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Asymptotic normality of generalized L-statistics with unbounded scores. (English) Zbl 0664.62048

Properties of the empirical distribution function of U-statistics structures are investigated and a central limit theorem for linear combinations of functions of generalized order statistics with unbounded scores is proved.
Reviewer: S.N.U.A.Kirmani

MSC:

62G30 Order statistics; empirical distribution functions
62G05 Nonparametric estimation
62E20 Asymptotic distribution theory in statistics
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