Optimal tests for multivariate location based on interdirections and pseudo-Mahalanobis ranks

Annals of Statistics

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 1103-1133

  Hallin, Marc ^a   Paindaveine, Davy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Elliptical symmetry; Hotelling test; Interdirections; LAN; Multivariate ranks; Multivariate signs; Rank tests

Indexed keywords

EID: 0036392344     PISSN: 00905364     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1214/aos/1031689019     Document Type: Article

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