A class of tests for exponentiality against HNBUE alternatives

Statistics and Probability Letters

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 199-207

  Klar, Bernhard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KARLSRUHE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Exponential distribution; Goodness of fit test; HNBUE alternatives; Integrated distribution function; Life distribution; Pitman efficiency

Indexed keywords

EID: 0012550675     PISSN: 01677152     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-7152(99)00157-1     Document Type: Article

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