On the distribution of the likelihood ratio test statistic for a mixture of two normal distributions

Communications in Statistics Part B: Simulation and Computation

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 733-740

  Atwood, L D ^a   Wilson, A F ^b   Bailey Wilson, J E ^b   Carruth, J N ^c   Elston, R C ^b  

^a SOUTHWEST FOUNDATION FOR BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH   (United States)

^b LOUISIANA STATE UNIV MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c Atria Software Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Empirical distribution; Simulation

Indexed keywords

EID: 0006503201     PISSN: 03610918     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03610919608813339     Document Type: Article

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