On a discrete symmetric optimal associated kernel for estimating count data distributions

Tristan Senga Kiessé and Gilles Durrieu

Statistics & Probability Letters, 2024, vol. 208, issue C

Abstract: The nonparametric estimator using discrete kernels is one competing alternative to the frequency estimator. We investigate a discrete symmetric “optimal” kernel. Its properties are established and studied by simulations. An application to real count data is given.

Keywords: Discrete kernel; Modal probability; Nonparametric methods; Squared error (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2024
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DOI: 10.1016/j.spl.2024.110078

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