Kernel methods for the estimation of discrete distributions

DOI10.1080/00949658308810621zbMATH Open0506.62024OpenAlexW1973028026MaRDI QIDQ4743579FDOQ4743579

Authors: C. G. G. Aitken 

Publication date: 1983

Published in: Journal of Statistical Computation and Simulation (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1080/00949658308810621

zbMATH Keywords

smoothingmaximum likelihood estimatorcategorical dataKullback-Leiblerkernel functionsestimation of discrete distributionsinfinite number of cellsvariable kernel function

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Nonparametric estimation (62G05)

Cites Work

• Remarks on Some Nonparametric Estimates of a Density Function
• Multivariate binary discrimination by the kernel method
• On Estimation of a Probability Density Function and Mode
• A class of smooth estimators for discrete distributions
• The methods for Smooth estimation of discrete distributions

Cited In (6)

• Nonparametric binary discrimination. Methods for estimating the smoothing para
• Smoothing categorical data
• Smallest covering regions and highest density regions for discrete distributions
• On discrete Epanechnikov kernel functions
• On cross-validation for discrete kernel estimates in discrimination
• An algorithm for conditional multidimensional parameter identification with asymmetric and correlated losses of under- and overestimations

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