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Record Nr.

UNINA9910480001003321

Titolo

Function estimates : proceedings of a conference held July 28-August 3, 1985 / / J.S. Marron, editor

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Providence, Rhode Island : , : American Mathematical Society, , [1986]

©1986

ISBN

0-8218-7649-X

0-8218-5062-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (189 p.)

Collana

Contemporary mathematics / American Mathematical Society, , 0271-4132 ; ; volume 59

Disciplina

519.5/44

Soggetti

Estimation theory

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"The Conference on Function Estimates was held at Humboldt State University, Arcata, California ... sponsored by the American Mathematical Society, the Institute of Mathematical Statistics, and the Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics"--Title page verso.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographies.

Nota di contenuto

""Contents""; ""Preface""; ""Logspline density estimation""; ""Statistical encounters with B-splines""; ""Estimation of a transfer function in a nongaussian context""; ""Evaluating the performance of an inversion algorithm""; ""Harmonic splines in geomagnetism""; ""Problems in estimating the anomalous gravity potential of the earth from discrete data""; ""What regression model should be chosen when the statistician misspecifies the error distribution?""; ""Approximation theory of method of regularization estimators: applications""

""Partial spline modelling of the tropopause and other discontinuities""""Choice of smoothing parameter in deconvolution problems""; ""Regression approximation using projections and isotropic kernels""; ""Will the art of smoothing ever become a science?""