Wilcoxon-type rank-sum precedence tests

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Statistics

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 631-648

  Ng, H K T ^a   Balakrishnan, N ^b  

^a SOUTHERN METHODIST UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Lehmann alternative; Level of significance; Life testing; Monte Carlo simulations; Power; Precedence test; Wilcoxon rank sum test

Indexed keywords

EID: 11844272606     PISSN: 13691473     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-842X.2004.00358.x     Document Type: Article

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