Tests of fit for discrete distributions based on the probability generating function

Communications in Statistics Part B: Simulation and Computation

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 259-274

  Rueda, R ^a   O'Reilly, F ^a  

^a IIMAS UNAM   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Discrete distribution; Empirical process; Goodness of fit; Probability generating function

Indexed keywords

EID: 0010483206     PISSN: 03610918     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03610919908813547     Document Type: Article

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