This insert describes the module akdensity. akdensity extends the official kdensity that estimates density functions by the kernel method. The extensions are of two types: akdensity allows the use of an “adaptive kernel” approach with varying, rather than fixed, bandwidths; and akdensity estimates pointwise variability bands around the estimated density functions.
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