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A Note on the Variable Kernel Estimate
Author(s) -
Schäfer H.,
Trampisch H. J.
Publication year - 1982
Publication title -
biometrical journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.108
H-Index - 63
eISSN - 1521-4036
pISSN - 0323-3847
DOI - 10.1002/bimj.4710240609
Subject(s) - mathematics , kernel (algebra) , simple (philosophy) , variable (mathematics) , kernel density estimation , statistics , pure mathematics , mathematical analysis , philosophy , epistemology , estimator
By a simple example it is shown how in special cases the variable kernel estimate may not give the correct qualitative impression of the estimated density. To exclude such effects a slightly modified definition of the bandwidth of the kernels is proposed.