Approximation by log-concave distributions, with applications to regression
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Year: 2011
Type: article
Abstract: We study the approximation of arbitrary distributions $P$ on $d$-dimensional space by distributions with log-concave density. Approximation means minimizing a Kullback--Leibler-type functional. We sho... more
Source: The Annals of Statistics
Institutions University of Bern, University of Cambridge
Cites: 36
Cited by: 106
Related to: 10
FWCI: 4.459
Citation percentile (by year/subfield): 94.94
Subfield: Statistics and Probability
Field: Mathematics
Domain: Physical Sciences
Open Access status: bronze