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January, 1981 Smoothing of Samples for Maxima
Yashaswini Mittal
Ann. Statist. 9(1): 66-77 (January, 1981). DOI: 10.1214/aos/1176345333

Abstract

Smoothing of the data by averaging is suggested in order to study the maximum. The maximum of the smoothed data is approximated by that of a Gaussian sample and thus is more robust against outliers.

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Yashaswini Mittal. "Smoothing of Samples for Maxima." Ann. Statist. 9 (1) 66 - 77, January, 1981. https://doi.org/10.1214/aos/1176345333

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Published: January, 1981
First available in Project Euclid: 12 April 2007

zbMATH: 0474.60022
MathSciNet: MR600533
Digital Object Identifier: 10.1214/aos/1176345333

Subjects:
Primary: 60F05
Secondary: 60F99 , 60G15

Keywords: central limit theorem , large deviations , Maxima , smoothed samples

Rights: Copyright © 1981 Institute of Mathematical Statistics

Vol.9 • No. 1 • January, 1981
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