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stat.ME2025
Mode-based estimation of the center of symmetry
José E. Chacón, Javier Fernández Serrano
In the mean-median-mode triad of univariate centrality measures, the mode has been overlooked for estimating the center of symmetry in continuous and unimodal settings. This paper…
stat.ME2024
Estimation of density functionals via cross-validation
José E. Chacón, Carlos Tenreiro
In density estimation, the mean integrated squared error (MISE) is commonly used as a measure of performance. In that setting, the cross-validation criterion provides an unbiased e…
stat.ME2024
Bayesian taut splines for estimating the number of modes
José E. Chacón, Javier Fernández Serrano
The number of modes in a probability density function is representative of the complexity of a model and can also be viewed as the number of subpopulations. Despite its relevance,…