Testing exponentiality by comparing the empirical distribution function of the normalized spacings with that of the original data

Journal of Nonparametric Statistics

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 719-729

  Jammalamadaka, S Rao ^a   Taufer, Emanuele ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TRENTO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Asymptotic efficiency; Brownian Bridge; Kolmogorov Smirnov statistics; Omega square statistics; Test for exponentiality

Indexed keywords

EID: 0346938243     PISSN: 10485252     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10485250310001638102     Document Type: Article

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