Csiszar's φ-divergences for testing the order in a Markov chain

Statistical Papers

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 313-328

  Menendez M L ^a   Pardo, J A ^b   Pardo, L ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD POLITÉCNICA DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Csiszar's divergences; Divergence statistics; Goodness of fit tests; rth Markov chains; Statistical Information Theory

Indexed keywords

EID: 18044400139     PISSN: 09325026     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s003620100061     Document Type: Article

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