function minimizing energy is a taut string, a classical object well known in Variational Calculus, in Mathematical Statistics …

means of a simulation study. The study includes plug-in methods, cross-validation, penalized maximum likehood and the taut … string procedure. Their performance on different test beds is measured by the Hellinger distance and the ability to identify …

means of a simulation study. The study includes plug-in methods, cross-validation, penalized maximum likehood and the taut … string procedure. Their performance on different test beds is measured by the Hellinger distance and the ability to identify …