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Density estimation is a fundamental component in statistical analysis, aiming to infer the probability distribution of a random variable from a finite sample without imposing restrictive parametric ...

Estimation of the value of a density function at a point of continuity using a kernel-type estimator is discussed and improvements of the technique are presented. The generalized jackknife method is ...

where K 0 (·) is a kernel function, is the bandwidth, n is the sample size, and x i is the i th observation. The KERNEL option provides three kernel functions (K 0): normal, quadratic, and triangular.

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract A kernel density estimator is defined to be admissible if no other kernel estimator has (among all densities ...

A kernel density curve may follow the shape of the distribution more closely. To construct a normal kernel density curve, one parameter is required: the bandwidth .The value of determines the degree ...

Gordon Lee et al introduce a data-driven and model-agnostic approach for computing conditional expectations. The new method combines classical techniques with machine learning methods, in particular ...