Bootstrap and empirical likelihood methods in statistical shape analysis

The aim of this thesis is to propose bootstrap and empirical likelihood confidence regions and hypothesis tests for use in statistical shape analysis. Bootstrap and empirical likelihood methods have some advantages when compared to conventional methods. In particular, they are nonparametric methods...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Amaral, Getulio J.A.
Format: Thesis (University of Nottingham only)
Language:English
Published: 2004
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Online Access:https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/11399/