On tests of independence based on minimum φ-divergence estimator with constraints: An application to modeling DNA

Computational Statistics and Data Analysis

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 1100-1118

  Menendez M L ^a   Pardo, J A ^b   Pardo, L ^b   Zografos, K ^c  

^a UNIVERSIDAD POLITÉCNICA DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF IOANNINA   (Greece)

Author keywords

Independence; Phi divergence test statistics; Two way contingency table

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONSTRAINT THEORY; DNA; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD ESTIMATION; PROBLEM SOLVING; STATISTICAL METHODS;

INDEPENDENCE; LIKELIHOOD RATIO TEST; PHI-DIVERGENCE TEST STATISTICS; TWO-WAY CONTINGENCY TABLE;

DATA REDUCTION;

EID: 33750305758     PISSN: 01679473     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.csda.2005.11.006     Document Type: Article

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