Nonparametric Boundary Regression

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Documentation for package ‘npbr’ version 1.8

• DESCRIPTION file.
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npbr-package	Nonparametric boundary regression
air	European air controllers
cub_spline_est	Cubic spline fitting
cub_spline_kn	AIC and BIC criteria for choosing the number of inter-knot segments in cubic spline fits
dea_est	DEA, FDH and linearized FDH estimators.
dfs_momt	Moment frontier estimator
dfs_pick	Pickands frontier estimator
dfs_pwm	Probability-weighted moment frontier estimator
green	American electric utility companies
kern_smooth	Frontier estimation via kernel smoothing
kern_smooth_bw	Bandwidth selection for kernel smoothing frontier estimators
kopt_momt_pick	Optimal k in moment and Pickands frontier estimators
loc_est	Local linear frontier estimator
loc_est_bw	Bandwidth selection for the local linear frontier estimator
loc_max	Local maximum frontier estimators
mopt_pwm	Threshold selection for the PWM frontier estimator
npbr	Nonparametric boundary regression
nuclear	Reliability programs of nuclear reactors
pick_est	Local Pickands' frontier estimator
poly_degree	AIC and BIC criteria for choosing the optimal degree of the polynomial frontier estimator
poly_est	Polynomial frontier estimators
post	European postal services
quad_spline_est	Quadratic spline frontiers
quad_spline_kn	AIC and BIC criteria for choosing the optimal number of inter-knot segments in quadratic spline fits
records	Annual sport records
rho_momt_pick	Optimal rho for moment and Pickands frontier estimator
rho_pwm	Probability-weighted moment frontier estimator