For integral functionals of the Gasser–Muller regression function and its derivatives, we consider the plug-in estimator. The consistency and asymptotic normality of the estimator are shown.
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Published in Ukrains’kyi Matematychnyi Zhurnal, Vol. 67, No. 4, pp. 435–446, April, 2015.
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Arabidze, D., Babilua, P., Nadaraya, E. et al. Integral Functionals of the Gasser–Muller Regression Function. Ukr Math J 67, 493–505 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11253-015-1095-z
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