Abstract
Summary A technique for using kernel density estimates to investigate the number of modes in a population is described and discussed. The amount of smoothing is chosen automatically in a natural way.
Keywords
Kernel (algebra)SmoothingMultimodalityKernel density estimationVariable kernel density estimationStatisticsMathematicsKernel methodComputer scienceArtificial intelligenceSupport vector machineDiscrete mathematics
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- 1981
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- 43
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- 1
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- 97-99
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Bernard W. Silverman
(1981).
Using Kernel Density Estimates to Investigate Multimodality.
Journal of the Royal Statistical Society Series B (Statistical Methodology)
, 43
(1)
, 97-99.
https://doi.org/10.1111/j.2517-6161.1981.tb01155.x
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- 10.1111/j.2517-6161.1981.tb01155.x