The H-test probability distribution revisited: Improved sensitivity

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Volumn 517, Issue 14, 2010, Pages

  De Jager, O C ^a,b   Busching I ^a,c  

^a NORTH WEST UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^b CENTRE FOR HIGH PERFORMANCE COMPUTING   (South Africa)

^c NATIONAL RESEARCH FOUNDATION   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Methods: statistical; Pulsars: general

Indexed keywords

NUMBER THEORY; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION; RANDOM NUMBER GENERATION; STATISTICAL TESTS; STATISTICS;

ANALYTICAL EXPRESSIONS; ARRIVAL TIME; CUMULATIVE PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTION; INDEPENDENT VALUES; K DISTRIBUTION; METHODS:STATISTICAL; PULSARS: GENERAL; PULSE PROFILE; RANDOM NUMBER GENERATORS; X RAY DATA;

PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS;

EID: 77955668156     PISSN: 00046361     EISSN: 14320746     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/201014362     Document Type: Article

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