A LAN based Neyman smooth test for Pareto distributions

Journal of Statistical Planning and Inference

Volumn 138, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 2867-2886

  Falk, Michael ^a   Guillou, Armelle ^b   Toulemonde, Gwladys ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LOUIS PASTEUR   (France)

^c SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

Author keywords

Goodness of fit test; LAN; LeCam's theory; Neyman smooth test; Pareto distributions; Power

Indexed keywords

EID: 45049084714     PISSN: 03783758     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jspi.2007.10.007     Document Type: Article

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