Pointwise universal consistency of nonparametric density estimators

Pointwise universal consistency of nonparametric density estimators

Jose M. Vidal-Sanz

Source: Bernoulli Volume 11, Number 6 (2005), 971-985.

Abstract

This paper presents sufficient conditions for pointwise universal consistency of nonparametric delta estimators and shows the application of these conditions for some classes of nonparametric estimators.

Keywords: delta estimators; pointwise approximation; pointwise universal consistency

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