Data-driven smooth tests and a diagnostic tool for lack-of-fit for circular data

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Statistics

Volumn 51, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 461-480

  Wouters, Heidi ^a,b   Thas, Olivier ^b   Ottoy, Jean Pierre ^b  

^a ABLYNX NV   (Belgium)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Circular data; Neyman smooth tests; PP plot

Indexed keywords

EID: 70450233405     PISSN: 13691473     EISSN: 1467842X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-842X.2009.00558.x     Document Type: Article

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