Powerful two-sample tests based on the likelihood ratio

Technometrics

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 95-103

  Zhang, Jin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Anderson Darling test; Cram r von Mises test; Kolmogorov Smirnov test; Location; Power comparison; Scale; Shape

Indexed keywords

MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD ESTIMATION; PROBLEM SOLVING; ROBUSTNESS (CONTROL SYSTEMS);

ANDERSON-DARLING TEST; CRAMÉR-VON MISES TEST; KOLMOGOROV-SMIRNOV TEST; POWER COMPARISON;

COMPUTATIONAL METHODS;

EID: 33344458592     PISSN: 00401706     EISSN: None     Source Type: Trade Journal    
DOI: 10.1198/004017005000000328     Document Type: Article

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