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On the consistency of a spatial-type interval-valued median for random intervals

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  • Sinova, Beatriz
  • Van Aelst, Stefan

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The dθ-median remains much more reliable than the mean when estimating the location of a random interval. We show that under general conditions the sample dθ-median is a strongly consistent estimator of the dθ-median.

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  • Sinova, Beatriz & Van Aelst, Stefan, 2015. "On the consistency of a spatial-type interval-valued median for random intervals," Statistics & Probability Letters, Elsevier, vol. 100(C), pages 130-136.
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:stapro:v:100:y:2015:i:c:p:130-136
    DOI: 10.1016/j.spl.2015.02.014
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