A comparative study of some bias correction techniques for kernel- based density estimators
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- 1 February 1995
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Taylor & Francis in Journal of Statistical Computation and Simulation
- Vol. 51 (2-4) , 137-152
Abstract
Methods for obtaining kernel-based density estimators with lower bias and mean integrated squared error than an estimator based on a standard Normal kernel function are described and discussed. Three main approaches are considered which are: firstly by using 'optimal' polynomial kernels as described, for example, by Gasser er a1 (1985); secondly by employing generalised jackknifing as proposed by Jones nd Foster (1993) and thirdly by subtracting an estimator of the principal asymptotic bias term from the original estimator. The emphasis in this initial discussion is on their asymptotic properties. The finite sample performance of those that have the best asymptotic properties are compared with two adaptive estimators, as well as the fixed Normal kernel estimator, in a simulation study.Keywords
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