Strong limit theorems for sums of logarithms of high order spacings

Statistics

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 153-169

  Ekström, Magnus ^a  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Entropy estimation; Goodness of fit; Spacings; Strong limit theorems; Uniform distribution

Indexed keywords

EID: 0347608344     PISSN: 02331888     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02331889908802689     Document Type: Article

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