Maximum likelihood estimation of a multivariate log-concave density

Density estimation is a fundamental statistical problem. Many methods are eithersensitive to model misspecification (parametric models) or difficult to calibrate, especiallyfor multivariate data (nonparametric smoothing methods). We propose an alternativeapproach using maximum likelihood under a qua...

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Main Author: Cule, Madeleine
Published: University of Cambridge 2010
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Online Access:http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.541888