EDF tests for the generalized poisson distribution

Journal of Statistical Computation and Simulation

Volumn 63, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 159-168

  Famoye, Felix ^a  

^a CENTRAL MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Generalized Poisson distribution; Goodness of fit; Parametric bootstrap; Power; Simulation

Indexed keywords

EID: 0033242615     PISSN: 00949655     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00949659908548523     Document Type: Article

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