ON STRONG UNIFORM CONSISTENCY OF THE LYNDEN-BELL ESTIMATOR FOR TRUNCATED DATA

被引:21
作者
CHEN, K [1 ]
CHAO, MT [1 ]
LO, SH [1 ]
机构
[1] ACAD SINICA,INST STAT SCI,TAIPEI 11529,TAIWAN
关键词
STOPPING TIME; N-SYMMETRICAL; REVERSE SUBMARTINGALE;
D O I
10.1214/aos/1176324529
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
In this paper, we prove that the Lynden-Bell estimator of a distribution function in the random truncation model is uniformly strong tent over the whole half line, a problem left open by Woodroofe.
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页码:440 / 449
页数:10
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