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bcv {MASS}

Biased Cross-Validation for Bandwidth Selection
Package: 
MASS
Version: 
7.3-26

Description

Uses biased cross-validation to select the bandwidth of a Gaussian kernel density estimator.

Usage

bcv(x, nb = 1000, lower, upper)

Arguments

x
a numeric vector
nb
number of bins to use.
lower, upper
Range over which to minimize. The default is almost always satisfactory.

Values

a bandwidth

References

Scott, D. W. (1992) Multivariate Density Estimation: Theory, Practice, and Visualization. Wiley.

Venables, W. N. and Ripley, B. D. (2002) Modern Applied Statistics with S. Fourth edition. Springer.

See Also

ucv, width.SJ, density

Examples

bcv(geyser$duration)

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