Data driven smooth tests for composite hypotheses: Comparison of powers

Journal of Statistical Computation and Simulation

Volumn 59, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 101-121

  Kallenberg, Wilbert C M ^a   Ledwina, Teresa ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Data driven procedure; Goodness of fit; Monte Carlo study; Neyman's test; Rao's score test; Schwarz's rule; Smooth test

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000527921     PISSN: 00949655     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00949659708811850     Document Type: Article

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