Nonparametric testing for a monotone hazard function via normalized spacings

Journal of Nonparametric Statistics

Volumn 16, Issue 3-4, 2004, Pages 463-477

  Gijbels, Irène ^a   Heckman, Nancy ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Monotone hazard function; Order statistics; Spacings; Type II censoring

Indexed keywords

EID: 2542519955     PISSN: 10485252     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10485250310001622668     Document Type: Conference Paper

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