Testing multinomial parameters under order restrictions

Communications in Statistics - Theory and Methods

Volumn 26, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 1839-1865

  Bhattacharya, Bhaskar ^a  

^a Southern Illinois University at Carbondale   (United States)

Author keywords

Chi bar squared distribution; Directed divergence; Isotonic regression; Likelihood ratio test; Stochastically greater

Indexed keywords

ASYMPTOTIC STABILITY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MAXIMUM PRINCIPLE; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; PROBABILITY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; VECTORS;

CHI BAR SQUARED DISTRIBUTION; DIRECTED DIVERGENCE; ISOTONIC REGRESSION; LIKELIHOOD RATIO TEST; MULTINOMIAL PARAMETERS; ORDER RESTRICTIONS; STOCHASTICALLY GREATER;

STATISTICAL TESTS;

EID: 0031367172     PISSN: 03610926     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03610929708832017     Document Type: Article

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