Directional monotonicity properties of the power functions of likelihood ratio tests for cone-restricted hypotheses of normal means

Journal of Statistical Planning and Inference

Volumn 66, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 223-233

  Iwasa, Manabu ^a  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cone ordering; Cone restriction; Likelihood ratio test; Majorization; Monotonicity of power functions; Probability inequality; Unimodality

Indexed keywords

EID: 0032011302     PISSN: 03783758     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-3758(97)00087-6     Document Type: Article

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