Computing maximum likelihood estimators of a log-concave density function

DOI10.1080/10629360600569097zbMath1146.62027OpenAlexW1984825919WikidataQ61810986 ScholiaQ61810986MaRDI QIDQ5433109

Kaspar Rufibach

Publication date: 19 December 2007

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

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1080/10629360600569097

zbMATH Keywords

interior point methodshape restrictioniterative convex minorant algorithmNewton method on subspace

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