Tests for homogeneity in normal mixtures in the presence of a structural parameter

Statistica Sinica

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 351-365

  Chen, Hanfeng ^a   Chen, Jiahua ^b  

^a BOWLING GREEN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Asymptotic distribution; Finite mixture; Gaussian process; Genetic analysis; Likelihood ratio; Non regular model; Semi parametric model

Indexed keywords

EID: 0038044767     PISSN: 10170405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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