Asymptotic optimality of data-driven Neyman's tests for uniformity

Annals of Statistics

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 1982-2019

  Inglot, Tadeusz ^a   Ledwina, Teresa ^a  

^a WROCLAW UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Poland)

Author keywords

Efficiency; Exponential family; Goodness of fit; Large deviations; Log density estimation; Minimum relative entropy estimation; Schwarz's criterion; Smooth test

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030363428     PISSN: 00905364     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1214/aos/1069362306     Document Type: Article

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