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Estimating a Changepoint, Boundary, or Frontier in the Presence of Observation Error

Peter Hall Peter Hall is Professor, Centre for Mathematics and Its Applications, Australian National University, Canberra, ACT 0200, Australia. Léopold Simar is Professor, Institut de Statistique, Université Catholique de Louvain, B 1348 Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium. This research was supported by the Projet d'Actions de Recherche Concertées (No. 98/03-217) from the Belgian Government.
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Léopold Simar Peter Hall is Professor, Centre for Mathematics and Its Applications, Australian National University, Canberra, ACT 0200, Australia. Léopold Simar is Professor, Institut de Statistique, Université Catholique de Louvain, B 1348 Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium. This research was supported by the Projet d'Actions de Recherche Concertées (No. 98/03-217) from the Belgian Government.
Pages 523-534 | Published online: 31 Dec 2011

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