Reducing variance in nonparametric surface estimation

Hall, Peter; Cheng, M-Y

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Reducing variance in nonparametric surface estimation

Date

2003

Authors

Hall, Peter

Cheng, M-Y

Publisher

Academic Press

Abstract

We suggest a method for reducing variance in nonparametric surface estimation. The technique is applicable to a wide range of inferential problems, including both density estimation and regression, and to a wide variety of estimator types. It is based on