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histogram vs. kernel in density estimation
Assume we have a problem of estimation of a density $f(x)$ over an interval $[0, 1]$. Can a regular histogram (i.e. with equal-sized bins) be viewed as some kind of a kernel?
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What methods are there for estimating distributions based on histograms?
I recently worked on a consulting project where a client wanted to estimate gamma and weibull distributions based purely on histograms rather than raw-data. I have never worked with problems like that ...
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How to choose the window size of Parzen-window density estimation with Gaussian kernel? [duplicate]
I have many sets of univariate sample data as the following:
$$
X = \{x_i, i=1,2,...N\}
$$
and I'm using Parzen-window density estimation with Gaussian kernel.
$$
\frac{1}{N}\sum_i^N \frac{1}{\sqrt{...
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Confusion related to histogram density estimation
I have some confusion related to how the density is estimated from the histogram. I have attached the screenshot of the paper as well. Any insights
I didn't get why you divide it into cubes and why ...
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References regarding rules for multidimensional histograms
Can someone give me references on the theory of histograms applied to multivariate data? Are there any rules like the one dimensional Freedman-Diaconis available for the high dimensional case? What ...
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