Likelihood cross-validation bandwidth selection for nonparametric kernel density estimatorsFootnote^†

AMS 1980 subject classifications Primary 62602: secondary 62020. xPart of this work was prepared with the support of the Netherlands Organization for Scientific Research, Grant number SMC 611-303-013.

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