Hns function

Normal scale bandwidth

Normal scale bandwidth.

Hns(x, deriv.order=0)
Hns.diag(x)
hns(x, deriv.order=0)
Hns.kcde(x)
hns.kcde(x)

Arguments

• x: vector/matrix of data values
• deriv.order: derivative order

Returns

Normal scale bandwidth.

Details

Hns is equal to (4/(n*(d+2*r+2)))^(2/(d+2*r+4))*var(x), n = sample size, d = dimension of data, r = derivative order. hns is the analogue of Hns for 1-d data. These can be used for density (derivative) estimators kde, kdde. The equivalents for distribution estimators kcde are Hns.kcde and hns.cde.

References

Chacon J.E., Duong, T. & Wand, M.P. (2011). Asymptotics for general multivariate kernel density derivative estimators. Statistica Sinica, 21 , 807-840.

Examples

data(forbes, package="MASS")
Hns(forbes, deriv.order=2)
hns(forbes$bp, deriv.order=2)