Polynomial and special function theory remains a vibrant area of mathematical research, interweaving classical algebra with advanced analysis. At its core, the study concerns algebraic expressions ...

Bernstein polynomial estimation provides a robust nonparametric technique for approximating both density and distribution functions. Based on the properties of Bernstein polynomials, which ...

A robust procedure is developed for estimating density functions from data. It requires the existence of a parametric function, called the key function, to give a first approximation to the density ...

There are a number of situations in which it is useful to graduate fertility distributions; for example when the data are obtained from small samples of the population, or when it is desired to ...