Beta approximation to the distribution of Kolmogorov-Smirnov statistic

Annals of the Institute of Statistical Mathematics

Volumn 54, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 577-584

  Zhang, Jin ^a   Wu, Yuehua ^a  

^a YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Approximation; Beta distribution; Kolmogorov Smirnov statistic; Kurtosis; p value; Skewness

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; POPULATION STATISTICS; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION; PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL TESTS;

BETA APPROXIMATION; EMPIRICAL DISTRIBUTION FUNCTION; GOODNESS OF FIT TEST; KOLMOGOROV-SMIRNOV STATISTIC; KURTOSIS; SKEWNESS;

APPROXIMATION THEORY;

EID: 12244253719     PISSN: 00203157     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1022463111224     Document Type: Article

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