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We present a new method to obtain a non-parametric maximum likelihood estimate of the luminosity function and the selection function of a flux-limited redshift survey. The method parameterizes the selection function as a series of step-wise power laws and allows possible evolution of the luminosity function.
We apply our estimators to the 1.2-Jy survey of IRAS galaxies. We find a far-infrared luminosity function in good agreement with previously published results.
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Springel, V., Simon, D.M.W. (1998). Estimates for the Luminosity Function and Selection Function of Redshift Surveys. In: Hamilton, D. (eds) The Evolving Universe. Astrophysics and Space Science Library, vol 231. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-4960-0_29
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