Tests for exponentiality against gamma alternatives using normalized waiting times

Communications in Statistics - Theory and Methods

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 397-405

  Muralidharan, K ^a  

^a BHAVNAGAR UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Normalized waiting times; Quadratic form; Shape parameter; Tests for Exponentiality

Indexed keywords

EID: 0034910226     PISSN: 03610926     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1081/STA-100002088     Document Type: Article

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