构
[1] RUTGERS STATE UNIV,DEPT STAT,NEW BRUNSWICK,NJ 08903
关键词
REDESCENDING M-ESTIMATE; ROBUSTNESS; MULTIVARIATE T-DISTRIBUTION;
D O I
10.1214/aos/1176348388
中图分类号
O21 [概率论与数理统计]; C8 [统计学];
学科分类号
020208 ; 070103 ; 0714 ;
摘要
A class of redescending M-estimates of multivariate location and scatter are investigated. Sufficient conditions are given to ensure the existence and uniqueness of the estimates. These results are applied to the multivariate t-distribution with degrees of freedom v greater-than-or-equal-to 1.
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页码:2102 / 2119
页数:18
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